Tobacco use in Euro area

26.1% of adults in the euro area used tobacco in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Prevalence of tobacco use among adults Unit: % of adults aged 15 and over Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2024 26.1% % of adults aged 15 and over
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 26.4%
World, 2024 20.3% Official aggregate

Tobacco use in Euro area over time

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% of adults aged 15 and over. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Prevalence of tobacco use among adults (% of adults aged 15 and over), 2000 to 2024
Period Euro areaWorld
2024 26.1% 20.3%
2023 26.4% 20.7%
2022 26.7% 21.1%
2020 27.2% 22.0%
2015 28.6% 24.5%
2010 30.2% 27.5%
2007 31.3% 29.5%
2005 32.0% 30.9%
2000 34.1% 34.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 26.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2000, when it was 34.1%, the figure has changed by −7.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 20.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.PRV.SMOK · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Euro area
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory