Tobacco use in European Union
25.8% of adults in the European Union used tobacco in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
25.8%
Change from 2023
−0.3percentage points
World, 2024
20.3%
Tobacco use in European Union 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.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25.8% | 20.3% |
| 2023 | 26.1% | 20.7% |
| 2022 | 26.4% | 21.1% |
| 2020 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| 2015 | 28.7% | 24.5% |
| 2010 | 30.7% | 27.5% |
| 2007 | 31.9% | 29.5% |
| 2005 | 32.8% | 30.9% |
| 2000 | 35.3% | 34.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 26.1% in 2023.
- Since 2000, when it was 35.3%, the figure has changed by −9.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 20.3%.
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