Daily smokers in France
18.5% of people aged 15 and over in France smoked daily in 2019.
France, 2019
18.5%
Change from 2014
−3.9percentage points
European Union, 2019
19.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2019
19.3%
Position in 2019
19th of 31
Daily smokers in France over time
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% of people aged 15 and over. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | France | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 18.5% | 19.3% |
| 2014 | 22.4% | 19.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 22.4% in 2014, a change of −3.9 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2019, France has the 19th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 19.3%.
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33.6%
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Adults with obesity
14.4%
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Life expectancy at birth
83.0p (Provisional) years
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Infant mortality rate
4.1 per 1,000 live births
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Hospital beds
534 per 100,000 people
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Practising physicians
394 per 100,000 people
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