Daily smokers in Germany
22.9% of people aged 15 and over in Germany smoked daily in 2019.
Germany, 2019
22.9%
Change from 2014
+7.0percentage points
European Union, 2019
19.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2019
19.3%
Position in 2019
6th of 31
Daily smokers in Germany 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 | Germany | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 22.9% | 19.3% |
| 2014 | 15.9% | 19.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 15.9% in 2014, a change of +7.0 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2019, Germany has the 6th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 19.3%.
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