Tobacco use in Netherlands

20.5% of adults in Netherlands 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
Netherlands, 2024 20.5% % of adults aged 15 and over
Change from 2023 −0.4percentage points 2023: 20.9%
European Union, 2024 25.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 26.1% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 77th of 166 See the full ranking

Tobacco use in Netherlands 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 NetherlandsEuropean Union
2024 20.5% 25.8%
2023 20.9% 26.1%
2022 21.4% 26.4%
2020 22.4% 27.0%
2015 24.9% 28.7%
2010 27.8% 30.7%
2007 29.7% 31.9%
2005 31.1% 32.8%
2000 34.8% 35.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 20.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2000, when it was 34.8%, the figure has changed by −14.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 166 countries with data for 2024, Netherlands has the 77th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 25.8%.

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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 Netherlands
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