Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Southern Europe

Tobacco use prevalence in Southern Europe in 2024 — 26.7%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.7 pp.

2024 26.7% −0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 32.4%2000
Period minimum 26.7%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Southern Europe, 2000–202426283032342000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 32.4%2005: 31%2007: 30.5%2010: 29.7%2015: 28.5%2020: 27.4%2022: 27.1%2023: 26.9%2024: 26.7%
Change over the period: −5.7 pp Annual average: -0.24 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Europe

Southern Europe 26.7%
World 20.3%
Tobacco use prevalence — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 26.7 −0.2 pp
2023 26.9 −0.1 pp
2022 27.1
2020 27.4
2015 28.5
2010 29.7
2007 30.5
2005 31
2000 32.4

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 15 and over that uses tobacco — cigarettes, cigars, pipes, waterpipe, smokeless tobacco. The WHO estimates are age-standardized, so countries with different age composition can be compared directly. Tobacco remains one of the leading preventable causes of death.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.