Daily Cigarette Smokers

Share of adults who smoke cigarettes every day. Eurostat EHIS, 2014–2019.

Source: Eurostat — EHIS Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat reuse policy) Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗

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Avg (2019)
17.1%
-1.5pp vs 2014
Improving
3
of 32 tracked
Declining
26
period over period
Stable
2
±0.5pp band

Daily Cigarette Smokers

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Movers

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Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇷🇸 Serbia 26.2% +26.2pp
🇩🇪 Germany 21.9% +6.9pp
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 28.7% +1.4pp
🇮🇪 Ireland 13.8% +1.1pp
🇲🇹 Malta 19.4% +0.50pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 0% -13.7pp
🇭🇺 Hungary 19.3% -6.5pp
🇵🇹 Portugal 11.5% -4.8pp
🇨🇾 Cyprus 21.2% -4.0pp
🇪🇪 Estonia 18.9% -3.8pp

By group

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Europe -1.5pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe 31 17.6% -1.5pp

Daily Cigarette Smokers — full ranking

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31 entities, 2019, change vs 2014. Highest first.
#EntityDaily Cigarette SmokersChange
1🇧🇬 Bulgaria28.7%+1.4pp
2🇹🇷 Türkiye27.3%+0.10pp
3🇷🇸 Serbia26.2%—
4🇬🇷 Greece23.6%-3.4pp
5🇱🇻 Latvia22.1%-2.0pp
6🇩🇪 Germany21.9%+6.9pp
7🇭🇷 Croatia21.8%-2.7pp
8🇨🇾 Cyprus21.2%-4.0pp
9🇸🇰 Slovakia20.4%-2.2pp
10🇦🇹 Austria20.2%-3.7pp
11🇪🇸 Spain19.7%-2.5pp
12🇲🇹 Malta19.4%+0.50pp
13🇨🇿 Czechia19.3%-1.9pp
14🇭🇺 Hungary19.3%-6.5pp
15🇪🇪 Estonia18.9%-3.8pp
16🇷🇴 Romania18.7%-1.1pp
17🇱🇹 Lithuania18.4%-1.8pp
18🇵🇱 Poland18.4%-3.5pp
19🇫🇷 France17.8%-2.7pp
20🇸🇮 Slovenia16.6%-1.4pp
21🇮🇹 Italy16.5%-0.90pp
22🇧🇪 Belgium14.6%-2.6pp
23🇳🇱 Netherlands14.6%-2.6pp
24🇮🇪 Ireland13.8%+1.1pp
25🇩🇰 Denmark11.7%-0.60pp
26🇵🇹 Portugal11.5%-4.8pp
27🇱🇺 Luxembourg10.5%-3.3pp
28🇳🇴 Norway10.2%-2.3pp
29🇫🇮 Finland9.9%-1.7pp
30🇮🇸 Iceland7.5%-3.5pp
31🇸🇪 Sweden6.4%-2.3pp