EU countries by tobacco use, age-standardized, 2020

Bulgaria had the highest tobacco use, age-standardized of 27 EU countries in 2020, at 39.4%. Denmark had the lowest, at 18.2%. The median was 27.6%. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest39.4Bulgaria

Lowest18.2Denmark

Median27.627 EU countries

All EU countries, 2020

%. Source: World Health Organization, Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use among persons 15 years and older (%), both sexes (M_Est_tob_curr_std). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2020 (%)
1	Bulgaria	39.4
2	Latvia	35.9
3	Croatia	34.5
4	France	33.8
5	Cyprus	33.6
6	Lithuania	33.1
7	Greece	33
8	Hungary	32
9	Romania	31
10	Slovakia	29.7
11	Czechia	29.3
12	Estonia	28.9
13	Spain	28.5
14	Portugal	27.6
15	Austria	26.8
16	Malta	25.7
17	Luxembourg	25
18	Belgium	24.5
19	Poland	24
20	Finland	23.7
20	Germany	23.7
22	Sweden	23.5
23	Italy	23
24	Netherlands	22.4
25	Slovenia	21.4
26	Ireland	20.3
27	Denmark	18.2

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About this ranking

Percentage of people aged 15 and over who currently use any tobacco product, smoked or smokeless, daily or on some days (SDG indicator 3.a.1). Women and men together, age-standardized to the WHO standard population. E-cigarettes are not counted. WHO estimates from national surveys, published in its global report on trends in tobacco use.

Covers every tobacco product, so values are higher than cigarette smoking rates such as adult_smoking_rate, the CDC rate for US states. For about 60 countries, among them France, Germany, Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom, WHO has no estimate of all tobacco use and substitutes its estimate of tobacco smoking, so smokeless tobacco is not counted there. WHO publishes estimates every five years from 2000 and every year from 2022. Years after a country's most recent national survey are WHO projections and are not loaded, nor are its projections for 2025 and 2030, so the latest year differs by country. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Health Organization, data.who.int. Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use among persons 15 years and older (%), both sexes (M_Est_tob_curr_std) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/847662C/75DDA77 (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Questions

Which EU country has the highest tobacco use, age-standardized?

Bulgaria, with 39.4% in 2020, according to World Health Organization.

Which EU country has the lowest tobacco use, age-standardized?

Denmark, with 18.2% in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Health Organization, Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use among persons 15 years and older (%), both sexes (M_Est_tob_curr_std). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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