Smokers as a percentage of population by age and sex

Source: UNECE Statistical Database, compiled from national official sources.

Definition: Smoking is defined as the daily smoking of at least one cigarette.

General note: Percentage


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Armenia:
1995: data refer to 1997.
2010: data refer to age group 15-49.

Austria:
1995: data refer to 1997.

Belarus:
Data refer to population aged 16+.

Canada:
Data exclude residents of Indian Reserves, Crown Lands and certain remote regions; institutional residents; and full-time members of the Canadian Forces.

Croatia:
2003: data refer to population aged 18+. 1995: data refer to age group 18-65. 2000: data refer to 1999. 2007: young smokers: age refer to 15-16 years.

Cyprus:
Data cover only government controlled area. 1990: data refer to 1989.

Czech Republic:
2004: data refer to population aged 18-64; age group 15-24 refers to 18-24.
1990, 1995 and 2000: data refer to 1993, 1996 and 1999.

Denmark:
Data refer to population aged 16+; age group 15-24 refers to 16-24.

Estonia:
Data refer to population aged 16-64; age group 15-24 refers to 16-24.
1996: data refer to 1995.

France:
1995, 2000: data refer to population aged 18-74; age group 15-24 refers to 18-24.
2002: data refer to population aged 15-75.
2002-2010: data refer to population aged 15-75 and cover only Metropolitan France.
From 2005: break in series, change in methodology.

Germany:
2000: data refer to 1999.

Ireland:
Age group 15-24 refers to 15-23.
2000: data refer to 1998.
2000-2002: data include occasional smokers. 2003: data refer to people smoking one or more cigarettes a week.

Israel:
1995, 2000, 2009 and 2010: data refer to population aged 20+. 2003: data refer to population aged 21+ and based on health survey.
1995, 2000, 2003: data refer to 1996-97, 1999-2000 and 2003-04.
Data are based on different surveys and methodologies across years.

Italy:
1995: data refer to 1994.

Kazakhstan:
Age group 15+ refers to 15-49.

Latvia:
2003: data cover population aged 15-74; age groups: 15-19 refers to 15-24; 20-44 refers to 25-44; 65+ refers to 65-74.
2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010: data refer to population aged 15-64.
2010: break in series: change in methodology.

Malta:
Data refer to population aged 18+ residing in private households.
Data for age group 15 - 24 are not available due to under-representation.

Netherlands:
Data include all types of smokers.
1990 and 1995: data refer to population age 16+.

Norway:
Data refer to population aged 16-74; age group 15-24 refers to 16-24.
Before 2009: date refer to three-year average.

Poland:
1995: data refer to 1996.

Portugal:
Before 2005: data cover only mainland territory (without Autonomous Regions of Acores and Madeira).
1995, 2000, 2005: data refer to 1995/1996, 1998/1999 and 2005/2006.

Romania:
Data include smoking of cigars and pipes.

Slovenia:
Data for population aged 15+ refer to age 18+. 1990, 1995 and 2000: data refer to 1988, 1994 and 1999.
1990: age group 15-24 refers to a sample with mean age 15.9.
1995, 2000: age group 15-24 refers to 15-16.
2008: data refer to population aged 25-74 and age group 20-44 refers to 25-44.

Spain:
Data refer to population aged 16+. Age group 15-24 refers to 16-24. Before 2003: data refer to Spanish nationals only.
1990, 2000: data refer to 1993 and 1997.

Sweden:
Age group 15+ refers to 16+.
1980-2001: data refer to population aged 16-84. From 2002: data refer to population aged 16+.

Switzerland:
1990, 1995: data refer to 1992, 1997.

Ukraine:
Data do not cover settlements in the exclusion zones and the Chernobyl disaster area. Data do not include institutionalised population, conscripts, persons in detention, persons residing in nursing homes, retirement homes etc. and marginalized people (homeless, etc.)

United Kingdom:
Data refer to population aged 16+. Smokers are defined as anyone who has ever smoked and describes themselves as a current smoker. Age group 15-24 refers to 16-24. Data cover Great Britain only.
1995: data refer to 1994. From 2000: data have been weighted for non-response.
2005: data include the last quarter of 2004/05 due to survey change from financial year to calendar year.
From 2006: data include longitudinal data.

United States:
Data refer to population aged 18+.
1980, 1990: data refer to both daily and nondaily smokers.