Smokers (As % of 15+ Year-Old Population) in Denmark

Smokers as a share of of 15+ year-old population reached 20.9 % in 2010 in Denmark, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 30.6 % more than in the previous year.

Historically, smokers as a share of of 15+ year-old population in Denmark reached an all time high of 44.5 % in 1990 and an all time low of 16.0 % in 2009. When compared to Denmark's main peers, smokers as a share of of 15+ year-old population in Netherlands amounted to 26.6 %, 19.0 % in Norway and 13.6 % in Sweden in 2010.

Denmark has been ranked 11th within the group of 22 countries we follow in terms of smokers as a share of of 15+ year-old population.

This is the percentage of the total population (or population group) who smoke at least one cigarette a day.