Macedonia ranks among the European countries with the highest percentage of daily users of tobacco and related products. In 2022, this category included 22.5% of citizens aged 16 and over, or nearly one in every four people.
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Although Macedonia’s rate is lower than Turkey’s 29.6%, Serbia’s 26.6%, and Bulgaria’s 26.3%, it remains significantly above the average of 16.5% recorded in the European Union in 2025.
According to Eurostat statistics, in 2025, 16.5% of EU residents aged 16 and over used tobacco and related products—including electronic cigarettes, nicotine pouches, and heated tobacco products—every day. Compared with the 17.5% recorded in 2022, this figure represents a slight decline.
Overall, European Union member states recorded a decline in the consumption of tobacco and related products in 2025. By contrast, most countries in the region, including Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia, saw a significant increase in cigarette consumption.
Within the EU, the highest rates of daily use among people aged over 16 were recorded in Bulgaria at 26.3%, Sweden at 23.9%, and Croatia at 23.6%. At the other end of the ranking were the Netherlands at 9.9%, Ireland at 11.7%, Belgium at 13.6%, and Luxembourg at 13.8%.
In Serbia, smokers account for 26.6% of the population, while in Montenegro the figure is 23.8%. Croatia reached 23.6% in 2025, an increase of 2.7 percentage points from 20.9% in 2022.
Slovenia has the lowest rate of active smokers, at 17.3%. This figure is 0.6 percentage points lower than in 2022, when it stood at 17.9%, while Albania recorded 15.1% in 2022.
The breakdown by gender shows that 20.8% of men used tobacco daily, compared with 12.6% of women.
