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Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) (age-standardized) by country

Countries reporting
167
Highest
50.9%
Lebanon
Lowest
2.5%
Nigeria
Median
17.5%
Years covered
31
2000–2030
Data points
1,914

What the numbers show

Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) (age-standardized) is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 50.9% in Lebanon; the lowest is 2.5% in Nigeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.5%, and the mean is 18.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 144 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 21.3%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 50.4%).

Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lebanon 50.9% 2030 up 14.4% rising
2 Timor-Leste 49.7% 2030 up 2.5% rising
3 North Macedonia 39.7% 2030 up 0.3% flat
3 Myanmar 39.7% 2030 down 13.5% falling
3 Serbia 39.7% 2030 down 0.3% falling
6 Bulgaria 38.1% 2030 down 3.3% falling
6 Palestine, State of 38.1% 2030 up 12.4% rising
8 Solomon Islands 37.8% 2030 down 2.8% falling
9 Montenegro 37.7% 2030 up 1.9% flat
10 Papua New Guinea 36.9% 2030 down 10.9% falling
11 Andorra 35.9% 2030 up 1.7% flat
12 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.4% 2030 down 7.3% falling
13 Croatia 34.5% 2030 unchanged flat
14 Jordan 34.4% 2030 up 2.4% rising
15 France 33.4% 2030 down 1.2% flat
16 Kiribati 32.8% 2030 down 21.2% falling
17 Georgia 32.5% 2030 down 2.4% falling
18 Latvia 32.4% 2030 down 9.7% falling
19 Tonga 32.1% 2030 down 0.3% flat
20 Cyprus 31.1% 2030 down 7.4% falling
20 Türkiye 31.1% 2030 down 0.3% falling
22 Marshall Islands 30.7% 2030 up 4.4% rising
22 Tuvalu 30.7% 2030 down 12.8% falling
24 Indonesia 30.6% 2030 down 2.5% falling
25 Republic of Moldova 30.4% 2030 up 9.7% rising
26 Portugal 30.3% 2030 up 9.8% rising
27 Naoero 30.0% 2030 down 22.1% falling
28 Hungary 29.4% 2030 down 8.1% falling
29 Slovakia 29.2% 2030 down 1.7% falling
30 Lesotho 28.9% 2030 up 4.7% rising
30 Lithuania 28.9% 2030 down 12.7% falling
30 Mongolia 28.9% 2030 down 4.0% falling
33 Bangladesh 28.5% 2030 down 18.3% falling
34 Romania 28.1% 2030 down 9.4% falling
35 Czechia 27.0% 2030 down 7.8% falling
36 Egypt 26.9% 2030 up 12.6% rising
37 Belarus 26.7% 2030 down 14.1% falling
37 Cook Islands 26.7% 2030 down 9.8% falling
39 Greece 26.6% 2030 down 19.4% falling
40 Spain 26.2% 2030 down 8.1% falling
41 Vanuatu 24.8% 2030 down 1.2% falling
42 Russian Federation 24.7% 2030 down 14.2% falling
43 Armenia 24.5% 2030 down 10.6% falling
43 Nepal 24.5% 2030 down 24.4% falling
45 South Africa 24.1% 2030 up 3.0% rising
46 Fiji 23.9% 2030 down 11.5% falling
47 Luxembourg 23.8% 2030 down 4.8% falling
48 Algeria 23.7% 2030 up 9.2% rising
49 Chile 23.3% 2030 down 20.5% falling
50 Malta 23.2% 2030 down 9.7% falling
51 Maldives 23.0% 2030 down 16.7% falling
51 Tunisia 23.0% 2030 down 10.5% falling
53 Estonia 22.6% 2030 down 21.8% falling
53 Madagascar 22.6% 2030 down 19.9% falling
55 Libya 22.4% 2030 down 12.5% falling
56 Belgium 22.3% 2030 down 9.0% falling
57 China 21.9% 2030 down 6.4% falling
58 Switzerland 21.8% 2030 down 9.5% falling
58 Italy 21.8% 2030 down 5.2% falling
60 Palau 21.7% 2030 down 9.2% falling
61 Argentina 21.6% 2030 down 12.9% falling
61 Lao People's Democratic Republic 21.6% 2030 down 23.9% falling
63 Ukraine 20.7% 2030 down 20.7% falling
64 Samoa 20.6% 2030 down 17.3% falling
65 Kyrgyzstan 20.3% 2030 down 14.3% falling
66 Slovenia 20.2% 2030 down 5.6% falling
67 Iraq 19.9% 2030 down 2.0% falling
68 Austria 19.8% 2030 down 26.1% falling
69 Afghanistan 19.7% 2030 down 16.9% falling
70 Germany 19.5% 2030 down 17.7% falling
71 Israel 19.4% 2030 down 13.4% falling
71 Sri Lanka 19.4% 2030 down 10.6% falling
73 Viet Nam 19.3% 2030 down 13.8% falling
74 Albania 19.2% 2030 down 17.2% falling
74 Kuwait 19.2% 2030 down 1.0% falling
76 Bahamas 19.0% 2030 up 15.2% rising
77 Kazakhstan 18.8% 2030 down 18.3% falling
78 Poland 18.6% 2030 down 22.5% falling
79 Finland 18.4% 2030 down 22.4% falling
80 India 18.3% 2030 down 30.2% falling
81 Bhutan 18.2% 2030 down 12.9% falling
81 Congo 18.2% 2030 up 21.3% rising
83 Netherlands 18.0% 2030 down 19.6% falling
84 Philippines 17.5% 2030 down 20.1% falling
85 Uruguay 16.7% 2030 down 21.6% falling
86 Azerbaijan 16.4% 2030 down 18.8% falling
87 Sweden 16.2% 2030 down 31.1% falling
88 Botswana 16.1% 2030 down 17.9% falling
88 Thailand 16.1% 2030 down 15.3% falling
90 Mauritius 16.0% 2030 down 15.3% falling
91 Republic of Korea 15.9% 2030 down 22.8% falling
92 Cambodia 15.7% 2030 down 24.9% falling
93 Seychelles 15.6% 2030 down 16.1% falling
94 Ireland 15.4% 2030 down 24.1% falling
95 Malaysia 15.2% 2030 down 15.6% falling
96 Japan 14.9% 2030 down 23.6% falling
96 Pakistan 14.9% 2030 down 26.2% falling
96 Saudi Arabia 14.9% 2030 up 2.1% flat
99 Mexico 14.7% 2030 down 11.4% falling
100 Bahrain 14.4% 2030 down 10.6% falling
101 Uzbekistan 14.3% 2030 down 19.2% falling
102 Brunei Darussalam 13.7% 2030 down 8.7% falling
103 Zambia 13.4% 2030 down 10.1% falling
104 Gabon 13.3% 2030 unchanged falling
104 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 13.3% 2030 down 23.6% falling
106 Singapore 13.1% 2030 down 8.4% falling
107 Saint Lucia 13.0% 2030 down 11.6% falling
108 Cuba 12.9% 2030 down 30.6% falling
109 United States of America 12.8% 2030 down 30.1% falling
110 Denmark 12.6% 2030 down 30.8% falling
110 Qatar 12.6% 2030 up 0.8% flat
112 Eswatini 11.9% 2030 up 5.3% rising
113 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 11.4% 2030 down 13.0% falling
113 Honduras 11.4% 2030 down 10.9% falling
115 Morocco 11.2% 2030 down 17.6% falling
116 Guatemala 10.8% 2030 down 7.7% falling
117 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.7% 2030 down 22.5% falling
118 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.6% 2030 down 18.5% falling
119 Jamaica 10.3% 2030 down 16.3% falling
120 Brazil 10.1% 2030 down 23.5% falling
121 Peru 10.0% 2030 down 30.6% falling
122 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9.8% 2030 down 35.9% falling
123 Gambia 9.7% 2030 down 20.5% falling
124 Australia 9.6% 2030 down 27.3% falling
124 Zimbabwe 9.6% 2030 down 21.3% falling
126 Ecuador 9.5% 2030 down 11.2% falling
126 Norway 9.5% 2030 down 40.6% volatile
128 Guyana 9.4% 2030 down 30.4% falling
129 Burkina Faso 9.3% 2030 down 31.1% falling
130 Sao Tome and Principe 9.0% 2030 up 13.9% rising
131 Canada 8.9% 2030 down 31.5% falling
131 Cape Verde 8.9% 2030 down 23.3% falling
131 Oman 8.9% 2030 up 7.2% rising
134 Burundi 8.3% 2030 down 29.1% falling
134 Sierra Leone 8.3% 2030 down 41.1% volatile
136 Mozambique 8.2% 2030 down 33.9% falling
136 Mauritania 8.2% 2030 down 25.5% falling
138 Kenya 7.9% 2030 down 26.9% falling
139 United Arab Emirates 7.8% 2030 down 21.2% falling
140 Belize 7.7% 2030 down 15.4% falling
141 Haiti 7.4% 2030 down 11.9% falling
142 Niger 7.2% 2030 down 6.5% falling
143 Colombia 7.0% 2030 down 20.5% falling
143 Malawi 7.0% 2030 down 32.7% falling
143 New Zealand 7.0% 2030 down 38.1% falling
143 El Salvador 7.0% 2030 down 22.2% falling
147 Guinea-Bissau 6.9% 2030 down 23.3% falling
148 Iceland 6.8% 2030 down 39.8% falling
148 Chad 6.8% 2030 down 13.9% falling
150 Rwanda 6.6% 2030 down 50.4% volatile
151 Costa Rica 6.5% 2030 down 27.8% falling
152 Comoros 6.4% 2030 down 44.3% volatile
153 Benin 6.3% 2030 down 23.2% falling
154 Mali 6.2% 2030 down 27.1% falling
155 Côte d'Ivoire 5.8% 2030 down 33.3% falling
156 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.6% 2030 down 41.7% volatile
156 Uganda 5.6% 2030 down 38.5% falling
158 Ethiopia 5.0% 2030 down 5.7% falling
159 Togo 4.7% 2030 down 30.9% falling
160 Cameroon 4.5% 2030 down 32.8% falling
161 Senegal 4.4% 2030 down 32.3% falling
162 Paraguay 4.3% 2030 down 48.2% volatile
162 Turkmenistan 4.3% 2030 down 31.7% falling
164 Liberia 3.8% 2030 down 40.6% volatile
164 Panama 3.8% 2030 down 33.3% falling
166 Ghana 2.7% 2030 down 28.9% falling
167 Nigeria 2.5% 2030 down 28.6% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) (age-standardized)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
174 places, 1,914 data points, 2000–2030
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