Number of current of tobacco users, estimate in Lesotho
Lesotho: Number of current of tobacco users, estimate was 450,000 in 2030. ▲ Rising
Number of current of tobacco users, estimate in Lesotho, 2000–2030
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2030, number of current of tobacco users, estimate in Lesotho stood at 450,000. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of current of tobacco users, estimate in Lesotho peaked at 450,000 in 2030 and was at its lowest, 284,000, in 2000.
That places Lesotho 114th out of 166 countries with data for 2030, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of current of tobacco users, estimate in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 284,000 | — |
| 2005 | 286,000 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 289,000 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 298,000 | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 324,000 | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 358,000 | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 374,000 | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 382,000 | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 391,000 | +2.4% |
| 2025 | 398,000 | +1.8% |
| 2030 | 450,000 | +13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 286,333 | 284,000 | 289,000 | 3 |
| 2010s | 311,000 | 298,000 | 324,000 | 2 |
| 2020s | 380,600 | 358,000 | 398,000 | 5 |
| 2030s | 450,000 | 450,000 | 450,000 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More social development data for Lesotho
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 478 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 27 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 2 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 27 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of current of tobacco users, estimate in Lesotho?
- Number of current of tobacco users, estimate in Lesotho was 450,000 in 2030, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest number of current of tobacco users, estimate recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 450,000 in 2030.
- What is the lowest number of current of tobacco users, estimate recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 284,000 in 2000.
- How does Lesotho rank for number of current of tobacco users, estimate?
- Lesotho ranks 114th out of 166 countries with data for 2030.
- Is number of current of tobacco users, estimate rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Number of current of tobacco users, estimate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO).