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Prevalence of current tobacco use (ages 15+) · % of adults · 166 countries ranked · 2024

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  1. 1NigeriaWorld rank 1st of 166
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  2. 2GhanaWorld rank 2nd of 166
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  3. 3PanamaWorld rank 3rd of 166
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  4. 4EthiopiaWorld rank 4th of 166
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  5. 5LiberiaWorld rank 4th of 166
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  6. 6SenegalWorld rank 6th of 166
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  7. 7TurkmenistanWorld rank 6th of 166
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  8. 8CameroonWorld rank 8th of 166
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  9. 9TogoWorld rank 9th of 166
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  10. 10ParaguayWorld rank 10th of 166
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  11. 11Côte d'IvoireWorld rank 11th of 166
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  12. 12BeninWorld rank 12th of 166
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  13. 13MaliWorld rank 12th of 166
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  14. 14NigerWorld rank 12th of 166
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  15. 15ChadWorld rank 12th of 166
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  16. 16UgandaWorld rank 16th of 166
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  17. 17TanzaniaWorld rank 17th of 166
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  18. 18Costa RicaWorld rank 18th of 166
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  19. 19ColombiaWorld rank 19th of 166
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  20. 20HaitiWorld rank 19th of 166
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  21. 21Guinea-BissauWorld rank 21st of 166
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  22. 22El SalvadorWorld rank 21st of 166
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  23. 23São Tomé and PríncipeWorld rank 23rd of 166
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  24. 24BelizeWorld rank 24th of 166
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  25. 25OmanWorld rank 24th of 166
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Smoking, 2024. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Prevalence of current tobacco use (ages 15+), 2024World map of Prevalence of current tobacco use (ages 15+) (2024) for 166 countries, from 3.1 % to 48.8 %.Fiji: 25.8 %Tanzania: 7.7 %W. Sahara: —Canada: 11.2 %United States: 15.8 %Kazakhstan: 21.1 %Uzbekistan: 16.3 %Papua New Guinea: 39.3 %Indonesia: 31.0 %Argentina: 23.5 %Chile: 26.7 %DR Congo: 12.3 %Somalia: —Kenya: 9.6 %Sudan: —Chad: 7.4 %Haiti: 8.0 %Dominican Republic: —Russia: 27.0 %Bahamas: 17.3 %Falkland Is.: —Norway: 12.9 %Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 48.8 %South Africa: 23.7 %Lesotho: 28.0 %Mexico: 15.7 %Uruguay: 19.3 %Brazil: 11.9 %Bolivia: 12.3 %Peru: 12.4 %Colombia: 8.0 %Panama: 4.8 %Costa Rica: 7.9 %Nicaragua: —Honduras: 12.1 %El Salvador: 8.2 %Guatemala: 11.2 %Belize: 8.5 %Venezuela: —Guyana: 11.7 %Suriname: —France: 33.6 %Ecuador: 10.1 %Puerto Rico: —Jamaica: 11.5 %Cuba: 16.1 %Zimbabwe: 11.0 %Botswana: 18.0 %Namibia: —Senegal: 5.4 %Mali: 7.4 %Mauritania: 9.9 %Benin: 7.4 %Niger: 7.4 %Nigeria: 3.1 %Cameroon: 5.7 %Togo: 5.8 %Ghana: 3.3 %Côte d'Ivoire: 7.3 %Guinea: —Guinea-Bissau: 8.2 %Liberia: 5.2 %Sierra Leone: 11.3 %Burkina Faso: 11.6 %Central African Republic: —Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Gabon: 13.3 %Equatorial Guinea: —Zambia: 14.3 %Malawi: 8.9 %Mozambique: 10.5 %Eswatini: 11.5 %Angola: —Burundi: 10.1 %Israel: 21.2 %Lebanon: 46.9 %Madagascar: 25.6 %Palestine: 35.5 %Gambia: 11.1 %Tunisia: 24.4 %Algeria: 22.4 %Jordan: 34.1 %United Arab Emirates: 9.0 %Qatar: 12.5 %Kuwait: 19.4 %Iraq: 20.1 %Oman: 8.5 %Vanuatu: 24.9 %Cambodia: 18.6 %Thailand: 17.8 %Laos: 25.4 %Myanmar: 43.4 %Vietnam: 21.1 %North Korea: 15.6 %South Korea: 18.6 %Mongolia: 29.5 %India: 22.6 %Bangladesh: 32.0 %Bhutan: 19.6 %Nepal: 28.7 %Pakistan: 17.9 %Afghanistan: 22.1 %Tajikistan: —Kyrgyzstan: 22.2 %Turkmenistan: 5.4 %Iran: 11.9 %Syria: —Armenia: 26.2 %Sweden: 20.3 %Belarus: 29.2 %Ukraine: 23.7 %Poland: 21.7 %Austria: 23.8 %Hungary: 30.8 %Moldova: 28.8 %Romania: 29.7 %Lithuania: 31.4 %Latvia: 34.6 %Estonia: 26.1 %Germany: 22.0 %Bulgaria: 38.7 %Greece: 30.2 %Türkiye: 31.1 %Albania: 21.4 %Croatia: 34.4 %Switzerland: 23.1 %Luxembourg: 24.5 %Belgium: 23.5 %Netherlands: 20.5 %Portugal: 28.6 %Spain: 27.6 %Ireland: 18.2 %New Caledonia: —Solomon Islands: 38.4 %New Zealand: 9.3 %Australia: 11.6 %Sri Lanka: 20.7 %China: 22.8 %Taiwan: —Italy: 22.4 %Denmark: 15.7 %United Kingdom: 12.8 %Iceland: 9.2 %Azerbaijan: 18.7 %Georgia: 33.0 %Philippines: 19.9 %Malaysia: 16.9 %Brunei: 14.5 %Slovenia: 20.9 %Finland: 21.4 %Slovakia: 29.5 %Czechia: 28.4 %Eritrea: —Japan: 17.5 %Paraguay: 6.4 %Yemen: —Saudi Arabia: 14.7 %N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 32.5 %Morocco: 12.5 %Egypt: 25.0 %Libya: 24.2 %Ethiopia: 5.2 %Djibouti: —Somaliland: —Uganda: 7.5 %Rwanda: 10.1 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 37.1 %North Macedonia: 39.6 %Serbia: 39.7 %Montenegro: 37.2 %Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: —South Sudan: —
  • 3.1 % – 9.1 %
  • 9.1 % – 12.8 %
  • 12.8 % – 19.0 %
  • 19.0 % – 23.7 %
  • 23.7 % – 30.0 %
  • 30.0 % – 48.8 %
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

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Rank by year for Nigeria, Ghana, Panama, 2000–2024.