Chile vs Lower middle income: Prevalence of current tobacco use, females
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females over time
- Chile
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Chile currently reports 24.3% against 7.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 16.5%.
That makes Chile's figure about 3.1 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Chile has been ahead every year.
Chile ranks 18th and Lower middle income ranks 19th of 166 countries.
Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.2% | 25.3% | 13.9% | Chile |
| 2010s | 31.9% | 15.4% | 16.5% | Chile |
| 2020s | 25.3% | 8.6% | 16.6% | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of current tobacco use, females, Chile or Lower middle income?
- Chile, at 24.3% against 7.8% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of current tobacco use, females between Chile and Lower middle income?
- 16.5%, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Lower middle income?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Lower middle income rank globally for prevalence of current tobacco use, females?
- Chile ranks 18th and Lower middle income ranks 19th of 166 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The percentage of the female population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.