Lower middle income vs Portugal: Prevalence of current tobacco use, females

Lower middle income
7.8%
in 2024
Portugal
22.5%
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
19th
Portugal rank
22nd

Prevalence of current tobacco use, females over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 22.5% against 7.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 14.7%.

That makes Portugal's figure about 2.9 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Lower middle income ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 19th and Portugal ranks 22nd of 46 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Portugal Difference Ahead
2000s 25.3% 15.5% 9.8% Lower middle income
2010s 15.4% 18.1% 2.7% Portugal
2020s 8.6% 21.8% 13.1% Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of current tobacco use, females, Lower middle income or Portugal?
Portugal, at 22.5% against 7.8% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of current tobacco use, females between Lower middle income and Portugal?
14.7%, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Portugal?
9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Lower middle income and Portugal rank globally for prevalence of current tobacco use, females?
Lower middle income ranks 19th and Portugal ranks 22nd of 46 groups.
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

Indicator
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults)
Unit
% of female adults
Source
Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
212 places, 1,908 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

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.