High income vs Maldives: Prevalence of current tobacco use, males
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males over time
- High income
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 41.7% against 25.1% in High income, a difference of 16.6%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.7 times High income's.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
High income ranks 30th and Maldives ranks 33rd of 46 groups.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.6% | 55.5% | 13.9% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 33.2% | 49.1% | 15.9% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 26.2% | 42.8% | 16.7% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of current tobacco use, males, High income or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 41.7% against 25.1% in High income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of current tobacco use, males between High income and Maldives?
- 16.6%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Maldives?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do High income and Maldives rank globally for prevalence of current tobacco use, males?
- High income ranks 30th and Maldives ranks 33rd 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, males (% of male 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 male 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.