Kiribati vs Middle income: Prevalence of current tobacco use, males
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males over time
- Kiribati
- Middle income
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 50.4% against 36.5% in Middle income, a difference of 13.9%.
That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.4 times Middle income's.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Kiribati has been ahead every year.
Kiribati ranks 14th and Middle income ranks 12th of 166 countries.
Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.4% | 50.5% | 25.9% | Kiribati |
| 2010s | 64.3% | 43.9% | 20.4% | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 52.2% | 37.5% | 14.6% | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of current tobacco use, males, Kiribati or Middle income?
- Kiribati, at 50.4% against 36.5% in Middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of current tobacco use, males between Kiribati and Middle income?
- 13.9%, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Middle income?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Kiribati and Middle income rank globally for prevalence of current tobacco use, males?
- Kiribati ranks 14th and Middle income ranks 12th 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, 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.