Upper middle income vs Palestine: Prevalence of current tobacco use, males
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males over time
- Upper middle income
- Palestine
How they compare
Palestine currently reports 60.3% against 39.4% in Upper middle income, a difference of 20.9%.
That makes Palestine's figure about 1.5 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Palestine has been ahead every year.
Upper middle income ranks 5th and Palestine ranks 3rd of 46 groups.
Palestine has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Upper middle income | Palestine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 46.9% | 51.0% | 4.1% | Palestine |
| 2010s | 43.3% | 54.5% | 11.1% | Palestine |
| 2020s | 39.9% | 59.4% | 19.5% | Palestine |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of current tobacco use, males, Upper middle income or Palestine?
- Palestine, at 60.3% against 39.4% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of current tobacco use, males between Upper middle income and Palestine?
- 20.9%, with Palestine ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Upper middle income and Palestine?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Upper middle income and Palestine rank globally for prevalence of current tobacco use, males?
- Upper middle income ranks 5th and Palestine ranks 3rd 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.