Jordan vs Middle income: Prevalence of current tobacco use
Prevalence of current tobacco use over time
- Jordan
- Middle income
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 34.1% against 21.0% in Middle income, a difference of 13.1%.
That makes Jordan's figure about 1.6 times Middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Middle income ahead.
Jordan ranks 17th and Middle income ranks 19th of 166 countries.
Jordan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jordan | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.7% | 32.2% | 0.6% | Jordan |
| 2010s | 33.0% | 26.6% | 6.4% | Jordan |
| 2020s | 33.8% | 21.8% | 12.1% | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of current tobacco use, Jordan or Middle income?
- Jordan, at 34.1% against 21.0% in Middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of current tobacco use between Jordan and Middle income?
- 13.1%, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Middle income?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Jordan and Middle income rank globally for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Jordan ranks 17th and 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 (% of 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 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.