Lower middle income vs Tonga: Prevalence of current tobacco use
Prevalence of current tobacco use over time
- Lower middle income
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 32.1% against 20.4% in Lower middle income, a difference of 11.7%.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.6 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 22nd and Tonga ranks 22nd of 46 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 1 and Tonga in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.5% | 32.8% | 7.7% | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 30.1% | 32.4% | 2.3% | Tonga |
| 2020s | 21.6% | 32.1% | 10.4% | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of current tobacco use, Lower middle income or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 32.1% against 20.4% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of current tobacco use between Lower middle income and Tonga?
- 11.7%, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Tonga?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Lower middle income and Tonga rank globally for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Lower middle income ranks 22nd and Tonga 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 (% 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.