Lower middle income vs Tuvalu: Prevalence of current tobacco use
Prevalence of current tobacco use over time
- Lower middle income
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 33.4% against 20.4% in Lower middle income, a difference of 13.0%.
That makes Tuvalu's figure about 1.6 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Tuvalu has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 22nd and Tuvalu ranks 19th of 46 groups.
Tuvalu has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.5% | 44.9% | 4.4% | Tuvalu |
| 2010s | 30.1% | 39.6% | 9.5% | Tuvalu |
| 2020s | 21.6% | 34.2% | 12.5% | Tuvalu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of current tobacco use, Lower middle income or Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu, at 33.4% 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 Tuvalu?
- 13.0%, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Tuvalu?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Lower middle income and Tuvalu rank globally for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Lower middle income ranks 22nd and Tuvalu ranks 19th 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.