Myanmar vs Timor-Leste: Prevalence of current tobacco use
Prevalence of current tobacco use over time
- Myanmar
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 48.8% against 43.4% in Myanmar, a difference of 5.4%.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.1 times Myanmar's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Myanmar ahead.
Myanmar ranks 3rd and Timor-Leste ranks 1st of 166 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Myanmar averaged higher in 2 and Timor-Leste in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Myanmar | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.1% | 47.1% | 14.0% | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 52.3% | 47.8% | 4.5% | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 44.4% | 48.7% | 4.3% | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of current tobacco use, Myanmar or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 48.8% against 43.4% in Myanmar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of current tobacco use between Myanmar and Timor-Leste?
- 5.4%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Timor-Leste?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Myanmar and Timor-Leste rank globally for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Myanmar ranks 3rd and Timor-Leste ranks 1st 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.