Turkey vs World: Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults)
Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults) over time
- Turkey
- World
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 31.1% against 20.3% in World, a difference of 10.8%.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.5 times World's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2000 it was World ahead.
Turkey ranks 25th and World ranks 24th of 166 countries.
Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Turkey | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.3% | 31.7% | 0.6% | Turkey |
| 2010s | 31.6% | 26.0% | 5.6% | Turkey |
| 2020s | 31.1% | 21.0% | 10.1% | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of current tobacco use, Turkey or World?
- Turkey, at 31.1% against 20.3% in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of current tobacco use between Turkey and World?
- 10.8%, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Turkey and World?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Turkey and World rank globally for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Turkey ranks 25th and World ranks 24th 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.