Tuvalu vs Upper middle income: Prevalence of current tobacco use
Prevalence of current tobacco use over time
- Tuvalu
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 33.4% against 21.5% in Upper middle income, a difference of 11.9%.
That makes Tuvalu's figure about 1.6 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Tuvalu has been ahead every year.
Tuvalu ranks 19th and Upper middle income ranks 17th of 166 countries.
Tuvalu has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tuvalu | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.9% | 26.6% | 18.3% | Tuvalu |
| 2010s | 39.6% | 24.1% | 15.5% | Tuvalu |
| 2020s | 34.2% | 21.9% | 12.3% | Tuvalu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of current tobacco use, Tuvalu or Upper middle income?
- Tuvalu, at 33.4% against 21.5% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of current tobacco use between Tuvalu and Upper middle income?
- 11.9%, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tuvalu and Upper middle income?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Tuvalu and Upper middle income rank globally for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Tuvalu ranks 19th and Upper middle income ranks 17th 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.