Share of men vs. women who smoke or use other tobacco by country
Estimated percentage of male adults (15 years and older) who currently use tobacco. This includes all forms of tobacco use, such as smoking, chewing or snuffing, but excludes products that do not contain tobacco, such as e-cigarettes.
Countries reporting
167
Highest
76.2%
Timor-Leste
Lowest
5.8%
Nigeria
Median
27.1%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,503
What the numbers show
Share of men vs. women who smoke or use other tobacco is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 76.2% in Timor-Leste; the lowest is 5.8% in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 27.1%, and the mean is 29.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 147 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 21.5%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 46.1%).
Share of men vs. women who smoke or use other tobacco: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 76.2% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 2 | Myanmar | 70.1% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 3 | Palestine, State of | 60.3% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 59.3% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Georgia | 57.5% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 56.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 7 | Jordan | 55.1% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 8 | Lebanon | 54.1% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 53.5% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 10 | Mongolia | 51.7% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 11 | Marshall Islands | 51.3% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 50.7% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 50.5% | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 14 | Kiribati | 50.4% | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 49.9% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 16 | Egypt | 49.6% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 17 | Lesotho | 49.4% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 18 | Libya | 48.2% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 19 | Tonga | 47.9% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 20 | Tuvalu | 47.6% | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 21 | Latvia | 47.2% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 22 | Nepal | 46.8% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 23 | Tunisia | 46.6% | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 24 | Cyprus | 46.1% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 25 | Belarus | 44.5% | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 26 | China | 44.2% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 26 | Algeria | 44.2% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 43.4% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.0% | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 30 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 42.5% | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 31 | Türkiye | 41.9% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 32 | Madagascar | 41.8% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 33 | Lithuania | 41.7% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 33 | Maldives | 41.7% | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.2% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 36 | Viet Nam | 41.1% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 37 | Vanuatu | 40.8% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 40.6% | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 39 | Montenegro | 39.9% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 40 | Serbia | 39.2% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 41 | Fiji | 39.1% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 42 | South Africa | 39.0% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 38.9% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 44 | Romania | 38.4% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 45 | Iraq | 38.1% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 37.9% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 37.2% | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 48 | Ukraine | 36.8% | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 49 | Albania | 36.7% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 50 | Kuwait | 36.4% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 51 | France | 35.9% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 52 | India | 35.6% | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 53 | Kazakhstan | 35.4% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 53 | Philippines | 35.4% | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 53 | Russian Federation | 35.4% | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 56 | Croatia | 35.1% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 57 | Palau | 35.0% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 34.8% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 59 | Andorra | 34.6% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 60 | Thailand | 34.2% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 61 | Greece | 34.1% | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 62 | Malaysia | 33.1% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 62 | Slovakia | 33.1% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 64 | Mauritius | 32.8% | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 65 | Hungary | 32.7% | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 66 | Cook Islands | 32.4% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 67 | Samoa | 32.3% | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 68 | Czechia | 32.2% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 69 | Cambodia | 31.7% | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 31.6% | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 71 | Republic of Korea | 31.5% | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 72 | Bahamas | 31.3% | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 73 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 31.1% | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 74 | Estonia | 30.9% | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 75 | Seychelles | 30.4% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 76 | Congo | 30.0% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 77 | Pakistan | 29.5% | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 78 | Botswana | 29.4% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 79 | Chile | 29.2% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 80 | Spain | 28.9% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 81 | Naoero | 28.7% | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 82 | Israel | 28.6% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 83 | Bhutan | 28.3% | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 84 | Argentina | 27.1% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 85 | Brunei Darussalam | 26.9% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 86 | Belgium | 26.4% | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 87 | Japan | 26.2% | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 88 | Malta | 26.0% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 89 | Sweden | 25.9% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 25.8% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 91 | Italy | 25.6% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 25.5% | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 93 | Finland | 25.3% | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 93 | Zambia | 25.3% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 95 | Poland | 25.0% | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 96 | Bahrain | 24.9% | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 96 | Saint Lucia | 24.9% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 98 | Germany | 24.3% | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 99 | Austria | 24.0% | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 99 | Switzerland | 24.0% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 101 | Mexico | 23.9% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 102 | Morocco | 23.8% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 103 | Cuba | 23.6% | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 104 | Gabon | 23.2% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 105 | Netherlands | 23.0% | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 106 | Honduras | 22.7% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 107 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 22.5% | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 108 | Singapore | 22.1% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 109 | Uruguay | 22.0% | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 110 | Peru | 21.9% | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 111 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 21.6% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 112 | Qatar | 21.5% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 113 | Gambia | 21.4% | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 114 | Slovenia | 21.3% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 115 | Guyana | 21.2% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 115 | Ireland | 21.2% | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 117 | Zimbabwe | 21.0% | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 118 | Guatemala | 20.7% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 119 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 20.6% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 120 | Eswatini | 20.5% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 121 | United States of America | 20.0% | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 18.7% | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 123 | Jamaica | 18.5% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 124 | Mozambique | 18.2% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 125 | Ecuador | 17.7% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 17.5% | 2024 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 127 | Mauritania | 17.3% | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 128 | Kenya | 16.8% | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 129 | Oman | 16.6% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 130 | Denmark | 16.5% | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 131 | Comoros | 15.9% | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 131 | Cape Verde | 15.9% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.7% | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 134 | Burundi | 15.5% | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 135 | Brazil | 15.4% | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 15.3% | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 137 | Belize | 15.0% | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 137 | Malawi | 15.0% | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 139 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14.6% | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 140 | Rwanda | 14.5% | 2024 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 140 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14.5% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 142 | Norway | 14.2% | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 143 | El Salvador | 14.1% | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 144 | Mali | 14.0% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 145 | Niger | 13.8% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 146 | Canada | 13.7% | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 147 | Haiti | 13.6% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 148 | Australia | 13.4% | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 148 | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.4% | 2024 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 150 | Benin | 13.2% | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 151 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 13.1% | 2024 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 152 | Chad | 13.0% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 153 | Uganda | 12.0% | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 154 | Colombia | 11.9% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 155 | Costa Rica | 11.8% | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 156 | Togo | 10.8% | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 157 | New Zealand | 10.3% | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 10.3% | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 159 | Senegal | 10.2% | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 160 | Paraguay | 10.1% | 2024 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Cameroon | 10.0% | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 162 | Iceland | 9.4% | 2024 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 8.8% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 164 | Liberia | 8.7% | 2024 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 165 | Panama | 7.8% | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 166 | Ghana | 6.0% | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 167 | Nigeria | 5.8% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
About this data
Estimated percentage of male adults (15 years and older) who currently use tobacco. This includes all forms of tobacco use, such as smoking, chewing or snuffing, but excludes products that do not contain tobacco, such as e-cigarettes.