National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE by country
Countries reporting
159
Highest
8
Afghanistan
Lowest
0
Vanuatu
Median
7
Years covered
16
2007–2022
Data points
1,764
What the numbers show
National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 8 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 7, and the mean is 5.9.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Antigua and Barbuda (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 100.0%).
National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 8 | 2022 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 1 | Albania | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Argentina | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8 | 2022 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Australia | 8 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 1 | Burundi | 8 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Benin | 8 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Brazil | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Barbados | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Brunei Darussalam | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Canada | 8 | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 1 | Chile | 8 | 2022 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 1 | Congo | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Colombia | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ecuador | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Egypt | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Spain | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 8 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gambia | 8 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Greece | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Guatemala | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Guyana | 8 | 2022 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 1 | Honduras | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ireland | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iraq | 8 | 2022 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Jamaica | 8 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Jordan | 8 | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Cambodia | 8 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Lebanon | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Libya | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 8 | 2022 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 8 | 2022 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 1 | Madagascar | 8 | 2022 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Mexico | 8 | 2022 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Malta | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Mauritius | 8 | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 1 | Namibia | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Netherlands | 8 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Norway | 8 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Nepal | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Naoero | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | New Zealand | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Pakistan | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Panama | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Peru | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Paraguay | 8 | 2022 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Palestine, State of | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Romania | 8 | 2022 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Russian Federation | 8 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 1 | El Salvador | 8 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Seychelles | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Chad | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Thailand | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 8 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Uganda | 8 | 2022 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 1 | Ukraine | 8 | 2022 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Uruguay | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Niue | 8 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Armenia | 7 | 2022 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 74 | Cyprus | 7 | 2022 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Georgia | 7 | 2022 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Hungary | 7 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 74 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 7 | 2022 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Senegal | 7 | 2022 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Tonga | 7 | 2022 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Zambia | 7 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 74 | Cook Islands | 7 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Djibouti | 6 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Croatia | 6 | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 83 | India | 6 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Kazakhstan | 6 | 2022 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 83 | Kiribati | 6 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Latvia | 6 | 2022 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 6 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Palau | 6 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Portugal | 6 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 83 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 2022 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 83 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Timor-Leste | 6 | 2022 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Viet Nam | 6 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Samoa | 6 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Angola | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 98 | Andorra | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 98 | Comoros | 5 | 2022 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Cape Verde | 5 | 2022 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Gabon | 5 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Guinea | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Morocco | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Maldives | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 98 | Myanmar | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 98 | Mongolia | 5 | 2022 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Philippines | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Singapore | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | San Marino | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Serbia | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Yemen | 5 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 114 | Austria | 4 | 2022 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Cuba | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Czechia | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 114 | Indonesia | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Japan | 4 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Kuwait | 4 | 2022 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Lithuania | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Montenegro | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Niger | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Slovakia | 4 | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 114 | Togo | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 114 | Tuvalu | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Bangladesh | 3 | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 129 | Cameroon | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 129 | Algeria | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Fiji | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | France | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Israel | 3 | 2022 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Luxembourg | 3 | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 129 | Poland | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 129 | Qatar | 3 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 129 | Slovenia | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Belgium | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 142 | Belarus | 2 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 142 | China | 2 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 142 | Republic of Korea | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Monaco | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 142 | Mauritania | 2 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 142 | Nigeria | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Denmark | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 149 | Estonia | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Finland | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 149 | Iceland | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Lesotho | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Mozambique | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | United States of America | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 157 | Bhutan | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.