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Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health warnings - front and back of smokeless tobacco packaging by country

Countries reporting
103
Highest
90
Benin
Lowest
10
Palestine, State of
Median
40
Years covered
16
2007–2022
Data points
805

What the numbers show

Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health warnings - front and back of smokeless tobacco packaging is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 90 in Benin; the lowest is 10 in Palestine, State of.

The median across all reporting countries is 40, and the mean is 43.07.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 40.0%).

Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Benin 90 2022 up 200.0% volatile
1 Maldives 90 2022 up 200.0% volatile
1 Nepal 90 2022 up 20.0% rising
4 India 85 2022 up 325.0% volatile
4 Türkiye 85 2022 up 30.8% volatile
6 Chad 80 2022 up 60.0% rising
6 Uruguay 80 2022 unchanged rising
8 Brunei Darussalam 75 2022 unchanged rising
8 Sudan 75 2022 up 400.0% volatile
10 Cameroon 70 2022 up 40.0% rising
10 Ethiopia 70 2022 up 133.3% rising
10 Kiribati 70 2022 up 133.3% rising
10 Tunisia 70 2022 up 133.3% rising
14 Albania 65 2022 up 30.0% rising
14 Ghana 65 2022 up 30.0% rising
14 Israel 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
14 Kyrgyzstan 65 2022 up 62.5% rising
14 Togo 65 2022 unchanged rising
19 Burkina Faso 60 2022 unchanged flat
19 Ecuador 60 2022 unchanged rising
19 Jamaica 60 2022 unchanged flat
22 Namibia 55 2022 unchanged flat
23 United Arab Emirates 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Argentina 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Bangladesh 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Canada 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Chile 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Costa Rica 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Djibouti 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Egypt 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Honduras 50 2022 unchanged rising
23 Iran, Islamic Republic of 50 2018 unchanged flat
23 Japan 50 2022 up 66.7% rising
23 Korea 50 2022 up 66.7% rising
23 Kuwait 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Madagascar 50 2022 unchanged rising
23 Nicaragua 50 2022 unchanged rising
23 Panama 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Peru 50 2022 unchanged rising
23 Philippines 50 2022 up 233.3% volatile
23 Singapore 50 2014 unchanged flat
23 Solomon Islands 50 2022 up 66.7% rising
23 Eswatini 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Seychelles 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Tonga 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Trinidad and Tobago 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Viet Nam 50 2022 unchanged flat
23 Yemen 50 2022 unchanged rising
23 Cook Islands 50 2022 unchanged rising
50 Comoros 40 2022 unchanged flat
50 Indonesia 40 2022 unchanged flat
50 Kazakhstan 40 2018 up 33.3% rising
50 Kenya 40 2022 unchanged flat
50 Lebanon 40 2022 unchanged rising
50 Uzbekistan 40 2022 unchanged flat
56 Belgium 35 2022 up 105.9% rising
57 Ireland 32 2022 up 100.0% rising
57 Luxembourg 32 2022 up 100.0% rising
57 New Zealand 32 2022 up 6.7% rising
60 Austria 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Colombia 30 2022 unchanged rising
60 Cuba 30 2022 unchanged flat
60 Czechia 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Germany 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Denmark 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Eritrea 30 2022 unchanged flat
60 Spain 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 France 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Georgia 30 2022 unchanged falling
60 Guinea 30 2022 unchanged flat
60 Greece 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Croatia 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Hungary 30 2022 down 14.3% rising
60 Iraq 30 2022 unchanged flat
60 Italy 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Mali 30 2022 unchanged flat
60 Netherlands 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Naoero 30 2022 unchanged flat
60 Poland 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Portugal 30 2022 down 14.3% falling
60 Romania 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Slovakia 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Slovenia 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Sweden 30 2022 up 100.0% rising
60 Tuvalu 30 2022 unchanged flat
60 Ukraine 30 2022 down 40.0% rising
60 United States of America 30 2022 unchanged flat
60 Samoa 30 2022 unchanged flat
89 Mozambique 28 2022 unchanged flat
90 Australia 25 2016 up 100.0% rising
90 Libya 25 2022 unchanged flat
92 Switzerland 18 2022 unchanged flat
93 Finland 16 2014 unchanged flat
94 Estonia 15 2014 unchanged flat
94 Iceland 15 2022 unchanged flat
94 Lithuania 15 2014 unchanged flat
94 Montenegro 15 2022 unchanged flat
94 Norway 15 2022 unchanged flat
94 Russian Federation 15 2022 unchanged flat
94 South Africa 15 2022 unchanged flat
94 Zimbabwe 15 2022 unchanged flat
102 Guatemala 13 2022 unchanged flat
103 Palestine, State of 10 2022 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health warnings - front and back of smokeless tobacco packaging
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
104 places, 805 data points, 2007–2022
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