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Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health warnings - front of other smoked tobacco packaging by country

Countries reporting
129
Highest
90
Benin
Lowest
15
Zimbabwe
Median
50
Years covered
16
2007–2022
Data points
1,023

What the numbers show

Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health warnings - front of other smoked tobacco packaging is currently reported for 129 countries. The highest value is 90 in Benin; the lowest is 15 in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 50, and the mean is 54.84.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

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
1 Vanuatu 90 2022 up 200.0% rising
5 India 85 2022 up 112.5% rising
5 Thailand 85 2022 up 54.5% rising
5 Türkiye 85 2022 up 30.8% rising
8 Chad 80 2022 up 60.0% rising
8 Uruguay 80 2022 unchanged rising
10 Australia 75 2022 unchanged rising
10 Brunei Darussalam 75 2022 unchanged rising
10 Canada 75 2022 unchanged rising
10 Gambia 75 2022 up 150.0% rising
10 New Zealand 75 2022 up 200.0% volatile
10 Sudan 75 2022 up 150.0% rising
10 Singapore 75 2022 up 50.0% rising
17 Cameroon 70 2022 up 40.0% rising
17 Ethiopia 70 2022 up 133.3% rising
17 Kiribati 70 2022 up 133.3% rising
17 Niger 70 2022 up 40.0% rising
17 Solomon Islands 70 2022 unchanged flat
17 Tunisia 70 2022 up 133.3% rising
23 Albania 65 2022 up 30.0% rising
23 Austria 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Belgium 65 2022 up 85.7% rising
23 Bulgaria 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Cyprus 65 2022 up 103.1% rising
23 Czechia 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Germany 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Denmark 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Spain 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Estonia 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Finland 65 2022 up 103.1% rising
23 France 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Georgia 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Greece 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Croatia 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Hungary 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Ireland 65 2022 up 103.1% rising
23 Israel 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Italy 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Kazakhstan 65 2022 up 62.5% rising
23 Lithuania 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Luxembourg 65 2022 up 103.1% rising
23 Latvia 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Republic of Moldova 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Malta 65 2022 up 103.1% rising
23 Montenegro 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Mongolia 65 2022 up 30.0% rising
23 Netherlands 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Poland 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Portugal 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Romania 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Saudi Arabia 65 2022 up 30.0% rising
23 Slovakia 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Slovenia 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Sweden 65 2022 up 116.7% rising
23 Togo 65 2022 unchanged rising
23 Ukraine 65 2022 up 30.0% rising
61 Burkina Faso 60 2022 unchanged flat
61 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 60 2022 up 20.0% rising
61 Ecuador 60 2022 unchanged rising
61 Jamaica 60 2022 up 100.0% rising
65 United Arab Emirates 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Argentina 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Armenia 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Bangladesh 50 2022 up 66.7% rising
65 Bahrain 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Belarus 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Chile 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Costa Rica 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Djibouti 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Egypt 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Ghana 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Honduras 50 2022 unchanged falling
65 Iran, Islamic Republic of 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Japan 50 2022 up 66.7% rising
65 Kyrgyzstan 50 2022 up 25.0% rising
65 Korea 50 2022 up 66.7% rising
65 Kuwait 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Libya 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Namibia 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Nicaragua 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Oman 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Panama 50 2022 unchanged falling
65 Peru 50 2022 unchanged volatile
65 Philippines 50 2022 up 66.7% rising
65 Qatar 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Russian Federation 50 2022 up 66.7% rising
65 El Salvador 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Eswatini 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Seychelles 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Tonga 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Trinidad and Tobago 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Viet Nam 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Yemen 50 2022 unchanged flat
65 Cook Islands 50 2022 unchanged flat
99 Comoros 40 2022 unchanged flat
99 Indonesia 40 2022 unchanged flat
99 Jordan 40 2022 unchanged flat
99 Lebanon 40 2022 unchanged rising
99 Uzbekistan 40 2022 unchanged flat
104 Switzerland 35 2022 unchanged flat
104 China 35 2022 up 16.7% rising
106 Azerbaijan 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Brazil 30 2022 unchanged volatile
106 Colombia 30 2022 unchanged rising
106 Eritrea 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Fiji 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Guinea 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Iraq 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Iceland 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Kenya 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Mexico 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 North Macedonia 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Mali 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Mozambique 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Norway 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Naoero 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Serbia 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Syrian Arab Republic 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Tuvalu 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Tanzania, United Republic of 30 2022 unchanged flat
106 Samoa 30 2022 unchanged flat
126 Guatemala 25 2022 unchanged flat
127 Palestine, State of 20 2022 unchanged flat
128 South Africa 15 2022 unchanged flat
128 Zimbabwe 15 2022 unchanged flat

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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 of other smoked tobacco packaging
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
130 places, 1,023 data points, 2007–2022
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