Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults) by country
The percentage of the female 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...
Countries reporting
165
Highest
40.9%
Nauru
Lowest
0.1%
Azerbaijan
Median
6.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,908
What the numbers show
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 40.9% in Nauru; the lowest is 0.1% in Azerbaijan.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.3%, and the mean is 10.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 409.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 138 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 28.9%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 73.0%).
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nauru | 40.9% | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 2 | Serbia | 40.2% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 3 | Lebanon | 39.7% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 36.7% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 5 | Andorra | 36.4% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 6 | North Macedonia | 35.7% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 7 | Montenegro | 34.4% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 8 | Croatia | 33.6% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.2% | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 9 | France | 31.2% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 11 | Hungary | 28.9% | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 12 | Spain | 26.2% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 12 | Greece | 26.2% | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 14 | Slovakia | 25.9% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 25.2% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 16 | Kiribati | 25.0% | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 17 | Czechia | 24.6% | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 18 | Chile | 24.3% | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 19 | Austria | 23.5% | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 23.5% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 21 | Malta | 23.1% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 22 | Portugal | 22.5% | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 23 | Switzerland | 22.3% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 24 | Latvia | 21.9% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 25 | Estonia | 21.4% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 25 | East Timor | 21.4% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 27 | Lithuania | 21.2% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 28 | Romania | 21.0% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 29 | Belgium | 20.6% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 29 | Solomon Islands | 20.6% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 31 | Slovenia | 20.5% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 32 | Turkey | 20.2% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 19.9% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 34 | Germany | 19.6% | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 35 | Italy | 19.3% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | Tuvalu | 19.2% | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 37 | Cyprus | 18.9% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 38 | Russia | 18.5% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 39 | Poland | 18.3% | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 40 | Netherlands | 18.0% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 41 | Finland | 17.4% | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 42 | Myanmar | 16.7% | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 43 | Uruguay | 16.6% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 44 | Tonga | 16.3% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 45 | Ireland | 15.3% | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 46 | Denmark | 15.0% | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 47 | Sweden | 14.6% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 48 | Bangladesh | 14.0% | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 49 | Belarus | 13.9% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 50 | Israel | 13.8% | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 50 | Samoa | 13.8% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 52 | Jordan | 13.1% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 53 | Fiji | 12.4% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 54 | Norway | 11.6% | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 54 | United States | 11.6% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 56 | Palau | 11.1% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 57 | Bhutan | 11.0% | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 57 | United Kingdom | 11.0% | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 59 | Palestine | 10.7% | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 60 | Nepal | 10.6% | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Ukraine | 10.5% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 62 | Australia | 9.9% | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 63 | India | 9.7% | 2024 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Madagascar | 9.5% | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Maldives | 9.3% | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 66 | Iceland | 9.0% | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 67 | Japan | 8.9% | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 67 | Vanuatu | 8.9% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 69 | Canada | 8.7% | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 69 | Cuba | 8.7% | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 71 | Marshall Islands | 8.5% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 71 | South Africa | 8.5% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 73 | Brazil | 8.4% | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 73 | Georgia | 8.4% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 73 | New Zealand | 8.4% | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 76 | Laos | 8.3% | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Mexico | 7.6% | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 78 | Mongolia | 7.3% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 79 | Moldova | 6.9% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 6.8% | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 81 | Botswana | 6.6% | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Lesotho | 6.6% | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 83 | Afghanistan | 6.3% | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 84 | Pakistan | 6.2% | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 85 | Albania | 6.1% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 86 | Bahrain | 5.9% | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 87 | Rwanda | 5.7% | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 88 | South Korea | 5.6% | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 88 | Singapore | 5.6% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 90 | Cambodia | 5.5% | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 91 | Sierra Leone | 5.1% | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Cape Verde | 4.9% | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 93 | Burundi | 4.7% | 2024 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Burkina Faso | 4.5% | 2024 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Jamaica | 4.4% | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 95 | Philippines | 4.4% | 2024 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 97 | Seychelles | 4.2% | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 98 | Bolivia | 4.1% | 2024 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Colombia | 4.1% | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 4.1% | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 101 | Qatar | 3.6% | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 101 | Saudi Arabia | 3.6% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Bahamas | 3.4% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 104 | Gabon | 3.3% | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 104 | Zambia | 3.3% | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.2% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 107 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.0% | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 2.9% | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 108 | Mozambique | 2.9% | 2024 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Peru | 2.9% | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Uganda | 2.9% | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Indonesia | 2.7% | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 112 | Malawi | 2.7% | 2024 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Paraguay | 2.7% | 2024 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 2.6% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 116 | Ecuador | 2.5% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 116 | Mauritius | 2.5% | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 116 | Eswatini | 2.5% | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 119 | Haiti | 2.4% | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 119 | Kenya | 2.4% | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 119 | Kuwait | 2.4% | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 2.4% | 2024 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritania | 2.4% | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 119 | Tanzania | 2.4% | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 125 | Congo | 2.3% | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 125 | Tunisia | 2.3% | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 127 | Guyana | 2.2% | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 127 | Iraq | 2.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 127 | El Salvador | 2.2% | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 130 | Brunei | 2.1% | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 130 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.1% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 132 | Belize | 2.0% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 132 | Comoros | 2.0% | 2024 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Armenia | 1.8% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 134 | Guatemala | 1.8% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 134 | Panama | 1.8% | 2024 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 134 | Chad | 1.8% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 138 | Liberia | 1.7% | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 139 | Benin | 1.6% | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 139 | Ethiopia | 1.6% | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 139 | Honduras | 1.6% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 142 | China | 1.5% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 143 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.3% | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 143 | Cameroon | 1.3% | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 143 | Iran | 1.3% | 2024 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Thailand | 1.3% | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 147 | Morocco | 1.2% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 148 | Niger | 1.1% | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 148 | Vietnam | 1.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Uzbekistan | 1.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 150 | Zimbabwe | 1.0% | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Togo | 0.9% | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Mali | 0.8% | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Gambia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Senegal | 0.7% | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 156 | Algeria | 0.6% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 156 | Ghana | 0.6% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.6% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 156 | Malaysia | 0.6% | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Turkmenistan | 0.5% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 161 | Egypt | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 161 | Nigeria | 0.4% | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Oman | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 164 | Libya | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 165 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 23.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 23.0%
- European Union 22.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 18.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 16.2%
- High income 15.4%
- Pacific island small states 15.4%
- Post-demographic dividend 14.9%
- OECD members 14.5%
- Other small states 13.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 12.9%
- Small states 12.3%
- North America 11.3%
- South Asia 10.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 10.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 8.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 8.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 7.9%
- Lower middle income 7.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 7.6%
- World 7.4%
- Least developed countries 6.6%
- IBRD only 6.3%
- IDA only 6.2%
- IDA & IBRD total 6.0%
- Middle income 5.6%
- Low & middle income 5.4%
- IDA total 5.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 4.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 3.9%
- Upper middle income 3.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 3.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 3.7%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 3.7%
- IDA blend 3.4%
- Low income 3.0%
- East Asia & Pacific 2.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 2.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.6%
About this data
The percentage of the female 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.