Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in High income
High income: Prevalence of current tobacco use, females was 15.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in High income, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of female adults.
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of current tobacco use, females in High income is 15.4%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use, females in High income peaked at 25.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15.4%, in 2024.
That places High income 6th out of 46 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in High income, year by year
| Year | % of female adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 25.4% | — |
| 2005 | 22.7% | -10.7% |
| 2007 | 21.7% | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 20.3% | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 18.3% | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 16.6% | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 16.0% | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 15.7% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 15.4% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.3% | 21.7% | 25.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 19.3% | 18.3% | 20.3% | 2 |
| 2020s | 15.9% | 15.4% | 16.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near High income
More health data for High income
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.0338 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate -0.0702 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0367 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 0.4572 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0337 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per capita 0.0322 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use, females in High income?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in High income was 15.4% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use, females recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 25.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use, females recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.4% in 2024.
- How does High income rank for prevalence of current tobacco use, females?
- High income ranks 6th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use, females rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this High income data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.