Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in IDA only
IDA only: Prevalence of current tobacco use, females was 6.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in IDA only, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of female adults.
Analysis
IDA only recorded 6.2% for prevalence of current tobacco use, females in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.6% on the previous year and down 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use, females in IDA only peaked at 23.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 2024.
IDA only ranks 24th of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in IDA only, year by year
| Year | % of female adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23.9% | — |
| 2005 | 18.5% | -22.7% |
| 2007 | 16.5% | -10.8% |
| 2010 | 13.8% | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 10.4% | -24.9% |
| 2020 | 7.8% | -25.4% |
| 2022 | 6.9% | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 6.5% | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 6.2% | -5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.6% | 16.5% | 23.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 12.1% | 10.4% | 13.8% | 2 |
| 2020s | 6.8% | 6.2% | 7.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA only
More health data for IDA only
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.3746 units per person (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4965 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.2881 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 2.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.2964 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male 49.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female 653.05 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use, females in IDA only?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in IDA only was 6.2% 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 IDA only?
- The highest recorded value was 23.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use, females recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 2024.
- How does IDA only rank for prevalence of current tobacco use, females?
- IDA only ranks 24th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use, females rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA only 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.