Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in IDA total
IDA total: Prevalence of current tobacco use, females was 5.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in IDA total, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of female adults.
Analysis
IDA total recorded 5.1% for prevalence of current tobacco use, females in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use, females in IDA total peaked at 18.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 2024.
IDA total ranks 28th of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of female adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18.7% | — |
| 2005 | 14.5% | -22.3% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 11.0% | -15.5% |
| 2015 | 8.4% | -23.8% |
| 2020 | 6.4% | -24.0% |
| 2022 | 5.7% | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 5.4% | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 5.1% | -5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.4% | 13.0% | 18.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 9.7% | 8.4% | 11.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 5.7% | 5.1% | 6.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
More health data for IDA total
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.3761 units per person (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4993 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.2904 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 2.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.2939 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male 49.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female 994.85 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use, females in IDA total?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in IDA total was 5.1% 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 total?
- The highest recorded value was 18.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use, females recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1% in 2024.
- How does IDA total rank for prevalence of current tobacco use, females?
- IDA total ranks 28th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use, females rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA total 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.