Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Prevalence of current tobacco use, females was 5.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Low & middle 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 Low & middle income is 5.4%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Low & middle income peaked at 16.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 2024.
That places Low & middle income 27th out of 46 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of female adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.3% | — |
| 2005 | 12.9% | -21.0% |
| 2007 | 11.7% | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 10.2% | -13.5% |
| 2015 | 8.1% | -20.4% |
| 2020 | 6.4% | -20.4% |
| 2022 | 5.9% | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 5.6% | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 5.4% | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.6% | 11.7% | 16.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 9.1% | 8.1% | 10.2% | 2 |
| 2020s | 5.8% | 5.4% | 6.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More health data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, annual growth rate 1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0331 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate -0.9493 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 2.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.0323 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.036 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Low & middle income?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Low & middle income was 5.4% 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 Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use, females recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 2024.
- How does Low & middle income rank for prevalence of current tobacco use, females?
- Low & middle income ranks 27th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use, females rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low & middle 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.