Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults) in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults) was 7.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Lower middle income, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of female adults.
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Lower middle income stood at 7.8%. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.2% on the previous year and down 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Lower middle income peaked at 31.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 7.8%, in 2024.
Lower middle income ranks 19th of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults) in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of female adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 31.2% | — |
| 2005 | 23.7% | -23.9% |
| 2007 | 21.1% | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | -16.4% |
| 2015 | 13.2% | -25.4% |
| 2020 | 9.8% | -25.9% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 7.8% | -5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.3% | 21.1% | 31.2% | 3 |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 13.2% | 17.7% | 2 |
| 2020s | 8.6% | 7.8% | 9.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More health data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per capita 0.0459 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, annual growth rate 0.9973 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.0436 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per capita 0.0487 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, annual growth rate 0.9853 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Lower middle income?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Lower middle income was 7.8% 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 31.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use, females recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8% in 2024.
- How does Lower middle income rank for prevalence of current tobacco use, females?
- Lower middle income ranks 19th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use, females rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower 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.