Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Prevalence of current tobacco use, females was 14.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Post-demographic dividend, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of female adults.
Analysis
Post-demographic dividend recorded 14.9% for prevalence of current tobacco use, females in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 25.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 14.9%, in 2024.
Post-demographic dividend ranks 8th of 46 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of female adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 25.3% | — |
| 2005 | 22.4% | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 21.4% | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 20.0% | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 17.8% | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 16.1% | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 15.5% | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 15.2% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 14.9% | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.0% | 21.4% | 25.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 18.9% | 17.8% | 20.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 15.4% | 14.9% | 16.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend
- 5 Andorra 36.4% compare
- 6 North Macedonia 35.7% compare
- 7 Montenegro 34.4% compare
- 8 Croatia 33.6% compare
- 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31.2% compare
- 9 France 31.2% compare
- 11 Hungary 28.9% compare
More health data for Post-demographic dividend
- Population ages 30-34, male, annual growth rate -1.11 % change on previous year (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 0.4277 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0323 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate 0.1565 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0327 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate -0.0085 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Post-demographic dividend?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Post-demographic dividend was 14.9% 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 Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 25.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use, females recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.9% in 2024.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for prevalence of current tobacco use, females?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 8th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use, females rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend 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.