Prevalence of current tobacco use, males (% of male adults) by country
The percentage of the male 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...
Countries reporting
166
Highest
76.2%
Timor-Leste
Lowest
5.8%
Nigeria
Median
27.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,908
What the numbers show
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males (% of male adults) is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 76.2% in Timor-Leste; the lowest is 5.8% in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 27.0%, and the mean is 29.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 146 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 21.5%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 46.1%).
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 76.2% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 2 | Myanmar | 70.1% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 3 | Palestine, State of | 60.3% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 59.3% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Georgia | 57.5% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 56.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 7 | Jordan | 55.1% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 8 | Lebanon | 54.1% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 53.5% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 10 | Mongolia | 51.7% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 11 | Marshall Islands | 51.3% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 50.7% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 50.5% | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 14 | Kiribati | 50.4% | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 49.9% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 16 | Egypt | 49.6% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 17 | Lesotho | 49.4% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 18 | Libya | 48.2% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 19 | Tonga | 47.9% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 20 | Tuvalu | 47.6% | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 21 | Latvia | 47.2% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 22 | Nepal | 46.8% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 23 | Tunisia | 46.6% | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 24 | Cyprus | 46.1% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 25 | Belarus | 44.5% | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 26 | China | 44.2% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 26 | Algeria | 44.2% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 43.4% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.0% | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 30 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 42.5% | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 31 | Türkiye | 41.9% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 32 | Madagascar | 41.8% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 33 | Lithuania | 41.7% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 33 | Maldives | 41.7% | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.2% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 36 | Viet Nam | 41.1% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 37 | Vanuatu | 40.8% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 40.6% | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 39 | Montenegro | 39.9% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 40 | Serbia | 39.2% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 41 | Fiji | 39.1% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 42 | South Africa | 39.0% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 38.9% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 44 | Romania | 38.4% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 45 | Iraq | 38.1% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 37.9% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 37.2% | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 48 | Ukraine | 36.8% | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 49 | Albania | 36.7% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 50 | Kuwait | 36.4% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 51 | France | 35.9% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 52 | India | 35.6% | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 53 | Kazakhstan | 35.4% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 53 | Philippines | 35.4% | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 53 | Russian Federation | 35.4% | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 56 | Croatia | 35.1% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 57 | Palau | 35.0% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 34.8% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 59 | Andorra | 34.6% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 60 | Thailand | 34.2% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 61 | Greece | 34.1% | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 62 | Malaysia | 33.1% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 62 | Slovakia | 33.1% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 64 | Mauritius | 32.8% | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 65 | Hungary | 32.7% | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 66 | Samoa | 32.3% | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 67 | Czechia | 32.2% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 68 | Cambodia | 31.7% | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 31.6% | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 70 | Korea | 31.5% | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 71 | Bahamas | 31.3% | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 72 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 31.1% | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 73 | Estonia | 30.9% | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 74 | Seychelles | 30.4% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 75 | Congo | 30.0% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 76 | Pakistan | 29.5% | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 77 | Botswana | 29.4% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 78 | Chile | 29.2% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 79 | Spain | 28.9% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 80 | Naoero | 28.7% | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 81 | Israel | 28.6% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 82 | Bhutan | 28.3% | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 83 | Argentina | 27.1% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 84 | Brunei Darussalam | 26.9% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 85 | Belgium | 26.4% | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 86 | Japan | 26.2% | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 87 | Malta | 26.0% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 88 | Sweden | 25.9% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 89 | Saudi Arabia | 25.8% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 90 | Italy | 25.6% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 25.5% | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 92 | Finland | 25.3% | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 92 | Zambia | 25.3% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 94 | Poland | 25.0% | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 95 | Bahrain | 24.9% | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 95 | Saint Lucia | 24.9% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 97 | Germany | 24.3% | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 98 | Austria | 24.0% | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 98 | Switzerland | 24.0% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 100 | Mexico | 23.9% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 101 | Morocco | 23.8% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 102 | Cuba | 23.6% | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 103 | Gabon | 23.2% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 104 | Netherlands | 23.0% | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 105 | Honduras | 22.7% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 106 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 22.5% | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 107 | Singapore | 22.1% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 108 | Uruguay | 22.0% | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 109 | Peru | 21.9% | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 110 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 21.6% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 111 | Qatar | 21.5% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 112 | Gambia | 21.4% | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 113 | Slovenia | 21.3% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 114 | Guyana | 21.2% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 114 | Ireland | 21.2% | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 21.0% | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 117 | Guatemala | 20.7% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 118 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 20.6% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 119 | Eswatini | 20.5% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 120 | United States of America | 20.0% | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 18.7% | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 122 | Jamaica | 18.5% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 123 | Mozambique | 18.2% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 124 | Ecuador | 17.7% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 125 | Sierra Leone | 17.5% | 2024 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 126 | Mauritania | 17.3% | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 127 | Kenya | 16.8% | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 128 | Oman | 16.6% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 129 | Denmark | 16.5% | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 130 | Comoros | 15.9% | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 130 | Cape Verde | 15.9% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.7% | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 133 | Burundi | 15.5% | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 134 | Brazil | 15.4% | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 15.3% | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 136 | Belize | 15.0% | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 136 | Malawi | 15.0% | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 138 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14.6% | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 139 | Rwanda | 14.5% | 2024 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 139 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14.5% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 141 | Norway | 14.2% | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 142 | El Salvador | 14.1% | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 143 | Mali | 14.0% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 144 | Niger | 13.8% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 145 | Canada | 13.7% | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 146 | Haiti | 13.6% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 147 | Australia | 13.4% | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 147 | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.4% | 2024 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 149 | Benin | 13.2% | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 150 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 13.1% | 2024 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 151 | Chad | 13.0% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 152 | Uganda | 12.0% | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 153 | Colombia | 11.9% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 154 | Costa Rica | 11.8% | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 155 | Togo | 10.8% | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 156 | New Zealand | 10.3% | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | 10.3% | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 158 | Senegal | 10.2% | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 159 | Paraguay | 10.1% | 2024 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Cameroon | 10.0% | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 161 | Iceland | 9.4% | 2024 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 162 | Ethiopia | 8.8% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 163 | Liberia | 8.7% | 2024 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 164 | Panama | 7.8% | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 165 | Ghana | 6.0% | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 166 | Nigeria | 5.8% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 45.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 45.4%
- Pacific island small states 45.0%
- East Asia & Pacific 43.5%
- Upper middle income 39.4%
- Arab World 38.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 38.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 38.3%
- IBRD only 38.0%
- South Asia 37.2%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 37.2%
- Middle income 36.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 36.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 36.3%
- Low & middle income 35.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 35.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 35.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 34.9%
- Small states 34.8%
- Other small states 34.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 33.6%
- World 33.3%
- Lower middle income 33.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 31.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 30.9%
- Least developed countries 28.9%
- European Union 28.8%
- Euro area 28.7%
- IDA only 28.4%
- High income 25.1%
- IDA total 24.9%
- OECD members 24.3%
- Post-demographic dividend 24.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 19.6%
- IDA blend 19.5%
- North America 19.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 19.0%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 18.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 18.8%
- Low income 18.8%
About this data
The percentage of the male 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.