Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IBRD only
IBRD only: Prevalence of current tobacco use, males was 38.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IBRD only, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of male adults.
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IBRD only is 38.0%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IBRD only peaked at 54.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 38.0%, in 2024.
IBRD only ranks 9th of 46 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IBRD only, year by year
| Year | % of male adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 54.5% | — |
| 2005 | 50.6% | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 48.9% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 46.8% | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 43.3% | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 40.2% | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 39.1% | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 38.6% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 38.0% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.3% | 48.9% | 54.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | 45.1% | 43.3% | 46.8% | 2 |
| 2020s | 39.0% | 38.0% | 40.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IBRD only
- 6 Solomon Islands 56.2% compare
- 7 Jordan 55.1% compare
- 8 Lebanon 54.1% compare
- 9 Papua New Guinea 53.5% compare
- 10 Mongolia 51.7% compare
- 11 Marshall Islands 51.3% compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 50.7% compare
More health data for IBRD only
- Population, female, annual growth rate 0.5837 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male 50.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 67.3% (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.5044 units per person (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 0.5114 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.4956 units per person (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per capita 0.0468 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IBRD only?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IBRD only was 38.0% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use, males recorded in IBRD only?
- The highest recorded value was 54.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use, males recorded in IBRD only?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.0% in 2024.
- How does IBRD only rank for prevalence of current tobacco use, males?
- IBRD only ranks 9th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use, males rising or falling in IBRD only?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IBRD only 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, males (% of male adults). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.