Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IDA only
IDA only: Prevalence of current tobacco use, males was 28.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IDA only, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of male adults.
Analysis
IDA only recorded 28.4% for prevalence of current tobacco use, males in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IDA only peaked at 48.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 28.4%, in 2024.
That places IDA only 29th out of 46 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IDA only, year by year
| Year | % of male adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 48.4% | — |
| 2005 | 43.3% | -10.6% |
| 2007 | 41.3% | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 38.6% | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 34.5% | -10.6% |
| 2020 | 30.9% | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 29.6% | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 28.9% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 28.4% | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.3% | 41.3% | 48.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 36.6% | 34.5% | 38.6% | 2 |
| 2020s | 29.4% | 28.4% | 30.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA only
- 26 Algeria 44.2% compare
- 26 China 44.2% compare
- 28 North Macedonia 43.4% compare
- 29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.0% compare
- 30 Laos 42.5% compare
- 31 Turkey 41.9% compare
- 32 Madagascar 41.8% compare
More health data for IDA only
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.3746 units per person (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4965 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.2881 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 2.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.2964 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male 49.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female 653.05 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IDA only?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IDA only was 28.4% 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 IDA only?
- The highest recorded value was 48.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use, males recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.4% in 2024.
- How does IDA only rank for prevalence of current tobacco use, males?
- IDA only ranks 29th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use, males rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA 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.