Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IDA total
IDA total: Prevalence of current tobacco use, males was 24.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IDA total, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of male adults.
Analysis
IDA total recorded 24.9% for prevalence of current tobacco use, males in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IDA total peaked at 45.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 24.9%, in 2024.
IDA total ranks 31st of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of male adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 45.3% | — |
| 2005 | 40.0% | -11.8% |
| 2007 | 38.0% | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 35.2% | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 31.0% | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 27.4% | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 26.1% | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 25.5% | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 24.9% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.1% | 38.0% | 45.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 33.1% | 31.0% | 35.2% | 2 |
| 2020s | 26.0% | 24.9% | 27.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
- 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
- 33 Lithuania 41.7% compare
- 33 Maldives 41.7% compare
More health data for IDA total
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.3761 units per person (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4993 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.2904 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 2.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.2939 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male 49.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female 994.85 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IDA total?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in IDA total was 24.9% 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 total?
- The highest recorded value was 45.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use, males recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.9% in 2024.
- How does IDA total rank for prevalence of current tobacco use, males?
- IDA total ranks 31st out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use, males rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA total 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.