Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Prevalence of current tobacco use, males was 33.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in Lower middle income, 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 Lower middle income is 33.1%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use, males in Lower middle income peaked at 61.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 33.1%, in 2024.
Lower middle income ranks 23rd of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of male adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 61.3% | — |
| 2005 | 54.5% | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 51.5% | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 47.8% | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 41.7% | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 36.6% | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 34.9% | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 34.0% | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 33.1% | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 55.8% | 51.5% | 61.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 44.7% | 41.7% | 47.8% | 2 |
| 2020s | 34.6% | 33.1% | 36.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More health data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 1.33 % 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, per capita 0.0359 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0321 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0347 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.031 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use, males in Lower middle income?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use, males in Lower middle income was 33.1% 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 61.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use, males recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.1% in 2024.
- How does Lower middle income rank for prevalence of current tobacco use, males?
- Lower middle income ranks 23rd out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use, males rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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.