Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults) by country
The percentage of the 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
48.8%
Timor-Leste
Lowest
3.1%
Nigeria
Median
19.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,908
What the numbers show
Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults) is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 48.8% in Timor-Leste; the lowest is 3.1% in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.0%, and the mean is 19.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 145 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 17.4%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 45.4%).
Prevalence of current tobacco use: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 48.8% | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 2 | Lebanon | 46.9% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 3 | Myanmar | 43.4% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 4 | Serbia | 39.7% | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 5 | North Macedonia | 39.6% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | 39.3% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 38.7% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 8 | Solomon Islands | 38.4% | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 9 | Kiribati | 37.7% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 10 | Montenegro | 37.2% | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.1% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 12 | Andorra | 35.5% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 12 | Palestine, State of | 35.5% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 14 | Naoero | 34.8% | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 15 | Latvia | 34.6% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 16 | Croatia | 34.4% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 17 | Jordan | 34.1% | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 18 | France | 33.6% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 19 | Tuvalu | 33.4% | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 20 | Georgia | 33.0% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 21 | Cyprus | 32.5% | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 22 | Tonga | 32.1% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 32.0% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 24 | Lithuania | 31.4% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 25 | Türkiye | 31.1% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 26 | Indonesia | 31.0% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 27 | Hungary | 30.8% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 28 | Greece | 30.2% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 29 | Marshall Islands | 29.9% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 29.7% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 31 | Mongolia | 29.5% | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 31 | Slovakia | 29.5% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 33 | Belarus | 29.2% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 34 | Republic of Moldova | 28.8% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 35 | Nepal | 28.7% | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 36 | Portugal | 28.6% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 37 | Czechia | 28.4% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 38 | Lesotho | 28.0% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 39 | Spain | 27.6% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 40 | Russian Federation | 27.0% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 41 | Chile | 26.7% | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 42 | Armenia | 26.2% | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 43 | Estonia | 26.1% | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 44 | Fiji | 25.8% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 45 | Madagascar | 25.6% | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 46 | Maldives | 25.5% | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 47 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 25.4% | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 48 | Egypt | 25.0% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 49 | Vanuatu | 24.9% | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 50 | Malta | 24.6% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 51 | Luxembourg | 24.5% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 52 | Tunisia | 24.4% | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 53 | Libya | 24.2% | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 54 | Austria | 23.8% | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 55 | Ukraine | 23.7% | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 55 | South Africa | 23.7% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 57 | Argentina | 23.5% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 57 | Belgium | 23.5% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 59 | Switzerland | 23.1% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 59 | Samoa | 23.1% | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 61 | Palau | 23.0% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 62 | China | 22.8% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 63 | India | 22.6% | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 64 | Algeria | 22.4% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 64 | Italy | 22.4% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.2% | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 67 | Afghanistan | 22.1% | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 68 | Germany | 22.0% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 69 | Poland | 21.7% | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 70 | Albania | 21.4% | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 70 | Finland | 21.4% | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 72 | Israel | 21.2% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 21.1% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 73 | Viet Nam | 21.1% | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 75 | Slovenia | 20.9% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 20.7% | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 77 | Netherlands | 20.5% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 78 | Sweden | 20.3% | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 79 | Iraq | 20.1% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 80 | Philippines | 19.9% | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 81 | Bhutan | 19.6% | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 82 | Kuwait | 19.4% | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 83 | Uruguay | 19.3% | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 18.7% | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 85 | Cambodia | 18.6% | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 85 | Republic of Korea | 18.6% | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 87 | Ireland | 18.2% | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 88 | Botswana | 18.0% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 89 | Pakistan | 17.9% | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 90 | Thailand | 17.8% | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 91 | Mauritius | 17.7% | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 92 | Japan | 17.5% | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 93 | Bahamas | 17.3% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 93 | Seychelles | 17.3% | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 95 | Malaysia | 16.9% | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | 16.3% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 97 | Congo | 16.2% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 98 | Cuba | 16.1% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 99 | United States of America | 15.8% | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 100 | Denmark | 15.7% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 100 | Mexico | 15.7% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 102 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 15.6% | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 103 | Bahrain | 15.4% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 104 | Saudi Arabia | 14.7% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 105 | Brunei Darussalam | 14.5% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 106 | Zambia | 14.3% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 107 | Saint Lucia | 13.9% | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 108 | Singapore | 13.8% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 109 | Gabon | 13.3% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 110 | Norway | 12.9% | 2024 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 111 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 12.8% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 112 | Morocco | 12.5% | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 112 | Qatar | 12.5% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Peru | 12.4% | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 115 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 12.3% | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 115 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.3% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 117 | Honduras | 12.1% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 118 | Brazil | 11.9% | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 118 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 11.9% | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 120 | Guyana | 11.7% | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 121 | Australia | 11.6% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 11.6% | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 123 | Jamaica | 11.5% | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 123 | Eswatini | 11.5% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 125 | Sierra Leone | 11.3% | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 126 | Canada | 11.2% | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 126 | Guatemala | 11.2% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 128 | Gambia | 11.1% | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 11.0% | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 130 | Mozambique | 10.5% | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 131 | Cape Verde | 10.4% | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 132 | Burundi | 10.1% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 132 | Ecuador | 10.1% | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 132 | Rwanda | 10.1% | 2024 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Mauritania | 9.9% | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 136 | Kenya | 9.6% | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 137 | New Zealand | 9.3% | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 138 | Iceland | 9.2% | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | 9.0% | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 140 | Comoros | 8.9% | 2024 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Malawi | 8.9% | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 142 | Belize | 8.5% | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 142 | Oman | 8.5% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.3% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.2% | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 145 | El Salvador | 8.2% | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 147 | Colombia | 8.0% | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 147 | Haiti | 8.0% | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 149 | Costa Rica | 7.9% | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 150 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 7.7% | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 151 | Uganda | 7.5% | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 152 | Benin | 7.4% | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 152 | Mali | 7.4% | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 152 | Niger | 7.4% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 152 | Chad | 7.4% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 156 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.3% | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 157 | Paraguay | 6.4% | 2024 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Togo | 5.8% | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 159 | Cameroon | 5.7% | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 160 | Senegal | 5.4% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 160 | Turkmenistan | 5.4% | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 162 | Ethiopia | 5.2% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 162 | Liberia | 5.2% | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 164 | Panama | 4.8% | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 165 | Ghana | 3.3% | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 166 | Nigeria | 3.1% | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pacific island small states 30.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 27.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 26.2%
- Euro area 26.1%
- European Union 25.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 25.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 24.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 23.9%
- Other small states 23.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 23.8%
- South Asia 23.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 23.6%
- Small states 23.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 23.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 22.2%
- IBRD only 22.1%
- Upper middle income 21.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 21.3%
- Middle income 21.0%
- Arab World 21.0%
- IDA & IBRD total 20.5%
- Lower middle income 20.4%
- Low & middle income 20.3%
- World 20.3%
- High income 20.2%
- Post-demographic dividend 19.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 19.4%
- OECD members 19.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 19.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 18.9%
- Least developed countries 17.8%
- IDA only 17.3%
- North America 15.3%
- IDA total 15.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 13.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 13.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 13.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 11.7%
- IDA blend 11.5%
- Low income 10.9%
About this data
The percentage of the 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.