Prevalence of current tobacco use in Congo
Congo: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 16.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Congo, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of current tobacco use in Congo is 16.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Congo peaked at 16.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.7%, in 2000.
That places Congo 97th out of 166 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Congo, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.7% | — |
| 2005 | 12.2% | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 12.4% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 12.9% | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 13.8% | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 15.0% | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 15.5% | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 15.9% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 16.2% | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.1% | 11.7% | 12.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 13.4% | 12.9% | 13.8% | 2 |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 15.0% | 16.2% | 4 |
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More health data for Congo
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.4813 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9705 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 759.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2,688 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per capita 0.065 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate 0.6314 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per capita 0.0662 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in Congo?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Congo was 16.2% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 16.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7% in 2000.
- How does Congo rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Congo ranks 97th out of 166 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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 (% of adults). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.