Prevalence of current tobacco use in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 22.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Early-demographic dividend, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
Early-demographic dividend recorded 22.2% for prevalence of current tobacco use in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 43.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 22.2%, in 2024.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 15th of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 43.0% | — |
| 2005 | 37.3% | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 35.0% | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 32.1% | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 27.8% | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 24.5% | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 23.3% | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 22.7% | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 22.2% | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38.4% | 35.0% | 43.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 30.0% | 27.8% | 32.1% | 2 |
| 2020s | 23.2% | 22.2% | 24.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More health data for Early-demographic dividend
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, male, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per capita 0.0285 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, per capita 0.0442 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0342 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in Early-demographic dividend?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Early-demographic dividend was 22.2% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 43.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.2% in 2024.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 15th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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.