Prevalence of current tobacco use in Egypt
Egypt: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 25.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Egypt, 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 Egypt is 25.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Egypt peaked at 25.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.7%, in 2000.
That places Egypt 48th out of 166 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.7% | — |
| 2005 | 20.4% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 20.8% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 21.5% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 22.6% | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 23.9% | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 24.4% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 24.7% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 25.0% | +1.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 25.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16.2%, 1.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 25.0% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20.6%, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.3% | 19.7% | 20.8% | 3 |
| 2010s | 22.1% | 21.5% | 22.6% | 2 |
| 2020s | 24.5% | 23.9% | 25.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 45 Madagascar 25.6% compare
- 46 Maldives 25.5% compare
- 47 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25.4% compare
- 49 Vanuatu 24.9% compare
- 50 Malta 24.6% compare
- 51 Luxembourg 24.5% compare
More health data for Egypt
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7884 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 946 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 7,225 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.3993 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0487 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.4524 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in Egypt?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Egypt was 25.0% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 25.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.7% in 2000.
- How does Egypt rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Egypt ranks 48th out of 166 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.