Prevalence of current tobacco use in IBRD only
IBRD only: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 22.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in IBRD only, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
IBRD only recorded 22.1% 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 1.8% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in IBRD only peaked at 35.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 22.1%, in 2024.
IBRD only ranks 16th of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in IBRD only, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 35.4% | — |
| 2005 | 31.9% | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 30.5% | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 28.8% | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 26.0% | -9.5% |
| 2020 | 23.7% | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 22.9% | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 22.5% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 22.1% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.6% | 30.5% | 35.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 27.4% | 26.0% | 28.8% | 2 |
| 2020s | 22.8% | 22.1% | 23.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IBRD only
More health data for IBRD only
- Population, male, annual growth rate 0.5114 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita 0.1058 units per person (2025)
- Population, female, annual growth rate 0.5837 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.4956 units per person (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.5044 units per person (2025)
- Population, male 2.53 billion (2025)
- Population, male 50.4% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in IBRD only?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in IBRD only was 22.1% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in IBRD only?
- The highest recorded value was 35.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in IBRD only?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.1% in 2024.
- How does IBRD only rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- IBRD only ranks 16th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in IBRD only?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IBRD only 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.