Prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA only
IDA only: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 17.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA only, 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 IDA only is 17.3%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA only peaked at 36.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 17.3%, in 2024.
That places IDA only 32nd out of 46 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA only, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 36.2% | — |
| 2005 | 30.9% | -14.6% |
| 2007 | 28.9% | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 26.2% | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 22.5% | -14.2% |
| 2020 | 19.4% | -13.8% |
| 2022 | 18.3% | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 17.8% | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 17.3% | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.0% | 28.9% | 36.2% | 3 |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 22.5% | 26.2% | 2 |
| 2020s | 18.2% | 17.3% | 19.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA only
More health data for IDA only
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.5035 units per person (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita 0.0409 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, annual growth rate 3.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per capita 0.0183 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA only?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA only was 17.3% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in IDA only?
- The highest recorded value was 36.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.3% in 2024.
- How does IDA only rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- IDA only ranks 32nd out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA 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.