Prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA total
IDA total: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 15.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA total, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA total stood at 15.1%. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA total peaked at 32.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15.1%, in 2024.
IDA total ranks 34th of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 32.0% | — |
| 2005 | 27.2% | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 25.5% | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 23.1% | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 19.7% | -14.6% |
| 2020 | 16.9% | -14.3% |
| 2022 | 16.0% | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 15.5% | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 15.1% | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.2% | 25.5% | 32.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 21.4% | 19.7% | 23.1% | 2 |
| 2020s | 15.9% | 15.1% | 16.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
More health data for IDA total
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.5007 units per person (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, annual growth rate 2.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita 0.0396 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 3.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per capita 0.0179 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA total?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in IDA total was 15.1% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 32.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.1% in 2024.
- How does IDA total rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- IDA total ranks 34th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA total 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.