Prevalence of current tobacco use in Kiribati
Kiribati: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 37.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Kiribati, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 37.7% 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 2.1% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Kiribati peaked at 68.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 37.7%, in 2024.
Kiribati ranks 9th of 166 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 68.0% | — |
| 2005 | 60.5% | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 57.4% | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 53.4% | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 47.1% | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 41.6% | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 39.7% | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 38.5% | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 37.7% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 62.0% | 57.4% | 68.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 50.2% | 47.1% | 53.4% | 2 |
| 2020s | 39.4% | 37.7% | 41.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
- 6 Papua New Guinea 39.3% compare
- 7 Bulgaria 38.7% compare
- 8 Solomon Islands 38.4% compare
- 10 Montenegro 37.2% compare
- 11 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.1% compare
- 12 Andorra 35.5% compare
- 12 Palestine, State of 35.5% compare
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- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0576 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in Kiribati?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Kiribati was 37.7% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 68.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.7% in 2024.
- How does Kiribati rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Kiribati ranks 9th out of 166 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.