Prevalence of current tobacco use in Lithuania
Lithuania: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 31.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Lithuania, 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 Lithuania is 31.4%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Lithuania peaked at 43.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 31.4%, in 2024.
Lithuania ranks 24th of 166 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 43.6% | — |
| 2005 | 40.5% | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 39.3% | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 37.7% | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 35.4% | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 33.1% | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 32.3% | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 31.7% | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 31.4% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.1% | 39.3% | 43.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 36.5% | 35.4% | 37.7% | 2 |
| 2020s | 32.1% | 31.4% | 33.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More health data for Lithuania
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.4537 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,909 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 5 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -4.51 % 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 0.0199 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -4.59 % 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 Lithuania?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Lithuania was 31.4% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 43.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.4% in 2024.
- How does Lithuania rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Lithuania ranks 24th out of 166 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 9 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.