Prevalence of current tobacco use in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 20.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Low & middle income, 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 Low & middle income stood at 20.3%. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Low & middle income peaked at 34.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 20.3%, in 2024.
That places Low & middle income 23rd out of 46 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 34.5% | — |
| 2005 | 30.8% | -10.9% |
| 2007 | 29.3% | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 27.4% | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 24.5% | -10.6% |
| 2020 | 22.0% | -10.2% |
| 2022 | 21.1% | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 20.3% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.5% | 29.3% | 34.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | 25.9% | 24.5% | 27.4% | 2 |
| 2020s | 21.0% | 20.3% | 22.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More health data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, annual growth rate 1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0331 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate -0.9493 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 2.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.0323 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.036 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in Low & middle income?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Low & middle income was 20.3% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 34.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.3% in 2024.
- How does Low & middle income rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Low & middle income ranks 23rd out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.