Prevalence of current tobacco use in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 20.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Lower middle income, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 20.4% 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 3.2% on the previous year and down 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Lower middle income peaked at 46.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 20.4%, in 2024.
That places Lower middle income 22nd out of 46 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 46.2% | — |
| 2005 | 39.1% | -15.4% |
| 2007 | 36.3% | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 32.7% | -9.9% |
| 2015 | 27.4% | -16.1% |
| 2020 | 23.2% | -15.3% |
| 2022 | 21.8% | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 21.1% | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 20.4% | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.5% | 36.3% | 46.2% | 3 |
| 2010s | 30.1% | 27.4% | 32.7% | 2 |
| 2020s | 21.6% | 20.4% | 23.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More health data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0359 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0321 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0347 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.031 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in Lower middle income?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Lower middle income was 20.4% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 46.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.4% in 2024.
- How does Lower middle income rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Lower middle income ranks 22nd out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower 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.