Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults) in Middle income
Middle income: Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults) was 21.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Middle income, 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 Middle income is 21.0%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Middle income peaked at 35.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 21.0%, in 2024.
That places Middle income 19th out of 46 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults) in Middle income, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 35.2% | — |
| 2005 | 31.4% | -10.7% |
| 2007 | 30.0% | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 28.1% | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 25.2% | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 22.7% | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 21.9% | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 21.5% | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 21.0% | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.2% | 30.0% | 35.2% | 3 |
| 2010s | 26.6% | 25.2% | 28.1% | 2 |
| 2020s | 21.8% | 21.0% | 22.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
More health data for Middle income
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0387 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.0335 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per capita 0.04 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 2.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in Middle income?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Middle income was 21.0% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 35.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.0% in 2024.
- How does Middle income rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Middle income ranks 19th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.