Prevalence of current tobacco use in Morocco
Morocco: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 12.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Morocco, 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 Morocco is 12.5%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Morocco peaked at 20.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 12.5%, in 2024.
That places Morocco 112th out of 166 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Morocco, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.0% | — |
| 2005 | 18.1% | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 17.3% | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 16.4% | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 14.8% | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 13.6% | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 13.0% | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 12.8% | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 12.5% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.5% | 17.3% | 20.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 15.6% | 14.8% | 16.4% | 2 |
| 2020s | 13.0% | 12.5% | 13.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 109 Gabon 13.3% compare
- 110 Norway 12.9% compare
- 111 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.8% compare
- 112 Qatar 12.5% compare
- 114 Peru 12.4% compare
- 115 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12.3% compare
- 115 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12.3% compare
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- Number of infants who die before age 1 925 deaths (2100)
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- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0396 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in Morocco?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Morocco was 12.5% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 20.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.5% in 2024.
- How does Morocco rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Morocco ranks 112th out of 166 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.