Prevalence of current tobacco use in OECD members
OECD members: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 19.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in OECD members, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
OECD members recorded 19.4% for prevalence of current tobacco use in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in OECD members peaked at 33.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 19.4%, in 2024.
That places OECD members 28th out of 46 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 33.9% | — |
| 2005 | 29.9% | -12.0% |
| 2007 | 28.4% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 26.5% | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 23.6% | -11.0% |
| 2020 | 21.1% | -10.4% |
| 2022 | 20.2% | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 19.8% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 19.4% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.8% | 28.4% | 33.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 25.0% | 23.6% | 26.5% | 2 |
| 2020s | 20.1% | 19.4% | 21.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More health data for OECD members
- Population ages 30-34, female, per capita 0.0327 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 0.5105 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0331 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate 0.2277 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.034 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, annual growth rate -0.7104 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per capita 0.0314 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate -0.2209 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in OECD members?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in OECD members was 19.4% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 33.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.4% in 2024.
- How does OECD members rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- OECD members ranks 28th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.