Prevalence of current tobacco use in Other small states
Other small states: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 23.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Other small states, 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 Other small states is 23.8%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Other small states peaked at 34.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 23.8%, in 2024.
Other small states ranks 9th of 46 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Other small states, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 34.6% | — |
| 2005 | 31.2% | -9.9% |
| 2007 | 30.0% | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 28.5% | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 26.4% | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 25.0% | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 24.3% | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 24.0% | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 23.8% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.9% | 30.0% | 34.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 27.5% | 26.4% | 28.5% | 2 |
| 2020s | 24.3% | 23.8% | 25.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Other small states
- 6 Papua New Guinea 39.3% compare
- 7 Bulgaria 38.7% compare
- 8 Solomon Islands 38.4% compare
- 9 Kiribati 37.7% compare
- 10 Montenegro 37.2% compare
- 11 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.1% compare
- 12 Andorra 35.5% compare
- 12 Palestine, State of 35.5% compare
More health data for Other small states
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0421 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0368 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 1.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0423 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in Other small states?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Other small states was 23.8% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Other small states?
- The highest recorded value was 34.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Other small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.8% in 2024.
- How does Other small states rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Other small states ranks 9th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Other small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Other small states 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.