Prevalence of current tobacco use in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 9.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Pre-demographic dividend, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
Pre-demographic dividend recorded 9.5% 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 2.5% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 20.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2024.
Pre-demographic dividend ranks 42nd of 46 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Pre-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.5% | — |
| 2005 | 17.0% | -17.2% |
| 2007 | 15.8% | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 14.3% | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 12.2% | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 10.5% | -14.0% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 9.7% | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 9.5% | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.8% | 15.8% | 20.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | 13.2% | 12.2% | 14.3% | 2 |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 9.5% | 10.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Pre-demographic dividend
More health data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0326 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0271 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 3.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0276 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 2.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per capita 0.0392 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Pre-demographic dividend was 9.5% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 20.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2024.
- How does Pre-demographic dividend rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 42nd out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pre-demographic dividend 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.