Prevalence of current tobacco use in Togo
Togo: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 5.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Togo, 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 Togo is 5.8%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Togo peaked at 15.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.8%, in 2024.
Togo ranks 158th of 166 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Togo, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.3% | — |
| 2005 | 12.3% | -19.6% |
| 2007 | 11.3% | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 10.0% | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 8.2% | -18.0% |
| 2020 | 6.8% | -17.1% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | -7.4% |
| 2023 | 6.1% | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 5.8% | -4.9% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 5.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16.2%, 36% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Togo's 5.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9.9%, 59% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.0% | 11.3% | 15.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 9.1% | 8.2% | 10.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 5.8% | 6.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 156 Côte d'Ivoire 7.3% compare
- 157 Paraguay 6.4% compare
- 159 Cameroon 5.7% compare
- 160 Senegal 5.4% compare
- 160 Turkmenistan 5.4% compare
More health data for Togo
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7948 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 875 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 5,021 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 2.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0681 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in Togo?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Togo was 5.8% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 15.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8% in 2024.
- How does Togo rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Togo ranks 158th out of 166 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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.