Prevalence of current tobacco use in World
World: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 20.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in World, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of current tobacco use in World stood at 20.3%. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in World peaked at 34.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 20.3%, in 2024.
That places World 24th out of 46 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in World, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 34.8% | — |
| 2005 | 30.9% | -11.2% |
| 2007 | 29.5% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 27.5% | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 24.5% | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 22.0% | -10.3% |
| 2022 | 21.1% | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 20.3% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.7% | 29.5% | 34.8% | 3 |
| 2010s | 26.0% | 24.5% | 27.5% | 2 |
| 2020s | 21.0% | 20.3% | 22.0% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use in World?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in World was 20.3% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 34.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.3% in 2024.
- How does World rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- World ranks 24th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.