Share of men who are smoking by country
Countries reporting
167
Highest
76.2
East Timor
Lowest
6.1
Nigeria
Median
28.1
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
1,169
What the numbers show
Share of men who are smoking is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 76.2 in East Timor; the lowest is 6.1 in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 28.1, and the mean is 30.17.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 148 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 26.5%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 53.5%).
Share of men who are smoking: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Timor | 76.2 | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 33.3 | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 2 | Myanmar | 70.7 | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 3 | Indonesia | 59.4 | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | Palestine | 59.4 | 2022 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 5 | Georgia | 57.6 | 2022 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 56.2 | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea | 55.1 | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 8 | Jordan | 54.7 | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 9 | Kiribati | 52.5 | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 10 | Lebanon | 52.4 | 2022 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 11 | Mongolia | 52.3 | 2022 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 12 | Armenia | 51.4 | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 51 | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 14 | Marshall Islands | 50.8 | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 15 | Moldova | 49.9 | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 16 | Libya | 49.5 | 2022 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 17 | Tuvalu | 48.9 | 2022 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 18 | Nepal | 48.6 | 2022 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 19 | Lesotho | 48.5 | 2022 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 20 | Egypt | 48.4 | 2022 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 21 | Latvia | 48.3 | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 22 | Tonga | 48 | 2022 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 22 | Tunisia | 48 | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 24 | Cyprus | 46.6 | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 25 | Belarus | 46.4 | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 26 | China | 44.7 | 2022 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 27 | Laos | 44.4 | 2022 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 44.1 | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44 | 2022 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 30 | Algeria | 43.6 | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 31 | Lithuania | 43 | 2022 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 31 | Madagascar | 43 | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 31 | Maldives | 43 | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 34 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.8 | 2022 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 35 | Turkey | 42.7 | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 36 | Vietnam | 42.1 | 2022 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 41.7 | 2022 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 38 | Vanuatu | 41.5 | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 39 | Fiji | 40 | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 40 | Montenegro | 39.9 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 39.8 | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 42 | Serbia | 39.6 | 2022 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 43 | Romania | 39.3 | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 39 | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 44 | Ukraine | 39 | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 38.6 | 2022 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 47 | South Africa | 38.4 | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 48 | Albania | 38.3 | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 49 | Iraq | 38 | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 50 | India | 37.9 | 2022 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 37.2 | 2022 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 52 | Philippines | 36.9 | 2022 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 53 | Russia | 36.8 | 2022 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 54 | France | 36.2 | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 54 | Kuwait | 36.2 | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 56 | Croatia | 36 | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 57 | Greece | 35.7 | 2022 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 58 | Palau | 35.6 | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 59 | Thailand | 35.4 | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 60 | Andorra | 35 | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 61 | Portugal | 34.5 | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 62 | Malaysia | 34 | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 63 | Mauritius | 33.9 | 2022 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 64 | Slovakia | 33.8 | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 64 | Samoa | 33.8 | 2022 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 66 | Hungary | 33.6 | 2022 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 67 | South Korea | 33.4 | 2022 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 68 | Cambodia | 33.3 | 2022 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 69 | Estonia | 33 | 2022 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 70 | Czechia | 32.9 | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 70 | North Korea | 32.9 | 2022 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 32.9 | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 73 | Pakistan | 31.2 | 2022 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 74 | Seychelles | 31.1 | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 75 | Nauru | 30.6 | 2022 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 76 | Bahamas | 30.4 | 2022 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 76 | Chile | 30.4 | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 78 | Botswana | 30.1 | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 79 | Spain | 29.9 | 2022 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 80 | Israel | 29.2 | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 81 | Bhutan | 28.6 | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 81 | Congo | 28.6 | 2022 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 83 | Argentina | 28.1 | 2022 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 84 | Japan | 27.8 | 2022 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 85 | Sweden | 27.5 | 2022 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 86 | Brunei | 27.2 | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 87 | Belgium | 27.1 | 2022 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 88 | Malta | 27 | 2022 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 89 | Finland | 26.5 | 2022 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 90 | Poland | 26.4 | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 91 | Italy | 26.2 | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 26 | 2022 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 25.8 | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 94 | Austria | 25.7 | 2022 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 95 | Zambia | 25.6 | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 96 | Bahrain | 25.5 | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 97 | Germany | 25.3 | 2022 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 25.3 | 2022 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 99 | Cuba | 25 | 2022 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 100 | Switzerland | 24.9 | 2022 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 101 | Morocco | 24.7 | 2022 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 102 | Mexico | 24.4 | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 103 | Netherlands | 24 | 2022 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 104 | Peru | 23.6 | 2022 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 105 | Iran | 23.5 | 2022 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 106 | Gabon | 23.2 | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 106 | Honduras | 23.2 | 2022 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 106 | Uruguay | 23.2 | 2022 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 109 | Guyana | 22.7 | 2022 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 110 | Gambia | 22.5 | 2022 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 110 | Singapore | 22.5 | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 112 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 22.1 | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 22.1 | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 114 | Ireland | 22 | 2022 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 115 | Slovenia | 21.8 | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 116 | Qatar | 21.6 | 2022 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 117 | United States | 21.4 | 2022 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 118 | Bolivia | 21.3 | 2022 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 119 | Guatemala | 21 | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 120 | Eswatini | 20.3 | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 19.8 | 2022 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 122 | Mozambique | 19.6 | 2022 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 122 | Sierra Leone | 19.6 | 2022 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 124 | Jamaica | 19.1 | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 125 | Mauritania | 18.2 | 2022 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 126 | Ecuador | 18.1 | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 127 | Denmark | 17.9 | 2022 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 128 | Kenya | 17.8 | 2022 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 129 | Comoros | 17.6 | 2022 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 130 | Rwanda | 16.8 | 2022 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 131 | Cape Verde | 16.6 | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.6 | 2022 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 133 | Burundi | 16.5 | 2022 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 134 | Oman | 16.4 | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 16.2 | 2022 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 135 | Malawi | 16.2 | 2022 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 137 | Brazil | 16.1 | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 138 | United Kingdom | 15.9 | 2022 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 139 | Norway | 15.7 | 2022 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 140 | Belize | 15.6 | 2022 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 141 | Mali | 14.9 | 2022 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 141 | El Salvador | 14.9 | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 143 | Canada | 14.6 | 2022 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 143 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.6 | 2022 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 143 | Tanzania | 14.6 | 2022 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 146 | Australia | 14.2 | 2022 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 147 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14.1 | 2022 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 148 | Niger | 13.9 | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 149 | Benin | 13.8 | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 149 | Haiti | 13.8 | 2022 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 151 | Chad | 13.5 | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 152 | Uganda | 13.2 | 2022 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 153 | Costa Rica | 12.5 | 2022 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 154 | Colombia | 12.3 | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 155 | Togo | 11.6 | 2022 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 156 | Paraguay | 11.5 | 2022 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 157 | New Zealand | 11.2 | 2022 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 158 | Senegal | 11.1 | 2022 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 158 | Turkmenistan | 11.1 | 2022 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 160 | Cameroon | 10.8 | 2022 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 161 | Iceland | 10.4 | 2022 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 162 | Liberia | 9.7 | 2022 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 9 | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 164 | Panama | 8.6 | 2022 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 165 | Ghana | 6.4 | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 166 | Nigeria | 6.1 | 2022 | down 44.5% | falling |