Share of women who smoke or use other tobacco by country
Estimated percentage of female adults (15 years and older) who currently use tobacco. This includes all forms of tobacco use, such as smoking, chewing or snuffing, but excludes products that do not contain tobacco, such as e-cigarettes.
Countries reporting
166
Highest
40.9%
Naoero
Lowest
0.1%
Azerbaijan
Median
6.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,503
What the numbers show
Share of women who smoke or use other tobacco is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 40.9% in Naoero; the lowest is 0.1% in Azerbaijan.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.4%, and the mean is 10.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 409.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 139 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 28.9%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 73.0%).
Share of women who smoke or use other tobacco: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naoero | 40.9% | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 2 | Serbia | 40.2% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 3 | Lebanon | 39.7% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 36.7% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 5 | Andorra | 36.4% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 6 | North Macedonia | 35.7% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 7 | Montenegro | 34.4% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 8 | Croatia | 33.6% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.2% | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 9 | France | 31.2% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 11 | Hungary | 28.9% | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 12 | Spain | 26.2% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 12 | Greece | 26.2% | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 14 | Slovakia | 25.9% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 25.2% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 16 | Kiribati | 25.0% | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 17 | Czechia | 24.6% | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 18 | Cook Islands | 24.4% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 19 | Chile | 24.3% | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 20 | Austria | 23.5% | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 23.5% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 22 | Malta | 23.1% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 23 | Portugal | 22.5% | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 24 | Switzerland | 22.3% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 25 | Latvia | 21.9% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 26 | Estonia | 21.4% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 26 | Timor-Leste | 21.4% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 28 | Lithuania | 21.2% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 29 | Romania | 21.0% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 30 | Belgium | 20.6% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 30 | Solomon Islands | 20.6% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 32 | Slovenia | 20.5% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 33 | Türkiye | 20.2% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 34 | Argentina | 19.9% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 35 | Germany | 19.6% | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 36 | Italy | 19.3% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 37 | Tuvalu | 19.2% | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 38 | Cyprus | 18.9% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 18.5% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 40 | Poland | 18.3% | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 41 | Netherlands | 18.0% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 42 | Finland | 17.4% | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 43 | Myanmar | 16.7% | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 44 | Uruguay | 16.6% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 45 | Tonga | 16.3% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 46 | Ireland | 15.3% | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 47 | Denmark | 15.0% | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 48 | Sweden | 14.6% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 14.0% | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 50 | Belarus | 13.9% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 51 | Israel | 13.8% | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 51 | Samoa | 13.8% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 53 | Jordan | 13.1% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 54 | Fiji | 12.4% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 55 | Norway | 11.6% | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 55 | United States | 11.6% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 57 | Palau | 11.1% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 58 | Bhutan | 11.0% | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 58 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.0% | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 60 | Palestine, State of | 10.7% | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 61 | Nepal | 10.6% | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Ukraine | 10.5% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 63 | Australia | 9.9% | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 64 | India | 9.7% | 2024 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Madagascar | 9.5% | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Maldives | 9.3% | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 67 | Iceland | 9.0% | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 68 | Japan | 8.9% | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 68 | Vanuatu | 8.9% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 70 | Canada | 8.7% | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 70 | Cuba | 8.7% | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 72 | Marshall Islands | 8.5% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 72 | South Africa | 8.5% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 74 | Brazil | 8.4% | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 74 | Georgia | 8.4% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 74 | New Zealand | 8.4% | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 77 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8.3% | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Mexico | 7.6% | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 79 | Mongolia | 7.3% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 80 | Republic of Moldova | 6.9% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 6.8% | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 82 | Botswana | 6.6% | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Lesotho | 6.6% | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 84 | Afghanistan | 6.3% | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 85 | Pakistan | 6.2% | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 86 | Albania | 6.1% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 87 | Bahrain | 5.9% | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 88 | Rwanda | 5.7% | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Republic of Korea | 5.6% | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 89 | Singapore | 5.6% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 91 | Cambodia | 5.5% | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 5.1% | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Cape Verde | 4.9% | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 94 | Burundi | 4.7% | 2024 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | 4.5% | 2024 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Jamaica | 4.4% | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 96 | Philippines | 4.4% | 2024 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 98 | Seychelles | 4.2% | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 99 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.1% | 2024 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Colombia | 4.1% | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 4.1% | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 102 | Qatar | 3.6% | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 3.6% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Bahamas | 3.4% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 105 | Gabon | 3.3% | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 105 | Zambia | 3.3% | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.2% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 108 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.0% | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 2.9% | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 109 | Mozambique | 2.9% | 2024 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Peru | 2.9% | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Uganda | 2.9% | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Indonesia | 2.7% | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 113 | Malawi | 2.7% | 2024 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Paraguay | 2.7% | 2024 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 116 | United Arab Emirates | 2.6% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 117 | Ecuador | 2.5% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 117 | Mauritius | 2.5% | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 117 | Eswatini | 2.5% | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 120 | Haiti | 2.4% | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 120 | Kenya | 2.4% | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 120 | Kuwait | 2.4% | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 120 | Sri Lanka | 2.4% | 2024 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Mauritania | 2.4% | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 120 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.4% | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 126 | Congo | 2.3% | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 126 | Tunisia | 2.3% | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 128 | Guyana | 2.2% | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 128 | Iraq | 2.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 128 | El Salvador | 2.2% | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 131 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.1% | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 131 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.1% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 133 | Belize | 2.0% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 133 | Comoros | 2.0% | 2024 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Armenia | 1.8% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 135 | Guatemala | 1.8% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 135 | Panama | 1.8% | 2024 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 135 | Chad | 1.8% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 139 | Liberia | 1.7% | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 140 | Benin | 1.6% | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 140 | Ethiopia | 1.6% | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 140 | Honduras | 1.6% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 143 | China | 1.5% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 144 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.3% | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 144 | Cameroon | 1.3% | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 144 | Iran | 1.3% | 2024 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Thailand | 1.3% | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 148 | Morocco | 1.2% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 149 | Niger | 1.1% | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 149 | Viet Nam | 1.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Uzbekistan | 1.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 1.0% | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Togo | 0.9% | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Mali | 0.8% | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Gambia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Senegal | 0.7% | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 157 | Algeria | 0.6% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 157 | Ghana | 0.6% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.6% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 157 | Malaysia | 0.6% | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Turkmenistan | 0.5% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 162 | Egypt | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 162 | Nigeria | 0.4% | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Oman | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 165 | Libya | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 166 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
About this data
Estimated percentage of female adults (15 years and older) who currently use tobacco. This includes all forms of tobacco use, such as smoking, chewing or snuffing, but excludes products that do not contain tobacco, such as e-cigarettes.