Share of women who are smoking by country
Countries reporting
166
Highest
40.9
Nauru
Lowest
0.1
Azerbaijan
Median
6.45
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,503
What the numbers show
Share of women who are smoking is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 40.9 in Nauru; the lowest is 0.1 in Azerbaijan.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.45, and the mean is 10.32.
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 (up 28.9%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 73.0%).
Share of women who are smoking: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nauru | 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 | 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 | East Timor | 21.4 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 28 | Lithuania | 21.2 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 29 | Romania | 21 | 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 | Turkey | 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 | Russia | 18.5 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 40 | Poland | 18.3 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 41 | Netherlands | 18 | 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 | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 48 | Sweden | 14.6 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 14 | 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 | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 11 | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 60 | Palestine | 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 | 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 | Laos | 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 | 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 | South 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 | 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3 | 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 | 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 | 2.1 | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 131 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.1 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 133 | Belize | 2 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 133 | Comoros | 2 | 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 | Cote 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 | Vietnam | 1.1 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 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 |