Share of women who smoke or use other tobacco in Libya
Libya: Share of women who smoke or use other tobacco was 0.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of women who smoke or use other tobacco in Libya, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of female adults.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of women who smoke or use other tobacco in Libya is 0.2%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of women who smoke or use other tobacco in Libya peaked at 0.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2015.
That places Libya 165th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of women who smoke or use other tobacco in Libya, year by year
| Year | % of female adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5% | — |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -20.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -33.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 162 Egypt 0.4% compare
- 162 Nigeria 0.4% compare
- 162 Oman 0.4% compare
- 166 Azerbaijan 0.1% compare
- 167 North Korea 0.0%
More health data for Libya
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,084 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 133 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate -1.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1306 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate -1.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1378 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of women who smoke or use other tobacco in Libya?
- Share of women who smoke or use other tobacco in Libya was 0.2% in 2024, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of women who smoke or use other tobacco recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of women who smoke or use other tobacco recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2015.
- How does Libya rank for share of women who smoke or use other tobacco?
- Libya ranks 165th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of women who smoke or use other tobacco rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of women who smoke or use other tobacco. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.