Share of adults who smoke or use other tobacco by country
Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older, by sex (%)
Countries reporting
161
Highest
48.3%
Nauru
Lowest
3.3%
Nigeria
Median
19.5%
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
984
What the numbers show
Share of adults who smoke or use other tobacco is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 48.3% in Nauru; the lowest is 3.3% in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.5%, and the mean is 19.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 146 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 18.5%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 57.5%).
Share of adults who smoke or use other tobacco: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nauru | 48.3% | 2022 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 2 | Myanmar | 44.4% | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 3 | Kiribati | 39.7% | 2022 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 39.6% | 2022 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 39.5% | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 5 | Serbia | 39.5% | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 7 | East Timor | 38.7% | 2022 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 8 | Indonesia | 38.2% | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 9 | Croatia | 37.0% | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 36.9% | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 11 | Andorra | 36.3% | 2022 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36.2% | 2022 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 13 | Cyprus | 35.6% | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 13 | Jordan | 35.6% | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 15 | France | 34.6% | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 16 | Lebanon | 34.3% | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 17 | Latvia | 33.9% | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 18 | Tuvalu | 33.7% | 2022 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 32.9% | 2022 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 20 | Greece | 32.8% | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 21 | Slovakia | 32.4% | 2022 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 22 | Hungary | 32.2% | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 23 | Montenegro | 32.0% | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 24 | Georgia | 31.8% | 2022 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 25 | Lithuania | 31.4% | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 26 | Tonga | 31.3% | 2022 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 27 | Turkey | 30.5% | 2022 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 28 | Belarus | 30.1% | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 29 | Romania | 30.0% | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 30 | Czechia | 29.9% | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 31 | Marshall Islands | 29.8% | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 32 | Moldova | 29.7% | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 33 | Mongolia | 29.5% | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 34 | Russia | 29.2% | 2022 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 35 | Chile | 28.7% | 2022 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 36 | Spain | 28.4% | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 37 | Estonia | 28.3% | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 37 | Nepal | 28.3% | 2022 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 39 | Fiji | 27.6% | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.3% | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 41 | Laos | 27.2% | 2022 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 42 | Cook Islands | 27.0% | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 43 | Madagascar | 26.8% | 2022 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 44 | Belgium | 26.7% | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 45 | Maldives | 26.3% | 2022 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 46 | Portugal | 25.6% | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 47 | Switzerland | 25.5% | 2022 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 48 | Armenia | 24.9% | 2022 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 48 | Austria | 24.9% | 2022 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 48 | Ukraine | 24.9% | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 51 | Egypt | 24.7% | 2022 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 53 | India | 24.3% | 2022 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 53 | Lesotho | 24.3% | 2022 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 53 | United States | 24.3% | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 56 | Argentina | 23.8% | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 57 | Poland | 23.6% | 2022 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 58 | China | 23.4% | 2022 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 60 | Afghanistan | 22.7% | 2022 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 60 | Sweden | 22.7% | 2022 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 62 | Vietnam | 22.5% | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 62 | Samoa | 22.5% | 2022 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 64 | Italy | 22.4% | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 65 | Finland | 22.3% | 2022 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 22.2% | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 67 | Malaysia | 22.0% | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 68 | Yemen | 21.4% | 2022 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 69 | Germany | 21.3% | 2022 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 69 | Netherlands | 21.3% | 2022 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 71 | Algeria | 21.2% | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 72 | Mauritius | 20.9% | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 73 | South Africa | 20.7% | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 74 | Tunisia | 20.5% | 2022 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 74 | Uruguay | 20.5% | 2022 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 76 | Israel | 20.4% | 2022 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 76 | Philippines | 20.4% | 2022 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 78 | Seychelles | 20.2% | 2022 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 79 | Slovenia | 20.1% | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 80 | South Korea | 20.0% | 2022 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 81 | Kuwait | 19.9% | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 19.6% | 2022 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 19.5% | 2022 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 85 | Iraq | 19.2% | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 85 | Japan | 19.2% | 2022 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 85 | Thailand | 19.2% | 2022 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 88 | Pakistan | 18.9% | 2022 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 89 | Bhutan | 18.7% | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 89 | Botswana | 18.7% | 2022 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 91 | Cuba | 17.4% | 2022 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 92 | Palau | 17.3% | 2022 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 93 | Comoros | 17.2% | 2022 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 93 | Cambodia | 17.2% | 2022 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 16.7% | 2022 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 96 | North Korea | 16.5% | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 97 | Brunei | 16.4% | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 97 | Singapore | 16.4% | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 99 | Denmark | 16.2% | 2022 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 100 | Congo | 15.4% | 2022 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 101 | Bahrain | 15.0% | 2022 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 102 | Mexico | 14.9% | 2022 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 14.9% | 2022 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 104 | Zambia | 14.6% | 2022 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 14.3% | 2022 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 105 | Rwanda | 14.3% | 2022 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 107 | United Kingdom | 14.2% | 2022 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 107 | Norway | 14.2% | 2022 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 109 | Namibia | 14.1% | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 110 | Saint Lucia | 13.8% | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 111 | Iran | 13.3% | 2022 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 112 | Australia | 13.1% | 2022 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 113 | Morocco | 13.0% | 2022 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 12.9% | 2022 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 115 | Qatar | 12.5% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Bolivia | 12.4% | 2022 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 117 | Honduras | 12.3% | 2022 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 118 | Brazil | 12.2% | 2022 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 118 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 12.2% | 2022 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 118 | New Zealand | 12.2% | 2022 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 121 | Canada | 12.0% | 2022 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 122 | Guatemala | 11.9% | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 123 | Bahamas | 11.3% | 2022 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 11.3% | 2022 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 125 | Burundi | 11.2% | 2022 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 126 | Guyana | 11.1% | 2022 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 127 | Cape Verde | 11.0% | 2022 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 128 | Kenya | 10.7% | 2022 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 128 | Paraguay | 10.7% | 2022 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 10.5% | 2022 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 130 | Gambia | 10.5% | 2022 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 132 | Ecuador | 10.2% | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 133 | Jamaica | 9.7% | 2022 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 133 | Malawi | 9.7% | 2022 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 135 | Mauritania | 9.5% | 2022 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 135 | Eswatini | 9.5% | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 137 | Iceland | 9.4% | 2022 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 138 | Tanzania | 9.3% | 2022 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | 9.0% | 2022 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 8.9% | 2022 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 140 | El Salvador | 8.9% | 2022 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 142 | Belize | 8.8% | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 142 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.8% | 2022 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 144 | Oman | 8.4% | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 145 | Colombia | 8.2% | 2022 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.2% | 2022 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 145 | Liberia | 8.2% | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 148 | Haiti | 8.1% | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 149 | Mali | 8.0% | 2022 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 150 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.8% | 2022 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 151 | Niger | 7.7% | 2022 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 152 | Uganda | 7.5% | 2022 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 153 | Chad | 7.4% | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 154 | Peru | 7.1% | 2022 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Barbados | 7.0% | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 156 | Cameroon | 6.5% | 2022 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 156 | Senegal | 6.5% | 2022 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 158 | Togo | 6.4% | 2022 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 159 | Benin | 6.3% | 2022 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 160 | Turkmenistan | 5.6% | 2022 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 161 | Ethiopia | 5.2% | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 161 | Panama | 5.2% | 2022 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 163 | Ghana | 3.4% | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 164 | Nigeria | 3.3% | 2022 | down 45.9% | falling |
About this data
Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older, by sex (%)