Tobacco use in Cabo Verde

10.4% of adults in Cabo Verde used tobacco in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Prevalence of tobacco use among adults Unit: % of adults aged 15 and over Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Cabo Verde, 2024 10.4% % of adults aged 15 and over
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 10.7%
World, 2024 20.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 131st of 166 See the full ranking

Tobacco use in Cabo Verde over time

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% of adults aged 15 and over. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Prevalence of tobacco use among adults (% of adults aged 15 and over), 2000 to 2024
Period Cabo VerdeWorld
2024 10.4% 20.3%
2023 10.7% 20.7%
2022 11.0% 21.1%
2020 11.6% 22.0%
2015 13.3% 24.5%
2010 15.3% 27.5%
2007 16.7% 29.5%
2005 17.7% 30.9%
2000 20.5% 34.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 10.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2000, when it was 20.5%, the figure has changed by −10.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 166 countries with data for 2024, Cabo Verde has the 131st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 20.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.PRV.SMOK · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Cabo Verde
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory