Tobacco use in North Macedonia

39.6% of adults in North Macedonia used tobacco in 2024.

Measure: Prevalence of tobacco use among adults Unit: % of adults aged 15 and over Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
North Macedonia, 2024 39.6% % of adults aged 15 and over
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 39.5%
World, 2024 20.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 5th of 166 See the full ranking

Tobacco use in North Macedonia 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 North MacedoniaWorld
2024 39.6% 20.3%
2023 39.5% 20.7%
2022 39.6% 21.1%
2020 39.6% 22.0%
2015 39.9% 24.5%
2010 40.2% 27.5%
2007 40.5% 29.5%
2005 40.8% 30.9%
2000 41.5% 34.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 39.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2000, when it was 41.5%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 166 countries with data for 2024, North Macedonia has the 5th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 20.3%.

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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 North Macedonia
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