Tobacco use in Palau
23.0% of adults in Palau used tobacco in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Palau, 2024
23.0%
Change from 2023
−0.3percentage points
World, 2024
20.3%
Position in 2024
61st of 166
Tobacco use in Palau 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.
| Period | Palau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.0% | 20.3% |
| 2023 | 23.3% | 20.7% |
| 2022 | 23.5% | 21.1% |
| 2020 | 23.9% | 22.0% |
| 2015 | 25.4% | 24.5% |
| 2010 | 27.1% | 27.5% |
| 2007 | 28.2% | 29.5% |
| 2005 | 29.0% | 30.9% |
| 2000 | 31.2% | 34.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 23.3% in 2023.
- Since 2000, when it was 31.2%, the figure has changed by −8.2 percentage points.
- Among the 166 countries with data for 2024, Palau has the 61st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 20.3%.
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2024 · World Bank
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