Tobacco use in Timor-Leste

48.8% of adults in Timor-Leste 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
Timor-Leste, 2024 48.8% % of adults aged 15 and over
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 48.8%
World, 2024 20.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 1st of 166 See the full ranking

Tobacco use in Timor-Leste 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 Timor-LesteWorld
2024 48.8% 20.3%
2023 48.8% 20.7%
2022 48.6% 21.1%
2020 48.5% 22.0%
2015 47.9% 24.5%
2010 47.6% 27.5%
2007 47.3% 29.5%
2005 47.0% 30.9%
2000 46.9% 34.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2000, when it was 46.9%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 166 countries with data for 2024, Timor-Leste has the 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 Timor-Leste
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