Tobacco use in United Kingdom
12.8% of adults in United Kingdom used tobacco in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.
United Kingdom, 2024
12.8%
Change from 2023
−0.6percentage points
World, 2024
20.3%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
21.5%
Position in 2024
111th of 166
Tobacco use in United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.8% | 20.3% |
| 2023 | 13.4% | 20.7% |
| 2022 | 14.0% | 21.1% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | 22.0% |
| 2015 | 19.2% | 24.5% |
| 2010 | 24.2% | 27.5% |
| 2007 | 27.7% | 29.5% |
| 2005 | 30.3% | 30.9% |
| 2000 | 38.2% | 34.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 13.4% in 2023.
- Since 2000, when it was 38.2%, the figure has changed by −25.4 percentage points.
- Among the 166 countries with data for 2024, United Kingdom has the 111th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 20.3%.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Life expectancy at birth
81.4 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
81.3 years
2018 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
3.9 per 1,000 live births
2018 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
294 per 100,000 people
2019 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
73.2%
2018 · Eurostat
Health spending share of GDP
10.2%
2019 · Eurostat