Tobacco use in World
20.3% of adults in the world used tobacco in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
20.3%
Change from 2023
−0.4percentage points
European Union, 2024
25.8%
Tobacco use in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.3% | 25.8% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | 26.1% |
| 2022 | 21.1% | 26.4% |
| 2020 | 22.0% | 27.0% |
| 2015 | 24.5% | 28.7% |
| 2010 | 27.5% | 30.7% |
| 2007 | 29.5% | 31.9% |
| 2005 | 30.9% | 32.8% |
| 2000 | 34.8% | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 20.7% in 2023.
- Since 2000, when it was 34.8%, the figure has changed by −14.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 25.8%.
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