Prevalence of tobacco use among adults
People aged 15 and over who currently use any tobacco product, smoked or smokeless, daily or not. These are age-standardised modelled estimates.
Highest in 2024
48.8%
Timor-Leste
Lowest in 2024
3.1%
Nigeria
Euro area, 2024
26.1%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024
166
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
166 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.3% | 15.8% | 22.8% | 22.6% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | 16.4% | 23.0% | 23.5% |
| 2022 | 21.1% | 17.0% | 23.1% | 24.4% |
| 2020 | 22.0% | 18.3% | 23.4% | 26.2% |
| 2015 | 24.5% | 22.0% | 24.3% | 31.6% |
| 2010 | 27.5% | 26.5% | 25.1% | 38.5% |
| 2007 | 29.5% | 29.7% | 25.6% | 43.1% |
| 2005 | 30.9% | 31.9% | 26.0% | 46.7% |
| 2000 | 34.8% | 38.6% | 27.1% | 55.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 166 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Timor-Leste (48.8%) and the lowest Nigeria (3.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 19.0% and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 21 countries and fell in 135.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 20.3%.
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Timor-Leste 48.8%
- 2 Lebanon 46.9%
- 3 Myanmar 43.4%
- 4 Serbia 39.7%
- 5 North Macedonia 39.6%
- 6 Papua New Guinea 39.3%
- 7 Bulgaria 38.7%
- 8 Solomon Islands 38.4%
- 9 Kiribati 37.7%
- 10 Montenegro 37.2%
- 11 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.1%
- 12 Andorra 35.5%
- 13 West Bank and Gaza 35.5%
- 14 Naoero 34.8%
- 15 Latvia 34.6%
- 16 Croatia 34.4%
- 17 Jordan 34.1%
- 18 France 33.6%
- 19 Tuvalu 33.4%
- 20 Georgia 33.0%
- 21 Cyprus 32.5%
- 22 Tonga 32.1%
- 23 Bangladesh 32.0%
- 24 Lithuania 31.4%
- 25 Türkiye 31.1%
- 26 Indonesia 31.0%
- 27 Hungary 30.8%
- 28 Greece 30.2%
- 29 Marshall Islands 29.9%
- 30 Romania 29.7%
- 31 Mongolia 29.5%
- 32 Slovakia 29.5%
- 33 Belarus 29.2%
- 34 Moldova 28.8%
- 35 Nepal 28.7%
- 36 Portugal 28.6%
- 37 Czechia 28.4%
- 38 Lesotho 28.0%
- 39 Spain 27.6%
- 40 Russia 27.0%
- 41 Chile 26.7%
- 42 Armenia 26.2%
- 43 Estonia 26.1%
- 44 Fiji 25.8%
- 45 Madagascar 25.6%
- 46 Maldives 25.5%
- 47 Laos 25.4%
- 48 Egypt 25.0%
- 49 Vanuatu 24.9%
- 50 Malta 24.6%
- 51 Luxembourg 24.5%
- 52 Tunisia 24.4%
- 53 Libya 24.2%
- 54 Austria 23.8%
- 55 South Africa 23.7%
- 56 Ukraine 23.7%
- 57 Argentina 23.5%
- 58 Belgium 23.5%
- 59 Samoa 23.1%
- 60 Switzerland 23.1%
- 61 Palau 23.0%
- 62 China 22.8%
- 63 India 22.6%
- 64 Algeria 22.4%
- 65 Italy 22.4%
- 66 Kyrgyzstan 22.2%
- 67 Afghanistan 22.1%
- 68 Germany 22.0%
- 69 Poland 21.7%
- 70 Albania 21.4%
- 71 Finland 21.4%
- 72 Israel 21.2%
- 73 Kazakhstan 21.1%
- 74 Viet Nam 21.1%
- 75 Slovenia 20.9%
- 76 Sri Lanka 20.7%
- 77 Netherlands 20.5%
- 78 Sweden 20.3%
- 79 Iraq 20.1%
- 80 Philippines 19.9%
- 81 Bhutan 19.6%
- 82 Kuwait 19.4%
- 83 Uruguay 19.3%
- 84 Azerbaijan 18.7%
- 85 Cambodia 18.6%
- 86 South Korea 18.6%
- 87 Ireland 18.2%
- 88 Botswana 18.0%
- 89 Pakistan 17.9%
- 90 Thailand 17.8%
- 91 Mauritius 17.7%
- 92 Japan 17.5%
- 93 Bahamas 17.3%
- 94 Seychelles 17.3%
- 95 Malaysia 16.9%
- 96 Uzbekistan 16.3%
- 97 Republic of the Congo 16.2%
- 98 Cuba 16.1%
- 99 United States 15.8%
- 100 Denmark 15.7%
- 101 Mexico 15.7%
- 102 North Korea 15.6%
- 103 Bahrain 15.4%
- 104 Saudi Arabia 14.7%
- 105 Brunei 14.5%
- 106 Zambia 14.3%
- 107 Saint Lucia 13.9%
- 108 Singapore 13.8%
- 109 Gabon 13.3%
- 110 Norway 12.9%
- 111 United Kingdom 12.8%
- 112 Morocco 12.5%
- 113 Qatar 12.5%
- 114 Peru 12.4%
- 115 Bolivia 12.3%
- 116 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12.3%
- 117 Honduras 12.1%
- 118 Brazil 11.9%
- 119 Iran 11.9%
- 120 Guyana 11.7%
- 121 Australia 11.6%
- 122 Burkina Faso 11.6%
- 123 Eswatini 11.5%
- 124 Jamaica 11.5%
- 125 Sierra Leone 11.3%
- 126 Canada 11.2%
- 127 Guatemala 11.2%
- 128 Gambia 11.1%
- 129 Zimbabwe 11.0%
- 130 Mozambique 10.5%
- 131 Cabo Verde 10.4%
- 132 Burundi 10.1%
- 133 Ecuador 10.1%
- 134 Rwanda 10.1%
- 135 Mauritania 9.9%
- 136 Kenya 9.6%
- 137 New Zealand 9.3%
- 138 Iceland 9.2%
- 139 United Arab Emirates 9.0%
- 140 Comoros 8.9%
- 141 Malawi 8.9%
- 142 Belize 8.5%
- 143 Oman 8.5%
- 144 São Tomé and Príncipe 8.3%
- 145 El Salvador 8.2%
- 146 Guinea-Bissau 8.2%
- 147 Colombia 8.0%
- 148 Haiti 8.0%
- 149 Costa Rica 7.9%
- 150 Tanzania 7.7%
- 151 Uganda 7.5%
- 152 Benin 7.4%
- 153 Chad 7.4%
- 154 Mali 7.4%
- 155 Niger 7.4%
- 156 Côte d'Ivoire 7.3%
- 157 Paraguay 6.4%
- 158 Togo 5.8%
- 159 Cameroon 5.7%
- 160 Senegal 5.4%
- 161 Turkmenistan 5.4%
- 162 Ethiopia 5.2%
- 163 Liberia 5.2%
- 164 Panama 4.8%
- 165 Ghana 3.3%
- 166 Nigeria 3.1%
- East Asia and Pacific 23.1%
- Euro area 26.1%
- Europe and Central Asia 24.9%
- European Union 25.8%
- Latin America and Caribbean 13.6%
- Middle East and North Africa 18.9%
- North America 15.3%
- OECD members 19.4%
- South Asia 23.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 8.9%
- World 20.3%
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