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Tobacco use among men
What this indicator measures
Share of men aged 15 and over who currently use tobacco (smoked or smokeless, daily or occasionally) (WHO estimate).
How to read this?
A value of 30% means 30 out of 100 men aged 15 and over use tobacco.
Ranking : ranked from lowest to highest
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165countries with data
76.2 %maximum · Timor-Leste
26.9 %median
5.8 %minimum · Nigeria
2024data year(s)
In brief
Tobacco use among men: across 165 countries and territories, values range from 5.8 % (Nigeria) to 76.2 % (Timor-Leste), with a world median of 26.9 %. Data: 2024. The top 10% of countries exceed 48.1 %, while the bottom 10% stay below 13.1 %. By continent, the median is highest in Oceania (40.8 %) and lowest in Africa (16.4 %).
Median by continent
- Oceania 40.8 % (13)
- Asia 35.6 % (43)
- Europe 32.5 % (40)
- South America 20.9 % (10)
- North America 19.3 % (14)
- Africa 16.4 % (42)
Why this indicator matters
In many countries, men use more tobacco than women. This indicator shows the size of this gap in each country.
What makes this indicator vary
It depends on prices and taxes, laws on advertising and public places, prevention, social norms and level of education.
Reading precautions
These are WHO estimates. They include smoked and smokeless tobacco, but not e-cigarettes. Surveys are not available for all countries.
Full ranking
ranked from lowest to highest
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1er | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 5.8 % | 2024 |
| 2e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 6 % | 2024 |
| 3e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 7.8 % | 2024 |
| 4e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 8.7 % | 2024 |
| 5e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 8.8 % | 2024 |
| 6e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 9.4 % | 2024 |
| 7e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 10 % | 2024 |
| 8e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 10.1 % | 2024 |
| 9e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 10.2 % | 2024 |
| 10e | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 10.3 % | 2024 |
| 10e | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 10.3 % | 2024 |
| 12e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 10.8 % | 2024 |
| 13e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 11.8 % | 2024 |
| 14e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 11.9 % | 2024 |
| 15e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 12 % | 2024 |
| 16e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 13 % | 2024 |
| 17e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 13.1 % | 2024 |
| 18e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 13.2 % | 2024 |
| 19e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 13.4 % | 2024 |
| 19e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 13.4 % | 2024 |
| 21e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 13.6 % | 2024 |
| 22e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 13.7 % | 2024 |
| 23e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 13.8 % | 2024 |
| 24e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 14 % | 2024 |
| 25e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 14.1 % | 2024 |
| 26e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 14.2 % | 2024 |
| 27e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 14.5 % | 2024 |
| 27e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 14.5 % | 2024 |
| 29e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 14.6 % | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 15 % | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 15 % | 2024 |
| 32e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 15.3 % | 2024 |
| 33e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 15.4 % | 2024 |
| 34e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 15.5 % | 2024 |
| 35e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 15.7 % | 2024 |
| 36e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 15.9 % | 2024 |
| 36e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 15.9 % | 2024 |
| 38e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 16.5 % | 2024 |
| 39e | 🇴🇲 Oman | 16.6 % | 2024 |
| 40e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 16.8 % | 2024 |
| 41e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 17.3 % | 2024 |
| 42e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 17.5 % | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 17.7 % | 2024 |
| 44e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 18.2 % | 2024 |
| 45e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 18.5 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 18.7 % | 2024 |
| 47e | 🇺🇸 United States | 20 % | 2024 |
| 48e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 20.5 % | 2024 |
| 49e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 20.6 % | 2024 |
| 50e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 20.7 % | 2024 |
| 51e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 21 % | 2024 |
| 52e | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 21.2 % | 2024 |
| 52e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 21.2 % | 2024 |
| 54e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 21.3 % | 2024 |
| 55e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 21.4 % | 2024 |
| 56e | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 21.5 % | 2024 |
| 57e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 21.6 % | 2024 |
| 58e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 21.9 % | 2024 |
| 59e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 22 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 22.1 % | 2024 |
| 61e | 🇮🇷 Iran | 22.5 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 22.7 % | 2024 |
| 63e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 23 % | 2024 |
| 64e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 23.2 % | 2024 |
| 65e | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 23.6 % | 2024 |
| 66e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 23.8 % | 2024 |
| 67e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 23.9 % | 2024 |
| 68e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 24 % | 2024 |
| 68e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 24 % | 2024 |
| 70e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 24.3 % | 2024 |
| 71e | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 24.9 % | 2024 |
| 71e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 24.9 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 25 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 25.3 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 25.3 % | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 25.5 % | 2024 |
| 77e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 25.6 % | 2024 |
| 78e | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 25.8 % | 2024 |
| 79e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 25.9 % | 2024 |
| 80e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 26 % | 2024 |
| 81e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 26.2 % | 2024 |
| 82e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 26.4 % | 2024 |
| 83e | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 26.9 % | 2024 |
| 84e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 27.1 % | 2024 |
| 85e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 28.3 % | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 28.6 % | 2024 |
| 87e | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 28.7 % | 2024 |
| 88e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 28.9 % | 2024 |
| 89e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 29.2 % | 2024 |
| 90e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 29.4 % | 2024 |
| 91e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 29.5 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 30 % | 2024 |
| 93e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 30.4 % | 2024 |
| 94e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 30.9 % | 2024 |
| 95e | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 31.1 % | 2024 |
| 96e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 31.3 % | 2024 |
| 97e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 31.5 % | 2024 |
| 98e | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 31.6 % | 2024 |
| 99e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 31.7 % | 2024 |
| 100e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 32.2 % | 2024 |
| 101e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 32.3 % | 2024 |
| 102e | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 32.7 % | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 32.8 % | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 33.1 % | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 33.1 % | 2024 |
| 106e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 34.1 % | 2024 |
| 107e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 34.2 % | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 34.6 % | 2024 |
| 109e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 34.8 % | 2024 |
| 110e | 🇵🇼 Palau | 35 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 35.1 % | 2024 |
| 112e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 35.4 % | 2024 |
| 112e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 35.4 % | 2024 |
| 112e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 35.4 % | 2024 |
| 115e | 🇮🇳 India | 35.6 % | 2024 |
| 116e | 🇫🇷 France | 35.9 % | 2024 |
| 117e | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 36.4 % | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 36.7 % | 2024 |
| 119e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 36.8 % | 2024 |
| 120e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 37.2 % | 2024 |
| 121e | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 37.9 % | 2024 |
| 122e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 38.1 % | 2024 |
| 123e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 38.4 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 38.9 % | 2024 |
| 125e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 39 % | 2024 |
| 126e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 39.1 % | 2024 |
| 127e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 39.2 % | 2024 |
| 128e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 39.9 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 40.6 % | 2024 |
| 130e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 40.8 % | 2024 |
| 131e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 41.1 % | 2024 |
| 132e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 41.2 % | 2024 |
| 133e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 41.7 % | 2024 |
| 133e | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 41.7 % | 2024 |
| 135e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 41.8 % | 2024 |
| 136e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 41.9 % | 2024 |
| 137e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 42.5 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 43 % | 2024 |
| 139e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 43.4 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇨🇳 China | 44.2 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 44.2 % | 2024 |
| 142e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 44.5 % | 2024 |
| 143e | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 46.1 % | 2024 |
| 144e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 46.6 % | 2024 |
| 145e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 46.8 % | 2024 |
| 146e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 47.2 % | 2024 |
| 147e | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 47.6 % | 2024 |
| 148e | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 47.9 % | 2024 |
| 149e | 🇱🇾 Libya | 48.2 % | 2024 |
| 150e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 49.4 % | 2024 |
| 151e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 49.6 % | 2024 |
| 152e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 49.9 % | 2024 |
| 153e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 50.4 % | 2024 |
| 154e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 50.5 % | 2024 |
| 155e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 50.7 % | 2024 |
| 156e | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 51.3 % | 2024 |
| 157e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 51.7 % | 2024 |
| 158e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 53.5 % | 2024 |
| 159e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 54.1 % | 2024 |
| 160e | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 55.1 % | 2024 |
| 161e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 56.2 % | 2024 |
| 162e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 57.5 % | 2024 |
| 163e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 59.3 % | 2024 |
| 164e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 70.1 % | 2024 |
| 165e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 76.2 % | 2024 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "Tobacco use among men"?
The highest value is in Timor-Leste, at 76.2 % (2024).
Which country has the lowest value for "Tobacco use among men"?
The lowest value is in Nigeria, at 5.8 % (2024).
What is the world median value of "Tobacco use among men"?
The world median is 26.9 %, calculated across 165 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "Tobacco use among men" for France?
France scores 35.9 % (2024), ranking 116 out of 165 countries (ranked from lowest to highest).
Where does the "Tobacco use among men" data come from?
It comes from Banque mondiale (WDI), d'après OMS – Global Health Observatory. Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
What counts as tobacco?
Smoked and smokeless tobacco, daily or occasionally. E-cigarettes are not counted.
Why present men separately?
Because consumption levels differ greatly by sex and by country.
Source and update
Source : Banque mondiale (WDI), d'après OMS – Global Health Observatory. Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
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