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Tobacco use among women
What this indicator measures
Share of women aged 15 and over who currently use tobacco (smoked or smokeless, daily or occasionally) (WHO estimate).
How to read this?
A value of 10% means 10 out of 100 women aged 15 and over use tobacco.
Ranking : ranked from lowest to highest
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165countries with data
40.9 %maximum · Nauru
6.2 %median
0 %minimum · North Korea
2024data year(s)
In brief
Tobacco use among women: across 165 countries and territories, values range from 0 % (North Korea) to 40.9 % (Nauru), with a world median of 6.2 %. Data: 2024. The top 10% of countries exceed 24.5 %, while the bottom 10% stay below 1 %. By continent, the median is highest in Europe (21.3 %) and lowest in Africa (2.2 %).
Median by continent
- Europe 21.3 % (40)
- Oceania 13.8 % (13)
- Asia 5.5 % (43)
- South America 4.1 % (10)
- North America 3.2 % (14)
- Africa 2.2 % (42)
Why this indicator matters
In most countries, women use less tobacco than men, but the gap varies. This indicator sheds light on these differences.
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 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 0 % | 2024 |
| 2e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 3e | 🇱🇾 Libya | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 4e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 4e | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 4e | 🇴🇲 Oman | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 7e | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 0.5 % | 2024 |
| 8e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 8e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 8e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 8e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 12e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 12e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 14e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 0.8 % | 2024 |
| 15e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 0.9 % | 2024 |
| 16e | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 1 % | 2024 |
| 16e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 1 % | 2024 |
| 18e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 1.1 % | 2024 |
| 18e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 1.1 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 1.2 % | 2024 |
| 21e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 1.3 % | 2024 |
| 21e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 1.3 % | 2024 |
| 21e | 🇮🇷 Iran | 1.3 % | 2024 |
| 21e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 1.3 % | 2024 |
| 25e | 🇨🇳 China | 1.5 % | 2024 |
| 26e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 1.6 % | 2024 |
| 26e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 1.6 % | 2024 |
| 26e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 1.6 % | 2024 |
| 29e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 1.7 % | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 1.8 % | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 1.8 % | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 1.8 % | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 1.8 % | 2024 |
| 34e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 2 % | 2024 |
| 34e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 2 % | 2024 |
| 36e | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 2.1 % | 2024 |
| 36e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 2.1 % | 2024 |
| 38e | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 2.2 % | 2024 |
| 38e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 2.2 % | 2024 |
| 38e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 2.2 % | 2024 |
| 41e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 2.3 % | 2024 |
| 41e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 2.3 % | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 2.4 % | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 2.4 % | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 2.4 % | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 2.4 % | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 2.4 % | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 2.4 % | 2024 |
| 49e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 2.5 % | 2024 |
| 49e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 2.5 % | 2024 |
| 49e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 2.5 % | 2024 |
| 52e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 2.6 % | 2024 |
| 53e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 2.7 % | 2024 |
| 53e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 2.7 % | 2024 |
| 53e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 2.7 % | 2024 |
| 56e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 2.9 % | 2024 |
| 56e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 2.9 % | 2024 |
| 56e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 2.9 % | 2024 |
| 56e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 2.9 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 3 % | 2024 |
| 61e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 3.2 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 3.3 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 3.3 % | 2024 |
| 64e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 3.4 % | 2024 |
| 65e | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 3.6 % | 2024 |
| 65e | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 3.6 % | 2024 |
| 67e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 4.1 % | 2024 |
| 67e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 4.1 % | 2024 |
| 67e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 4.1 % | 2024 |
| 70e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 4.2 % | 2024 |
| 71e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 4.4 % | 2024 |
| 71e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 4.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 4.5 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 4.7 % | 2024 |
| 75e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 4.9 % | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 5.1 % | 2024 |
| 77e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 5.5 % | 2024 |
| 78e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 5.6 % | 2024 |
| 78e | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 5.6 % | 2024 |
| 80e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 5.7 % | 2024 |
| 81e | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 5.9 % | 2024 |
| 82e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 6.1 % | 2024 |
| 83e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 6.2 % | 2024 |
| 84e | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 6.3 % | 2024 |
| 85e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 6.6 % | 2024 |
| 85e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 6.6 % | 2024 |
| 87e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 6.8 % | 2024 |
| 88e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 6.9 % | 2024 |
| 89e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 7.3 % | 2024 |
| 90e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 7.6 % | 2024 |
| 91e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 8.3 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 8.4 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 8.4 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 8.4 % | 2024 |
| 95e | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 8.5 % | 2024 |
| 95e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 8.5 % | 2024 |
| 97e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 8.7 % | 2024 |
| 97e | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 8.7 % | 2024 |
| 99e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 8.9 % | 2024 |
| 99e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 8.9 % | 2024 |
| 101e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 9 % | 2024 |
| 102e | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 9.3 % | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 9.5 % | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇮🇳 India | 9.7 % | 2024 |
| 105e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 9.9 % | 2024 |
| 106e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 10.5 % | 2024 |
| 107e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 10.6 % | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 11 % | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 11 % | 2024 |
| 110e | 🇵🇼 Palau | 11.1 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 11.6 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇺🇸 United States | 11.6 % | 2024 |
| 113e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 12.4 % | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 13.1 % | 2024 |
| 115e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 13.8 % | 2024 |
| 115e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 13.8 % | 2024 |
| 117e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 13.9 % | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 14 % | 2024 |
| 119e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 14.6 % | 2024 |
| 120e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 15 % | 2024 |
| 121e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 15.3 % | 2024 |
| 122e | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 16.3 % | 2024 |
| 123e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 16.6 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 16.7 % | 2024 |
| 125e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 17.4 % | 2024 |
| 126e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 18 % | 2024 |
| 127e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 18.3 % | 2024 |
| 128e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 18.5 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 18.9 % | 2024 |
| 130e | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 19.2 % | 2024 |
| 131e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 19.3 % | 2024 |
| 132e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 19.6 % | 2024 |
| 133e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 19.9 % | 2024 |
| 134e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 20.2 % | 2024 |
| 135e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 20.5 % | 2024 |
| 136e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 20.6 % | 2024 |
| 136e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 20.6 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 21 % | 2024 |
| 139e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 21.2 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 21.4 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 21.4 % | 2024 |
| 142e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 21.9 % | 2024 |
| 143e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 22.3 % | 2024 |
| 144e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 22.5 % | 2024 |
| 145e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 23.1 % | 2024 |
| 146e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 23.5 % | 2024 |
| 146e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 23.5 % | 2024 |
| 148e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 24.3 % | 2024 |
| 149e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 24.6 % | 2024 |
| 150e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 25 % | 2024 |
| 151e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 25.2 % | 2024 |
| 152e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 25.9 % | 2024 |
| 153e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 26.2 % | 2024 |
| 153e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 26.2 % | 2024 |
| 155e | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 28.9 % | 2024 |
| 156e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 31.2 % | 2024 |
| 156e | 🇫🇷 France | 31.2 % | 2024 |
| 158e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 33.6 % | 2024 |
| 159e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 34.4 % | 2024 |
| 160e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 35.7 % | 2024 |
| 161e | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 36.4 % | 2024 |
| 162e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 36.7 % | 2024 |
| 163e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 39.7 % | 2024 |
| 164e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 40.2 % | 2024 |
| 165e | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 40.9 % | 2024 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "Tobacco use among women"?
The highest value is in Nauru, at 40.9 % (2024).
Which country has the lowest value for "Tobacco use among women"?
The lowest value is in North Korea, at 0 % (2024).
What is the world median value of "Tobacco use among women"?
The world median is 6.2 %, calculated across 165 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "Tobacco use among women" for France?
France scores 31.2 % (2024), ranking 156 out of 165 countries (ranked from lowest to highest).
Where does the "Tobacco use among women" 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 women 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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