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Tobacco use
What this indicator measures
Share of people aged 15 and over who currently use tobacco (smoked or smokeless, daily or occasionally) (WHO estimate). E-cigarettes are not counted.
How to read this?
A value of 25% means 25 out of 100 people aged 15 and over use tobacco.
Ranking : ranked from lowest to highest
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165countries with data
48.8 %maximum · Timor-Leste
18.7 %median
3.1 %minimum · Nigeria
2024data year(s)
In brief
Tobacco use: across 165 countries and territories, values range from 3.1 % (Nigeria) to 48.8 % (Timor-Leste), with a world median of 18.7 %. Data: 2024. The top 10% of countries exceed 33.5 %, while the bottom 10% stay below 7.8 %. By continent, the median is highest in Oceania (29.9 %) and lowest in Africa (10.1 %).
Median by continent
- Oceania 29.9 % (13)
- Europe 26.6 % (40)
- Asia 20.1 % (43)
- South America 12.1 % (10)
- North America 11.4 % (14)
- Africa 10.1 % (42)
Why this indicator matters
Tobacco is a major cause of preventable disease and death. The share of users measures the scale of the problem and the effects of prevention policies.
What makes this indicator vary
It depends on prices and taxes, laws on advertising and public places, prevention, cultural habits 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 | 3.1 % | 2024 |
| 2e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 3.3 % | 2024 |
| 3e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 4.8 % | 2024 |
| 4e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 5.2 % | 2024 |
| 4e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 5.2 % | 2024 |
| 6e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 5.4 % | 2024 |
| 6e | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 5.4 % | 2024 |
| 8e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 5.7 % | 2024 |
| 9e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 5.8 % | 2024 |
| 10e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 6.4 % | 2024 |
| 11e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 7.3 % | 2024 |
| 12e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 7.4 % | 2024 |
| 12e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 7.4 % | 2024 |
| 12e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 7.4 % | 2024 |
| 12e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 7.4 % | 2024 |
| 16e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 7.5 % | 2024 |
| 17e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 7.7 % | 2024 |
| 18e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 7.9 % | 2024 |
| 19e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 8 % | 2024 |
| 19e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 8 % | 2024 |
| 21e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 8.2 % | 2024 |
| 21e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 8.2 % | 2024 |
| 23e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 8.3 % | 2024 |
| 24e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 8.5 % | 2024 |
| 24e | 🇴🇲 Oman | 8.5 % | 2024 |
| 26e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 8.9 % | 2024 |
| 26e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 8.9 % | 2024 |
| 28e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 9 % | 2024 |
| 29e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 9.2 % | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 9.3 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 9.6 % | 2024 |
| 32e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 9.9 % | 2024 |
| 33e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 10.1 % | 2024 |
| 33e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 10.1 % | 2024 |
| 33e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 10.1 % | 2024 |
| 36e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 10.4 % | 2024 |
| 37e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 10.5 % | 2024 |
| 38e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 11 % | 2024 |
| 39e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 11.1 % | 2024 |
| 40e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 11.2 % | 2024 |
| 40e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 11.2 % | 2024 |
| 42e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 11.3 % | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 11.5 % | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 11.5 % | 2024 |
| 45e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 11.6 % | 2024 |
| 45e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 11.6 % | 2024 |
| 47e | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 11.7 % | 2024 |
| 48e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 11.9 % | 2024 |
| 48e | 🇮🇷 Iran | 11.9 % | 2024 |
| 50e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 12.1 % | 2024 |
| 51e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 12.3 % | 2024 |
| 51e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 12.3 % | 2024 |
| 53e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 12.4 % | 2024 |
| 54e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 12.5 % | 2024 |
| 54e | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 12.5 % | 2024 |
| 56e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 12.8 % | 2024 |
| 57e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 12.9 % | 2024 |
| 58e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 13.3 % | 2024 |
| 59e | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 13.8 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 13.9 % | 2024 |
| 61e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 14.3 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 14.5 % | 2024 |
| 63e | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 14.7 % | 2024 |
| 64e | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 15.4 % | 2024 |
| 65e | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 15.6 % | 2024 |
| 66e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 15.7 % | 2024 |
| 66e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 15.7 % | 2024 |
| 68e | 🇺🇸 United States | 15.8 % | 2024 |
| 69e | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 16.1 % | 2024 |
| 70e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 16.2 % | 2024 |
| 71e | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 16.3 % | 2024 |
| 72e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 16.9 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 17.3 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 17.3 % | 2024 |
| 75e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 17.5 % | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 17.7 % | 2024 |
| 77e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 17.8 % | 2024 |
| 78e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 17.9 % | 2024 |
| 79e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 18 % | 2024 |
| 80e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 18.2 % | 2024 |
| 81e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 18.6 % | 2024 |
| 81e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 18.6 % | 2024 |
| 83e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 18.7 % | 2024 |
| 84e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 19.3 % | 2024 |
| 85e | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 19.4 % | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 19.6 % | 2024 |
| 87e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 19.9 % | 2024 |
| 88e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 20.1 % | 2024 |
| 89e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 20.3 % | 2024 |
| 90e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 20.5 % | 2024 |
| 91e | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 20.7 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 20.9 % | 2024 |
| 93e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 21.1 % | 2024 |
| 93e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 21.1 % | 2024 |
| 95e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 21.2 % | 2024 |
| 96e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 21.4 % | 2024 |
| 96e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 21.4 % | 2024 |
| 98e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 21.7 % | 2024 |
| 99e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 22 % | 2024 |
| 100e | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 22.1 % | 2024 |
| 101e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 22.2 % | 2024 |
| 102e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 22.4 % | 2024 |
| 102e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 22.4 % | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇮🇳 India | 22.6 % | 2024 |
| 105e | 🇨🇳 China | 22.8 % | 2024 |
| 106e | 🇵🇼 Palau | 23 % | 2024 |
| 107e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 23.1 % | 2024 |
| 107e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 23.1 % | 2024 |
| 109e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 23.5 % | 2024 |
| 109e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 23.5 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 23.7 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 23.7 % | 2024 |
| 113e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 23.8 % | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇱🇾 Libya | 24.2 % | 2024 |
| 115e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 24.4 % | 2024 |
| 116e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 24.5 % | 2024 |
| 117e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 24.6 % | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 24.9 % | 2024 |
| 119e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 25 % | 2024 |
| 120e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 25.4 % | 2024 |
| 121e | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 25.5 % | 2024 |
| 122e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 25.6 % | 2024 |
| 123e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 25.8 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 26.1 % | 2024 |
| 125e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 26.2 % | 2024 |
| 126e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 26.7 % | 2024 |
| 127e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 27 % | 2024 |
| 128e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 27.6 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 28 % | 2024 |
| 130e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 28.4 % | 2024 |
| 131e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 28.6 % | 2024 |
| 132e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 28.7 % | 2024 |
| 133e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 28.8 % | 2024 |
| 134e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 29.2 % | 2024 |
| 135e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 29.5 % | 2024 |
| 135e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 29.5 % | 2024 |
| 137e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 29.7 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 29.9 % | 2024 |
| 139e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 30.2 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 30.8 % | 2024 |
| 141e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 31 % | 2024 |
| 142e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 31.1 % | 2024 |
| 143e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 31.4 % | 2024 |
| 144e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 32 % | 2024 |
| 145e | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 32.1 % | 2024 |
| 146e | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 32.5 % | 2024 |
| 147e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 33 % | 2024 |
| 148e | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 33.4 % | 2024 |
| 149e | 🇫🇷 France | 33.6 % | 2024 |
| 150e | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 34.1 % | 2024 |
| 151e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 34.4 % | 2024 |
| 152e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 34.6 % | 2024 |
| 153e | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 34.8 % | 2024 |
| 154e | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 35.5 % | 2024 |
| 155e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 37.1 % | 2024 |
| 156e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 37.2 % | 2024 |
| 157e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 37.7 % | 2024 |
| 158e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 38.4 % | 2024 |
| 159e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 38.7 % | 2024 |
| 160e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 39.3 % | 2024 |
| 161e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 39.6 % | 2024 |
| 162e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 39.7 % | 2024 |
| 163e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 43.4 % | 2024 |
| 164e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 46.9 % | 2024 |
| 165e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 48.8 % | 2024 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "Tobacco use"?
The highest value is in Timor-Leste, at 48.8 % (2024).
Which country has the lowest value for "Tobacco use"?
The lowest value is in Nigeria, at 3.1 % (2024).
What is the world median value of "Tobacco use"?
The world median is 18.7 %, calculated across 165 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "Tobacco use" for France?
France scores 33.6 % (2024), ranking 149 out of 165 countries (ranked from lowest to highest).
Where does the "Tobacco use" 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 tobacco (cigarettes, cigars, pipe, shisha) and smokeless tobacco, used daily or occasionally. E-cigarettes are not counted.
Why are not all countries included?
Because the indicator depends on surveys or estimates that do not exist everywhere.
Source and update
Source : Banque mondiale (WDI), d'après OMS – Global Health Observatory. Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
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