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Tobacco use, % of adults: ranking of countries
166 countries ranked by their latest value. Timor-Leste is highest at 48.8%; Nigeria is lowest at 3.1%.
World 20.3% (2024)Median country 19.0%166 countries
Tobacco use: world and regions, 1994–2024
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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All 166 countries
Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
166 shown
| # | Country | Region | Tobacco use | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 48.8% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 46.9% | 2024 | |
| 3 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 43.4% | 2024 | |
| 4 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 39.7% | 2024 | |
| 5 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 39.6% | 2024 | |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 39.3% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 38.7% | 2024 | |
| 8 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 38.4% | 2024 | |
| 9 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 37.7% | 2024 | |
| 10 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 37.2% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 37.1% | 2024 | |
| 12 | Andorra | Europe & Central Asia | 35.5% | 2024 | |
| 13 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 35.5% | 2024 | |
| 14 | Nauru | East Asia & Pacific | 34.8% | 2024 | |
| 15 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 34.6% | 2024 | |
| 16 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 34.4% | 2024 | |
| 17 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 34.1% | 2024 | |
| 18 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 33.6% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Tuvalu | East Asia & Pacific | 33.4% | 2024 | |
| 20 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 33.0% | 2024 | |
| 21 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 32.5% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 32.1% | 2024 | |
| 23 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 32.0% | 2024 | |
| 24 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 31.4% | 2024 | |
| 25 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 31.1% | 2024 | |
| 26 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 31.0% | 2024 | |
| 27 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 30.8% | 2024 | |
| 28 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 30.2% | 2024 | |
| 29 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 29.9% | 2024 | |
| 30 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 29.7% | 2024 | |
| 31 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 29.5% | 2024 | |
| 32 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 29.5% | 2024 | |
| 33 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 29.2% | 2024 | |
| 34 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 28.8% | 2024 | |
| 35 | Nepal | South Asia | 28.7% | 2024 | |
| 36 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 28.6% | 2024 | |
| 37 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 28.4% | 2024 | |
| 38 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 28.0% | 2024 | |
| 39 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 27.6% | 2024 | |
| 40 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 27.0% | 2024 | |
| 41 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 26.7% | 2024 | |
| 42 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 26.2% | 2024 | |
| 43 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 26.1% | 2024 | |
| 44 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 25.8% | 2024 | |
| 45 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.6% | 2024 | |
| 46 | Maldives | South Asia | 25.5% | 2024 | |
| 47 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 25.4% | 2024 | |
| 48 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 25.0% | 2024 | |
| 49 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 24.9% | 2024 | |
| 50 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 24.6% | 2024 | |
| 51 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 24.5% | 2024 | |
| 52 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 24.4% | 2024 | |
| 53 | Libya | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 24.2% | 2024 | |
| 54 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 23.8% | 2024 | |
| 55 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.7% | 2024 | |
| 56 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 23.7% | 2024 | |
| 57 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 23.5% | 2024 | |
| 58 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 23.5% | 2024 | |
| 59 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 23.1% | 2024 | |
| 60 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 23.1% | 2024 | |
| 61 | Palau | East Asia & Pacific | 23.0% | 2024 | |
| 62 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 22.8% | 2024 | |
| 63 | India | South Asia | 22.6% | 2024 | |
| 64 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 22.4% | 2024 | |
| 65 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 22.4% | 2024 | |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 22.2% | 2024 | |
| 67 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 22.1% | 2024 | |
| 68 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 22.0% | 2024 | |
| 69 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 21.7% | 2024 | |
| 70 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 21.4% | 2024 | |
| 71 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 21.4% | 2024 | |
| 72 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 21.2% | 2024 | |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 21.1% | 2024 | |
| 74 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 21.1% | 2024 | |
| 75 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 20.9% | 2024 | |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 20.7% | 2024 | |
| 77 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 20.5% | 2024 | |
| 78 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 20.3% | 2024 | |
| 79 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 20.1% | 2024 | |
| 80 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 19.9% | 2024 | |
| 81 | Bhutan | South Asia | 19.6% | 2024 | |
| 82 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 19.4% | 2024 | |
| 83 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 19.3% | 2024 | |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 18.7% | 2024 | |
| 85 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 18.6% | 2024 | |
| 86 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 18.6% | 2024 | |
| 87 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 18.2% | 2024 | |
| 88 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.0% | 2024 | |
| 89 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 17.9% | 2024 | |
| 90 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 17.8% | 2024 | |
| 91 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.7% | 2024 | |
| 92 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 17.5% | 2024 | |
| 93 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.3% | 2024 | |
| 94 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.3% | 2024 | |
| 95 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 16.9% | 2024 | |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 16.3% | 2024 | |
| 97 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.2% | 2024 | |
| 98 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.1% | 2024 | |
| 99 | United States | North America | 15.8% | 2024 | |
| 100 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 15.7% | 2024 | |
| 101 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.7% | 2024 | |
| 102 | North Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 15.6% | 2024 | |
| 103 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.4% | 2024 | |
| 104 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 14.7% | 2024 | |
| 105 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 14.5% | 2024 | |
| 106 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.3% | 2024 | |
| 107 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.9% | 2024 | |
| 108 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 13.8% | 2024 | |
| 109 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.3% | 2024 | |
| 110 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 12.9% | 2024 | |
| 111 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 12.8% | 2024 | |
| 112 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 12.5% | 2024 | |
| 113 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 12.5% | 2024 | |
| 114 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.4% | 2024 | |
| 115 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.3% | 2024 | |
| 116 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.3% | 2024 | |
| 117 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.1% | 2024 | |
| 118 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.9% | 2024 | |
| 119 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 11.9% | 2024 | |
| 120 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.7% | 2024 | |
| 121 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 11.6% | 2024 | |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.6% | 2024 | |
| 123 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.5% | 2024 | |
| 124 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.5% | 2024 | |
| 125 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.3% | 2024 | |
| 126 | Canada | North America | 11.2% | 2024 | |
| 127 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.2% | 2024 | |
| 128 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.1% | 2024 | |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.0% | 2024 | |
| 130 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.5% | 2024 | |
| 131 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.4% | 2024 | |
| 132 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.1% | 2024 | |
| 133 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.1% | 2024 | |
| 134 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.1% | 2024 | |
| 135 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.9% | 2024 | |
| 136 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.6% | 2024 | |
| 137 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 9.3% | 2024 | |
| 138 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 9.2% | 2024 | |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9.0% | 2024 | |
| 140 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.9% | 2024 | |
| 141 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.9% | 2024 | |
| 142 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.5% | 2024 | |
| 143 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.5% | 2024 | |
| 144 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.3% | 2024 | |
| 145 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.2% | 2024 | |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.2% | 2024 | |
| 147 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.0% | 2024 | |
| 148 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.0% | 2024 | |
| 149 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.9% | 2024 | |
| 150 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.7% | 2024 | |
| 151 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.5% | 2024 | |
| 152 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.4% | 2024 | |
| 153 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.4% | 2024 | |
| 154 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.4% | 2024 | |
| 155 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.4% | 2024 | |
| 156 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.3% | 2024 | |
| 157 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.4% | 2024 | |
| 158 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.8% | 2024 | |
| 159 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.7% | 2024 | |
| 160 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.4% | 2024 | |
| 161 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 5.4% | 2024 | |
| 162 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.2% | 2024 | |
| 163 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.2% | 2024 | |
| 164 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.8% | 2024 | |
| 165 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.3% | 2024 | |
| 166 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.1% | 2024 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults)