Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — BRICS

Tobacco use prevalence in BRICS in 2024 — 22.6%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 15.5 pp.

2024 22.6% −0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 38%2000
Period minimum 22.6%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — BRICS, 2000–202420253035402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 38%2005: 34.1%2007: 32.5%2010: 30.4%2015: 27.2%2020: 24.4%2022: 23.5%2023: 23.1%2024: 22.6%
Change over the period: −15.5 pp Annual average: -0.64 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS

BRICS 22.6%
World 20.3%
Tobacco use prevalence — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 22.6 −0.5 pp
2023 23.1 −0.4 pp
2022 23.5
2020 24.4
2015 27.2
2010 30.4
2007 32.5
2005 34.1
2000 38

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 15 and over that uses tobacco — cigarettes, cigars, pipes, waterpipe, smokeless tobacco. The WHO estimates are age-standardized, so countries with different age composition can be compared directly. Tobacco remains one of the leading preventable causes of death.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.