Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Bulgaria

Tobacco use prevalence in Bulgaria in 2024 — 38.7%. Ranked 160 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.3 pp.

2024 38.7% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 160of 166
Period maximum 44%2000
Period minimum 38.7%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Bulgaria, 2000–2024384042442000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 44%2005: 42.5%2007: 42.2%2010: 41.4%2015: 40.4%2020: 39.4%2022: 39.1%2023: 38.8%2024: 38.7%
Change over the period: −5.3 pp Annual average: -0.22 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Bulgaria 38.7%
World 20.3%
Eastern Europe computed 26.6%
Tobacco use prevalence — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 38.7 −0.1 pp
2023 38.8 −0.3 pp
2022 39.1
2020 39.4
2015 40.4
2010 41.4
2007 42.2
2005 42.5
2000 44

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.