Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Cabo Verde

Tobacco use prevalence in Cabo Verde in 2024 — 10.4%. Ranked 36 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10.1 pp.

2024 10.4% −0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 36of 166
Period maximum 20.5%2000
Period minimum 10.4%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Cabo Verde, 2000–2024101520252000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 20.5%2005: 17.7%2007: 16.7%2010: 15.3%2015: 13.3%2020: 11.6%2022: 11%2023: 10.7%2024: 10.4%
Change over the period: −10.1 pp Annual average: -0.42 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Cabo Verde 10.4%
World 20.3%
Western Africa computed 5%
Tobacco use prevalence — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 10.4 −0.3 pp
2023 10.7 −0.3 pp
2022 11
2020 11.6
2015 13.3
2010 15.3
2007 16.7
2005 17.7
2000 20.5

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.