Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — El Salvador

Tobacco use prevalence in El Salvador in 2024 — 8.2%. Ranked 21 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.1 pp.

2024 8.2% −0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 21of 166
Period maximum 15.3%2000
Period minimum 8.2%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — El Salvador, 2000–20248101214162000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 15.3%2005: 13.4%2007: 12.6%2010: 11.7%2015: 10.3%2020: 9%2022: 8.6%2023: 8.4%2024: 8.2%
Change over the period: −7.1 pp Annual average: -0.3 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

El Salvador 8.2%
World 20.3%
Central America computed 14.2%
Tobacco use prevalence — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 8.2 −0.2 pp
2023 8.4 −0.2 pp
2022 8.6
2020 9
2015 10.3
2010 11.7
2007 12.6
2005 13.4
2000 15.3

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.