Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Gambia

Tobacco use prevalence in the Gambia in 2024 — 11.1%. Ranked 39 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 9.6 pp.

2024 11.1% −0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 39of 166
Period maximum 20.7%2000
Period minimum 11.1%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Gambia, 2000–20241012.51517.52022.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 20.7%2005: 18%2007: 17%2010: 15.8%2015: 13.9%2020: 12.2%2022: 11.7%2023: 11.4%2024: 11.1%
Change over the period: −9.6 pp Annual average: -0.4 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Gambia 11.1%
World 20.3%
Western Africa computed 5%
Low-income countries computed 10.7%
Tobacco use prevalence — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.1 −0.3 pp
2023 11.4 −0.3 pp
2022 11.7
2020 12.2
2015 13.9
2010 15.8
2007 17
2005 18
2000 20.7

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.