Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Ghana

Tobacco use prevalence in Ghana in 2024 — 3.3%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.1 pp.

2024 3.3% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 2of 166
Period maximum 7.4%2000
Period minimum 3.3%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Ghana, 2000–202424682000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 7.4%2005: 6.3%2007: 5.8%2010: 5.3%2015: 4.5%2020: 3.8%2022: 3.5%2023: 3.4%2024: 3.3%
Change over the period: −4.1 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Ghana 3.3%
World 20.3%
Western Africa computed 5%
Tobacco use prevalence — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 3.3 −0.1 pp
2023 3.4 −0.1 pp
2022 3.5
2020 3.8
2015 4.5
2010 5.3
2007 5.8
2005 6.3
2000 7.4

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.