Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Iraq

Tobacco use prevalence in Iraq in 2024 — 20.1%. Ranked 88 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3 pp.

2024 20.1% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 88of 166
Period maximum 23.1%2000
Period minimum 20.1%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Iraq, 2000–202420212223242000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 23.1%2005: 22.2%2007: 21.7%2010: 21.3%2015: 20.8%2020: 20.3%2022: 20.2%2023: 20.2%2024: 20.1%
Change over the period: −3 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 20.1%
World 20.3%
Western Asia computed 24.3%
Tobacco use prevalence — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 20.1 −0.1 pp
2023 20.2 +0 pp
2022 20.2
2020 20.3
2015 20.8
2010 21.3
2007 21.7
2005 22.2
2000 23.1

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.