Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Kenya

Tobacco use prevalence in Kenya in 2024 — 9.6%. Ranked 31 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10.7 pp.

2024 9.6% −0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 31of 166
Period maximum 20.3%2000
Period minimum 9.6%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Kenya, 2000–20245101520252000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 20.3%2005: 17.3%2007: 16.2%2010: 14.8%2015: 12.6%2020: 10.8%2022: 10.2%2023: 9.9%2024: 9.6%
Change over the period: −10.7 pp Annual average: -0.45 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 9.6%
World 20.3%
Eastern Africa computed 9.3%
Tobacco use prevalence — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 9.6 −0.3 pp
2023 9.9 −0.3 pp
2022 10.2
2020 10.8
2015 12.6
2010 14.8
2007 16.2
2005 17.3
2000 20.3

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.