Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Kuwait

Tobacco use prevalence in Kuwait in 2024 — 19.4%. Ranked 85 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.5 pp.

2024 19.4% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 85of 166
Period maximum 20.9%2000
Period minimum 19.3%2022

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Kuwait, 2000–20241919.52020.5212000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 20.9%2005: 20.4%2007: 20.2%2010: 20%2015: 19.6%2020: 19.4%2022: 19.3%2023: 19.4%2024: 19.4%
Change over the period: −1.5 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Kuwait 19.4%
World 20.3%
Western Asia computed 24.3%
High-income countries computed 20.1%
Tobacco use prevalence — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 19.4 +0 pp
2023 19.4 +0.1 pp
2022 19.3
2020 19.4
2015 19.6
2010 20
2007 20.2
2005 20.4
2000 20.9

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.