Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Laos

Tobacco use prevalence in Laos in 2024 — 25.4%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 27.4 pp.

2024 25.4% −0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 120of 166
Period maximum 52.8%2000
Period minimum 25.4%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Laos, 2000–202420304050602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 52.8%2005: 44.7%2007: 42.1%2010: 38.1%2015: 32.7%2020: 28.4%2022: 26.8%2023: 26.1%2024: 25.4%
Change over the period: −27.4 pp Annual average: -1.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Laos 25.4%
World 20.3%
South-Eastern Asia computed 26.1%
Tobacco use prevalence — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 25.4 −0.7 pp
2023 26.1 −0.7 pp
2022 26.8
2020 28.4
2015 32.7
2010 38.1
2007 42.1
2005 44.7
2000 52.8

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.