Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Lower-middle-income countries

Tobacco use prevalence in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 19.8%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 24 pp.

2024 19.8% −0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 43.8%2000
Period minimum 19.8%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Lower-middle-income countries, 2000–202410203040502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 43.8%2005: 37.2%2007: 34.6%2010: 31.2%2015: 26.3%2020: 22.4%2022: 21.1%2023: 20.5%2024: 19.8%
Change over the period: −24 pp Annual average: -1 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 19.8%
World 20.3%
Tobacco use prevalence — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 19.8 −0.6 pp
2023 20.5 −0.6 pp
2022 21.1
2020 22.4
2015 26.3
2010 31.2
2007 34.6
2005 37.2
2000 43.8

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.