Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Maldives

Tobacco use prevalence in the Maldives in 2024 — 25.5%. Ranked 121 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 16.8 pp.

2024 25.5% −0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank 121of 166
Period maximum 42.3%2000
Period minimum 25.5%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Maldives, 2000–202425303540452000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 42.3%2005: 37.6%2007: 36%2010: 33.8%2015: 30.4%2020: 27.6%2022: 26.6%2023: 26.1%2024: 25.5%
Change over the period: −16.8 pp Annual average: -0.7 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Maldives 25.5%
World 20.3%
South Asia 23.6%
Southern Asia computed 22.4%
Tobacco use prevalence — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 25.5 −0.6 pp
2023 26.1 −0.5 pp
2022 26.6
2020 27.6
2015 30.4
2010 33.8
2007 36
2005 37.6
2000 42.3

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.