Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Mauritania

Tobacco use prevalence in Mauritania in 2024 — 9.9%. Ranked 32 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 9.8 pp.

2024 9.9% −0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 32of 166
Period maximum 19.7%2000
Period minimum 9.9%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Mauritania, 2000–20247.51012.51517.5202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 19.7%2005: 16.9%2007: 15.9%2010: 14.5%2015: 12.7%2020: 11%2022: 10.4%2023: 10.1%2024: 9.9%
Change over the period: −9.8 pp Annual average: -0.41 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritania 9.9%
World 20.3%
Western Africa computed 5%
Tobacco use prevalence — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 9.9 −0.2 pp
2023 10.1 −0.3 pp
2022 10.4
2020 11
2015 12.7
2010 14.5
2007 15.9
2005 16.9
2000 19.7

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.