Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Moldova

Tobacco use prevalence in Moldova in 2024 — 28.8%. Ranked 133 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.4 pp.

2024 28.8% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 133of 166
Period maximum 28.8%2024
Period minimum 23.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Moldova, 2000–202422242628302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 23.4%2005: 24.3%2007: 24.9%2010: 25.5%2015: 26.5%2020: 27.7%2022: 28.3%2023: 28.7%2024: 28.8%
Change over the period: +5.4 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Moldova 28.8%
World 20.3%
Eastern Europe computed 26.6%
Tobacco use prevalence — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 28.8 +0.1 pp
2023 28.7 +0.4 pp
2022 28.3
2020 27.7
2015 26.5
2010 25.5
2007 24.9
2005 24.3
2000 23.4

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.