Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — OECD

Tobacco use prevalence in the OECD in 2024 — 19.4%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 14.5 pp.

2024 19.4% −0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 33.9%2000
Period minimum 19.4%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — OECD, 2000–202415202530352000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 33.9%2005: 29.9%2007: 28.4%2010: 26.5%2015: 23.6%2020: 21.1%2022: 20.2%2023: 19.8%2024: 19.4%
Change over the period: −14.5 pp Annual average: -0.61 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 19.4%
World 20.3%
Tobacco use prevalence — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 19.4 −0.4 pp
2023 19.8 −0.4 pp
2022 20.2
2020 21.1
2015 23.6
2010 26.5
2007 28.4
2005 29.9
2000 33.9

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.