Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Papua New Guinea

Tobacco use prevalence in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 39.3%. Ranked 161 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 14.5 pp.

2024 39.3% −0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 161of 166
Period maximum 53.8%2000
Period minimum 39.3%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Papua New Guinea, 2000–202435404550552000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 53.8%2005: 50.4%2007: 49%2010: 47.2%2015: 44.1%2020: 41.4%2022: 40.5%2023: 40%2024: 39.3%
Change over the period: −14.5 pp Annual average: -0.6 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 39.3%
World 20.3%
Melanesia computed 37.9%
Tobacco use prevalence — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 39.3 −0.7 pp
2023 40 −0.5 pp
2022 40.5
2020 41.4
2015 44.1
2010 47.2
2007 49
2005 50.4
2000 53.8

Melanesia, 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.