Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Rwanda

Tobacco use prevalence in Rwanda in 2024 — 10.1%. Ranked 33 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 32.1 pp.

2024 10.1% −0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 33of 166
Period maximum 42.2%2000
Period minimum 10.1%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Rwanda, 2000–202402040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 42.2%2005: 33%2007: 29.7%2010: 25%2015: 18.5%2020: 13.3%2022: 11.6%2023: 10.8%2024: 10.1%
Change over the period: −32.1 pp Annual average: -1.34 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Rwanda 10.1%
World 20.3%
Eastern Africa computed 9.3%
Low-income countries computed 10.7%
Tobacco use prevalence — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 10.1 −0.7 pp
2023 10.8 −0.8 pp
2022 11.6
2020 13.3
2015 18.5
2010 25
2007 29.7
2005 33
2000 42.2

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.