Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Melanesia

Tobacco use prevalence in Melanesia in 2024 — 37.9%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 12.3 pp.

2024 37.9% −0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 50.1%2000
Period minimum 37.9%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Melanesia, 2000–202435404550552000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 50.1%2005: 47.3%2007: 46.2%2010: 44.7%2015: 42%2020: 39.7%2022: 38.9%2023: 38.5%2024: 37.9%
Change over the period: −12.3 pp Annual average: -0.51 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Melanesia 37.9%
World 20.3%
Tobacco use prevalence — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 37.9 −0.6 pp
2023 38.5 −0.5 pp
2022 38.9
2020 39.7
2015 42
2010 44.7
2007 46.2
2005 47.3
2000 50.1

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.