Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Tanzania

Tobacco use prevalence in Tanzania in 2024 — 7.7%. Ranked 17 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 21.8 pp.

2024 7.7% −0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 17of 166
Period maximum 29.5%2000
Period minimum 7.7%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Tanzania, 2000–202401020302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 29.5%2005: 21.9%2007: 19.5%2010: 16.7%2015: 12.6%2020: 9.6%2022: 8.6%2023: 8.2%2024: 7.7%
Change over the period: −21.8 pp Annual average: -0.91 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Tanzania 7.7%
World 20.3%
Eastern Africa computed 9.3%
Tobacco use prevalence — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 7.7 −0.5 pp
2023 8.2 −0.4 pp
2022 8.6
2020 9.6
2015 12.6
2010 16.7
2007 19.5
2005 21.9
2000 29.5

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.