Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Timor-Leste

Tobacco use prevalence in Timor-Leste in 2024 — 48.8%. Ranked 166 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.9 pp.

2024 48.8% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 166of 166
Period maximum 48.8%2023
Period minimum 46.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Timor-Leste, 2000–202446.54747.54848.5492000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 46.9%2005: 47%2007: 47.3%2010: 47.6%2015: 47.9%2020: 48.5%2022: 48.6%2023: 48.8%2024: 48.8%
Change over the period: +1.9 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 48.8%
World 20.3%
South-Eastern Asia computed 26.1%
Tobacco use prevalence — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 48.8 +0 pp
2023 48.8 +0.2 pp
2022 48.6
2020 48.5
2015 47.9
2010 47.6
2007 47.3
2005 47
2000 46.9

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.