Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Uganda

Tobacco use prevalence in Uganda in 2024 — 7.5%. Ranked 16 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 17.1 pp.

2024 7.5% −0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 16of 166
Period maximum 24.6%2000
Period minimum 7.5%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Uganda, 2000–202401020302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 24.6%2005: 19.1%2007: 17.3%2010: 14.8%2015: 11.6%2020: 9.1%2022: 8.3%2023: 7.9%2024: 7.5%
Change over the period: −17.1 pp Annual average: -0.71 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Uganda 7.5%
World 20.3%
Eastern Africa computed 9.3%
Low-income countries computed 10.7%
Tobacco use prevalence — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 7.5 −0.4 pp
2023 7.9 −0.4 pp
2022 8.3
2020 9.1
2015 11.6
2010 14.8
2007 17.3
2005 19.1
2000 24.6

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.