Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Upper-middle-income countries

Tobacco use prevalence in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 21.9%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.5 pp.

2024 21.9% −0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 27.4%2000
Period minimum 21.9%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–202420222426282000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 27.4%2005: 25.9%2007: 25.4%2010: 24.7%2015: 23.6%2020: 22.5%2022: 22.2%2023: 22.1%2024: 21.9%
Change over the period: −5.5 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 21.9%
World 20.3%
Tobacco use prevalence — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21.9 −0.2 pp
2023 22.1 −0.1 pp
2022 22.2
2020 22.5
2015 23.6
2010 24.7
2007 25.4
2005 25.9
2000 27.4

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.