Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Zambia

Tobacco use prevalence in Zambia in 2024 — 14.3%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.5 pp.

2024 14.3% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 61of 166
Period maximum 19.8%2000
Period minimum 14.3%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Zambia, 2000–2024141618202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 19.8%2005: 18.3%2007: 17.8%2010: 17%2015: 15.9%2020: 14.9%2022: 14.6%2023: 14.4%2024: 14.3%
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: Zambia

Zambia 14.3%
World 20.3%
Eastern Africa computed 9.3%
Tobacco use prevalence — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 14.3 −0.1 pp
2023 14.4 −0.2 pp
2022 14.6
2020 14.9
2015 15.9
2010 17
2007 17.8
2005 18.3
2000 19.8

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.