Tobacco use prevalence — all countries

Tobacco use prevalence — Zimbabwe

Tobacco use prevalence in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 11%. Ranked 38 in the world out of 166. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10.3 pp.

2024 11% −0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 38of 166
Period maximum 21.3%2000
Period minimum 11%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of adults

Tobacco use prevalence — Zimbabwe, 2000–2024101520252000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 21.3%2005: 18.4%2007: 17.3%2010: 15.9%2015: 13.9%2020: 12.2%2022: 11.6%2023: 11.3%2024: 11%
Change over the period: −10.3 pp Annual average: -0.43 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 11%
World 20.3%
Eastern Africa computed 9.3%
Tobacco use prevalence — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11 −0.3 pp
2023 11.3 −0.3 pp
2022 11.6
2020 12.2
2015 13.9
2010 15.9
2007 17.3
2005 18.4
2000 21.3

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.