Smoking prevalence, total, ages 15+ - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Prevalence of smoking is the percentage of men and women ages 15 and over who smoke any form of tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars, and pipes, and excluding smokeless tobacco. Data include daily and non-daily smoking.
Smoking prevalence, total, ages 15+ - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Lebanon (2002)58.8
2Guinea (1998)57.6
3Sao Tome and Principe (1998)44.1
4Kiribati (2000)42
5Bulgaria (2007)39.7
6Lesotho (2001)39.3
7Albania (2000)39
8Tuvalu (2002)37.9
9Greece (2000)37.6
10Ukraine (2005)37.4
11Andorra (2002)36
12Macedonia (1999)36
13Laos (2003)35.7
14Bosnia and Herzegovina (2003)35.5
15Russia (2001)35.1
16Niger (1991)35.1
17Turkey (2006)33.4
18Hungary (2003)32.8
19Uruguay (2006)32.7
20Cuba (2001)31.6
21Guam (2001)31.4
22East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2002)31.4
23China (2002)31.4
24Luxembourg (2004)31
25Romania (2008)30.9
26Latvia (2006)30.4
27Tunisia (2006)29.6
28North Korea (2005)29.1
29South Korea (2005)29.1
30Ireland (2007)29
31Jordan (2007)29
32Poland (2007)29
33American Samoa (2005)28.9
34Tonga (2006)28.8
35Netherlands (2007)28
36Chile (2006)28
37Estonia (2006)27.8
38Serbia (2006)27.7
39Croatia (2003)27.4
40Bolivia (1998)26.8
41Lithuania (2006)26.5
42Norway (2007)26
43Spain (2006)26
44South Africa (2003)25.6
45Micronesia (2002)25.5
46Tanzania (1999)25.5
47Djibouti (2007)25.4
48Georgia (2003)25.1
49France (2005)25
50Mongolia (2006)24.2
51Indonesia (2007)24.2
52Honduras (1988)24
53Cyprus (2003)23.9
54Japan (2006)23.8
55Israel (2003)23.8
56Yemen (2003)23.7
57Belgium (2004)23.7
58Philippines (2003)23.6
59Timor-Leste (2005)23.4
60Germany (2005)23.2
61Armenia (2007)23
62Cambodia (2005)23
63Denmark (2008)23
64Belarus (2006)22.9
65Malaysia (2006)22.8
66Burma (2003)22.7
67Czech Republic (2008)22.6
68Jamaica (1995)22.5
69Argentina (2005)22.2
70Italy (2008)22.2
71Slovakia (2003)22.1
72Saudi Arabia (2006)22
73Kyrgyzstan (2005)21.8
74Kazakhstan (2003)21.6
75Trinidad and Tobago (1996)21.1
76United Kingdom (2007)21
77Botswana (1988)21
78Bangladesh (2004)20.9
79Kuwait (2006)20.6
80Finland (2007)20.6
81Malta (2008)20.4
82Brunei Darussalam (1997)20
83Switzerland (2007)20
84St. Lucia (1994)19.9
85Marshall Islands (2002)19.8
86United States (2007)19.8
87Comoros (2003)19.5
88Slovenia (2007)19.4
89North America (2007)19.34
90Portugal (2006)18.7
91Thailand (2007)18.5
92New Zealand (2007)18.1
93Mauritania (2006)17.8
94Sierra Leone (1999)17.7
95Iceland (2008)17.6
96Vietnam (2003)17.5
97Sweden (2003)17.5
98Seychelles (2004)17.4
99Netherlands Antilles (1994)17.1
100Venezuela (2005)16.9
101Australia (2007)16.6
102Mauritius (2003)16.4
103Pakistan (2003)15.9
104Costa Rica (2006)15.8
105Moldova (2003)15.7
106Canada (2007)15.3
107Morocco (2003)15.1
108Paraguay (2003)14.9
109Iraq (2007)14.8
110Mali (2007)14.8
111Colombia (2003)14.6
112Burundi (1995)14.6
113Burkina Faso (2003)14.4
114Benin (2008)14.3
115Peru (2006)14.1
116Sri Lanka (2003)13.6
117Mexico (2006)13.3
118Cameroon (2003)13.2
119Puerto Rico (2000)13.1
120Dominican Republic (2003)13.1
121Singapore (2007)13
122Algeria (2003)12.8
123United Arab Emirates (2003)12.8
124Malawi (2003)12.7
125Sudan (2006)12
126Iran (2005)11.9
127El Salvador (2005)11.7
128Qatar (2006)11.1
129Kenya (2004)10.8
130Belize (2008)10.2
131Bahrain (2001)10.2
132Bahamas (1989)10
133Senegal (2003)10
134Virgin Islands (U.S.) (2002)9.5
135Panama (2007)9.4
136Zambia (2003)9.2
137Ivory Coast (2003)8.9
138Barbados (2002)8.8
139St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1991)8.6
140Uzbekistan (2006)8.2
141Cape Verde (2007)8.1
142Republic of the Congo (2004)7.8
143Mozambique (2004)7.7
144Chad (2003)7.5
145Eritrea (2004)7.2
146Oman (2001)7
147Democratic Republic of the Congo (2005)4.4
148Libya (1997)4
149Nigeria (2004)3.9
150Guatemala (2003)3.7
151Ecuador (2003)3.7
152Ghana (2003)3.2
153Ethiopia (2003)2.8
154Madagascar (2005)0.1
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