Smoking prevalence, males (% of adults) - Risk factors - Health - World Development Indicators

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Prevalence of smoking, male is the percentage of men 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.

Rank	Country	Value
Smoking prevalence, males (% of adults) - Risk factors - Health - World Development Indicators (2006)
1	Russia	70
2	Ukraine	65
3	Belarus	64
4	Greece	63
5	Tonga	62
6	Armenia	61
7	Laos	60
8	Jordan	59
9	China	59
10	Indonesia	58
11	Samoa	58
12	Georgia	57
13	East Asia & Pacific	56.45
14	Europe & Central Asia	54.96
15	South Korea	53
16	North Korea	53
17	Tunisia	53
18	Latvia	53
19	Turkey	51
20	Philippines	50
21	Lithuania	50
22	Vanuatu	50
23	Bulgaria	49
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49
25	Malaysia	49
26	Estonia	48
27	Austria	47
28	Romania	46
29	Kyrgyzstan	46
30	Mongolia	46
31	Cambodia	46
32	Hungary	45
33	Moldova	45
34	Kazakhstan	43
35	Bangladesh	43
36	Albania	43
37	Lower middle income	42.86
38	Middle income	42.18
39	Japan	42
40	Chile	42
41	Slovakia	41
42	Vietnam	41
43	Low & middle income	40.40
44	Burma	40
45	Maldives	40
46	Syria	40
47	Serbia	40
48	Thailand	40
49	Upper middle income	39.28
50	Croatia	39
51	Uruguay	39
52	Luxembourg	39
53	Palau	38
54	Germany	37
55	Spain	37
56	Euro area	36.85
57	Andorra	36
58	Cuba	36
59	Marshall Islands	36
60	France	36
61	Mexico	36
62	Kuwait	36
63	Denmark	35
64	Czech Republic	35
65	Italy	34
66	Bolivia	34
67	Portugal	34
68	Argentina	34
69	Singapore	34
70	Mauritius	34
71	Ireland	34
72	Finland	33
73	Paraguay	33
74	Netherlands	33
75	High income: OECD	32.92
76	High income	32.58
77	Malta	32
78	Switzerland	32
79	Slovenia	32
80	Venezuela	32
81	Lebanon	31
82	Israel	31
83	Pakistan	30
84	Poland	30
85	Belgium	30
86	Micronesia	30
87	Norway	30
88	Nepal	30
89	South Asia	29.80
90	Low income	29.13
91	Iceland	29
92	Iraq	29
93	Seychelles	28
94	India	28
95	Yemen	28
96	Zimbabwe	28
97	Middle East & North Africa	27.94
98	Latin America & Caribbean	27.14
99	Least developed countries: UN classification	27.08
100	South Africa	27
101	Morocco	27
102	Sri Lanka	27
103	Algeria	26
104	Costa Rica	26
105	United Kingdom	26
106	Belize	25
107	Sudan	25
108	St. Lucia	25
109	United States	25
110	Mauritania	24
111	Guatemala	24
112	United Arab Emirates	24
113	Egypt	24
114	Iran	24
115	Ecuador	23
116	Kenya	23
117	Uzbekistan	23
118	Namibia	22
119	Comoros	22
120	New Zealand	22
121	Australia	22
122	Saudi Arabia	22
123	Sao Tome and Principe	22
124	Fiji	22
125	Canada	21
126	Swaziland	21
127	Bahrain	21
128	Oman	20
129	Tanzania	20
130	Mozambique	19
131	Brazil	19
132	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19
133	Jamaica	18
134	Malawi	17
135	Suriname	17
136	Uganda	17
137	Barbados	17
138	Gambia	17
139	Sweden	17
140	Zambia	17
141	Dominican Republic	15
142	Eritrea	15
143	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	14.69
144	Sub-Saharan Africa	14.49
145	Benin	13
146	Senegal	13
147	Mali	13
148	Burkina Faso	13
149	Cape Verde	12
150	Chad	12
151	Ivory Coast	11
152	Liberia	10
153	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10
154	Cameroon	9
155	Republic of the Congo	9
156	Nigeria	8
157	Ethiopia	8
158	Ghana	7

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