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

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Prevalence of smoking, female is the percentage of 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.

Rank	Country	Value
Smoking prevalence, females (% of adults) - Risk factors - Health - World Development Indicators (2006)
1	Austria	41
2	Greece	39
3	Bulgaria	38
4	Poland	38
5	Hungary	35
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35
7	Chile	31
8	Norway	30
9	Luxembourg	30
10	Denmark	30
11	Uruguay	29
12	Croatia	29
13	Andorra	28
14	Russia	28
15	Ireland	28
16	Netherlands	28
17	Cuba	28
18	Nepal	28
19	Serbia	27
20	France	27
21	Czech Republic	27
22	Spain	27
23	Venezuela	27
24	Bolivia	26
25	Germany	26
26	Euro area	25.41
27	Estonia	25
28	Iceland	24
29	Latvia	24
30	Belgium	24
31	United Kingdom	24
32	Ukraine	24
33	Argentina	24
34	Romania	24
35	Europe & Central Asia	23.76
36	Samoa	23
37	Finland	23
38	Sweden	23
39	Switzerland	23
40	Lithuania	22
41	Belarus	22
42	Malta	21
43	Slovenia	21
44	High income: OECD	20.38
45	New Zealand	20
46	Slovakia	20
47	Turkey	20
48	High income	19.86
49	Italy	19
50	United States	19
51	Australia	19
52	Upper middle income	18.33
53	Israel	18
54	Micronesia	18
55	Canada	18
56	Portugal	15
57	Tonga	15
58	Latin America & Caribbean	14.95
59	Paraguay	14
60	Laos	13
61	Japan	13
62	Burma	13
63	Mexico	12
64	Brazil	12
65	Philippines	11
66	Dominican Republic	11
67	Sao Tome and Principe	10
68	Jordan	10
69	Kazakhstan	9
70	Maldives	9
71	St. Lucia	9
72	Palau	9
73	Namibia	8
74	South Africa	8
75	Jamaica	8
76	Lebanon	7
77	Vanuatu	7
78	Costa Rica	7
79	Middle income	6.29
80	Cambodia	6
81	Yemen	6
82	Tunisia	6
83	South Korea	6
84	Georgia	6
85	Marshall Islands	6
86	Mongolia	6
87	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	6
88	North Korea	6
89	Low & middle income	5.90
90	Ecuador	5
91	Moldova	5
92	Singapore	5
93	Comoros	5
94	East Asia & Pacific	4.38
95	China	4
96	Guatemala	4
97	Kuwait	4
98	Fiji	4
99	Indonesia	4
100	Albania	4
101	Least developed countries: UN classification	3.89
102	Low income	3.44
103	Lower middle income	3.23
104	Armenia	3
105	Saudi Arabia	3
106	Seychelles	3
107	Pakistan	3
108	Suriname	3
109	Iraq	3
110	Uzbekistan	3
111	Belize	3
112	Middle East & North Africa	2.02
113	United Arab Emirates	2
114	Sudan	2
115	Thailand	2
116	Zimbabwe	2
117	Malaysia	2
118	Malawi	2
119	Swaziland	2
120	Iran	2
121	Kyrgyzstan	2
122	Tanzania	2
123	Uganda	2
124	Vietnam	2
125	Barbados	2
126	Bahrain	2
127	Zambia	2
128	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	1.79
129	South Asia	1.69
130	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.59
131	Cameroon	1
132	Chad	1
133	Senegal	1
134	Benin	1
135	Burkina Faso	1
136	Bangladesh	1
137	Cape Verde	1
138	Ivory Coast	1
139	Eritrea	1
140	Kenya	1
141	Egypt	1
142	Mauritius	1
143	Mozambique	1
144	India	1
145	Mali	1
146	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1
147	Mauritania	1
148	Gambia	0.50
149	Ghana	0.50
150	Ethiopia	0.50
151	Republic of the Congo	0.40
152	Oman	0.30
153	Sri Lanka	0.30
154	Nigeria	0.20
155	Algeria	0.20
156	Morocco	0.20

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