High income - Smoking prevalence

Smoking prevalence, total (ages 15+)

The value for Smoking prevalence, total (ages 15+) in High income was 22.40 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.02 in 2000 and a minimum value of 22.40 in 2020.

Definition: Prevalence of smoking is the percentage of men and women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 34.02
2005 30.50
2010 27.46
2015 24.71
2018 22.84
2019 22.83
2020 22.40

Smoking prevalence, females (% of adults)

The value for Smoking prevalence, females (% of adults) in High income was 17.36 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.65 in 2000 and a minimum value of 17.36 in 2020.

Definition: Prevalence of smoking, female is the percentage of women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 25.65
2005 23.14
2010 20.95
2015 19.01
2018 18.00
2019 17.68
2020 17.36

Smoking prevalence, males (% of adults)

The value for Smoking prevalence, males (% of adults) in High income was 27.52 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 42.39 in 2000 and a minimum value of 27.52 in 2020.

Definition: Prevalence of smoking, male is the percentage of men ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 42.39
2005 37.89
2010 33.98
2015 30.49
2018 28.70
2019 28.06
2020 27.52

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors