Smoking prevalence, females (% of adults) - Country Ranking

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/).

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Nauru 49.10 2020
2 Serbia 39.10 2020
3 Bulgaria 37.10 2020
4 Croatia 36.10 2020
5 France 31.90 2020
6 Montenegro 31.10 2020
7 Greece 30.50 2020
8 Lebanon 28.90 2020
9 Andorra 28.30 2020
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 28.00 2020
11 Hungary 27.80 2020
12 Kiribati 27.30 2020
13 Chile 26.80 2020
14 Spain 26.70 2020
15 Czech Republic 26.40 2020
16 Slovak Republic 25.60 2020
17 Papua New Guinea 25.10 2020
18 Austria 25.00 2020
19 Latvia 23.70 2020
20 Cyprus 23.20 2020
21 Estonia 23.00 2020
22 Switzerland 22.90 2020
23 Lithuania 21.80 2020
24 Malta 21.60 2020
25 Tuvalu 21.30 2020
26 Belgium 21.00 2020
27 Portugal 20.20 2020
28 Poland 20.10 2020
29 Romania 20.00 2020
30 Netherlands 19.90 2020
30 Germany 19.90 2020
32 Luxembourg 19.80 2020
33 Myanmar 19.70 2020
34 Argentina 19.60 2020
34 Slovenia 19.60 2020
36 Italy 19.50 2020
37 Solomon Islands 19.20 2020
37 Turkey 19.20 2020
39 Ireland 19.00 2020
40 Uruguay 18.50 2020
41 Sweden 18.20 2020
42 United States 17.50 2020
43 Bangladesh 17.10 2020
43 Denmark 17.10 2020
45 Finland 16.30 2020
46 Norway 15.40 2020
47 Tonga 15.30 2020
48 Samoa 14.50 2020
49 United Kingdom 13.50 2020
49 Belarus 13.50 2020
49 Israel 13.50 2020
52 India 13.00 2020
53 Nepal 12.80 2020
53 Russia 12.80 2020
53 Jordan 12.80 2020
53 Madagascar 12.80 2020
57 New Zealand 12.30 2020
58 Iceland 12.00 2020
59 Australia 11.50 2020
59 Ukraine 11.50 2020
61 Comoros 11.10 2020
62 Timor-Leste 10.80 2020
63 Canada 10.70 2020
64 Fiji 10.50 2020
65 Cuba 10.30 2020
65 Lao PDR 10.30 2020
67 Japan 10.00 2020
68 Brazil 9.40 2020
69 Botswana 8.30 2020
70 Yemen 8.10 2020
71 Palau 7.90 2020
72 Pakistan 7.30 2020
73 Rwanda 7.20 2020
73 Afghanistan 7.20 2020
75 Mongolia 7.10 2020
75 Georgia 7.10 2020
77 Kazakhstan 6.70 2020
78 Dominican Republic 6.50 2020
78 Philippines 6.50 2020
78 South Africa 6.50 2020
81 Sierra Leone 6.40 2020
81 Burkina Faso 6.40 2020
81 Seychelles 6.40 2020
84 Moldova 6.20 2020
84 Mexico 6.20 2020
86 Burundi 6.10 2020
87 Albania 6.00 2020
87 Cambodia 6.00 2020
87 Namibia 6.00 2020
90 Korea 5.90 2020
91 Mozambique 5.60 2020
92 Lesotho 5.40 2020
92 Cabo Verde 5.40 2020
94 Singapore 5.00 2020
95 Bolivia 4.80 2020
96 Costa Rica 4.60 2020
96 Colombia 4.60 2020
98 Bahrain 4.50 2020
99 Paraguay 4.40 2020
100 Ecuador 4.20 2020
101 Malawi 4.10 2020
102 Jamaica 3.80 2020
103 Indonesia 3.70 2020
103 Uganda 3.70 2020
103 Zambia 3.70 2020
106 Tanzania 3.40 2020
107 Iran 3.10 2020
107 Haiti 3.10 2020
109 Mauritius 3.00 2020
109 Peru 3.00 2020
111 Dem. Rep. Congo 2.90 2020
111 Thailand 2.90 2020
113 Kyrgyz Republic 2.80 2020
114 Kenya 2.70 2020
114 Chad 2.70 2020
116 Vanuatu 2.60 2020
116 Sri Lanka 2.60 2020
118 Guyana 2.40 2020
118 The Bahamas 2.40 2020
120 Brunei 2.30 2020
121 Kuwait 2.20 2020
121 Vietnam 2.20 2020
121 Panama 2.20 2020
124 Mauritania 2.10 2020
124 Congo 2.10 2020
126 Tunisia 2.00 2020
126 Liberia 2.00 2020
126 Saudi Arabia 2.00 2020
129 Barbados 1.90 2020
129 Qatar 1.90 2020
129 Benin 1.90 2020
132 Belize 1.80 2020
132 Eswatini 1.80 2020
132 Iraq 1.80 2020
135 China 1.70 2020
135 El Salvador 1.70 2020
137 Guatemala 1.60 2020
138 Armenia 1.50 2020
138 Zimbabwe 1.50 2020
140 Cameroon 1.40 2020
141 Ethiopia 1.30 2020
141 São Tomé and Principe 1.30 2020
143 Togo 1.20 2020
144 Malaysia 1.10 2020
144 Niger 1.10 2020
144 Uzbekistan 1.10 2020
147 Mali 1.00 2020
148 Guinea-Bissau 0.90 2020
148 Côte d'Ivoire 0.90 2020
150 Morocco 0.80 2020
150 The Gambia 0.80 2020
152 Algeria 0.70 2020
152 Senegal 0.70 2020
154 Nigeria 0.50 2020
155 Egypt 0.40 2020
155 Oman 0.40 2020
155 Turkmenistan 0.40 2020
158 Ghana 0.30 2020
159 Eritrea 0.20 2020
160 Azerbaijan 0.10 2020
161 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 0.00 2020

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Statistical Concept and Methodology: The limited availability of data on health status is a major constraint in assessing the health situation in developing countries. Surveillance data are lacking for many major public health concerns. Estimates of prevalence and incidence are available for some diseases but are often unreliable and incomplete. National health authorities differ widely in capacity and willingness to collect or report information. To compensate for this and improve reliability and international comparability, the World Health Organization (WHO) prepares estimates in accordance with epidemiological models and statistical standards. Smoking is the most common form of tobacco use and the prevalence of smoking is therefore a good measure of the tobacco epidemic. (Corrao MA, Guindon GE, Sharma N, Shokoohi DF (eds). Tobacco Control Country Profiles, 2000, American Cancer Society, Atlanta.) Tobacco use causes heart and other vascular diseases and cancers of the lung and other organs. Given the long delay between starting to smoke and the onset of disease, the health impact of smoking will increase rapidly only in the next few decades. The data presented are age-standardized rates for adults ages 15 and older from the WHO.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual