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Population covered by a smoke‑free indoor workplace law

Name: Population covered by a smoke‑free indoor workplace law
Creator: World Health Organization (WHO)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, tobacco, secondhand smoke, workplace safety, public health law, MPOWER, smoke-free

Share of a country’s population covered by a comprehensive smoke‑free law banning smoking in indoor workplaces, based on WHO tobacco control data.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO)•175 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

66.3%

Median: 100.0%

Countries Covered

175

with available data

Highest

Bulgaria

100.0%

Lowest

Bangladesh

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Bulgaria100.0%

2Belarus100.0%

3Cambodia100.0%

4Canada100.0%

5Cape Verde100.0%

By Region

Europe100.0%(31 countries)

South America100.0%(7 countries)

Oceania100.0%(2 countries)

Asia80.0%(25 countries)

North America75.0%(4 countries)

Key Findings

•Many countries have adopted comprehensive smoke‑free indoor workplace laws (coded 100%), but a substantial number remain without nationwide comprehensive protection (coded 0%).
•High-income and several upper‑middle‑income countries commonly show full coverage, though there are notable exceptions.
•Where comprehensive laws are absent, workers are more likely to be exposed to secondhand smoke indoors, especially in hospitality and informal workplaces.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 66.3%)

Europe (31)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

Asia (25)

North America (4)

Other (97)

Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

This statistic measures whether a country has enacted a comprehensive national smoke‑free law that bans smoking in indoor workplaces (as defined and tracked by the World Health Organization under MPOWER). For each country, the value is expressed as the share of the population covered by such a law—typically 100% when the law is in force nationwide, and 0% when it is not (some countries may have partial/subnational coverage not captured as comprehensive national coverage).

Smoke‑free workplace protections reduce secondhand-smoke exposure for workers, lower heart-attack admissions, and support quitting by making smoking less convenient. Comparing coverage across countries highlights where legal protections are strongest and where workers may still face routine exposure indoors.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Bulgaria	100.0%
2	Belarus	100.0%
3	Cambodia	100.0%
4	Canada	100.0%
5	Cape Verde	100.0%
6	Cayman Islands	100.0%
7	Sri Lanka	100.0%
8	Chile	100.0%
9	People's Republic of China	100.0%
10	Colombia	100.0%
11	Comoros	100.0%
12	Costa Rica	100.0%
13	Croatia	100.0%
14	Cuba	100.0%
15	Cyprus	100.0%
16	Czech Republic	100.0%
17	Denmark	100.0%
18	Dominica	100.0%
19	Ecuador	100.0%
20	El Salvador	100.0%
21	Estonia	100.0%
22	Faroe Islands	100.0%
23	Fiji	100.0%
24	Finland	100.0%
25	France	100.0%
26	Georgia	100.0%
27	Germany	100.0%
28	Greece	100.0%
29	Greenland	100.0%
30	Guyana	100.0%
31	Honduras	100.0%
32	Hungary	100.0%
33	Iceland	100.0%
34	Indonesia	100.0%
35	Islamic Republic of Iran	100.0%
36	Iraq	100.0%
37	Ireland	100.0%
38	Israel	100.0%
39	Italy	100.0%
40	Jamaica	100.0%
41	Japan	100.0%
42	Kazakhstan	100.0%
43	Jordan	100.0%
44	South Korea	100.0%
45	Kuwait	100.0%
46	Kyrgyzstan	100.0%
47	Latvia	100.0%
48	Libya	100.0%
49	Lithuania	100.0%
50	Luxembourg	100.0%
51	Malaysia	100.0%
52	Maldives	100.0%
53	Malta	100.0%
54	Mauritius	100.0%
55	Mexico	100.0%
56	Mongolia	100.0%
57	Moldova, Republic of	100.0%
58	Montenegro	100.0%
59	Morocco	100.0%
60	Oman	100.0%
61	Netherlands	100.0%
62	New Zealand	100.0%
63	Norway	100.0%
64	Panama	100.0%
65	Paraguay	100.0%
66	Peru	100.0%
67	Philippines	100.0%
68	Poland	100.0%
69	Portugal	100.0%
70	Qatar	100.0%
71	Romania	100.0%
72	Russian Federation	100.0%
73	Saudi Arabia	100.0%
74	Serbia	100.0%
75	Seychelles	100.0%
76	Singapore	100.0%
77	Slovakia	100.0%
78	Vietnam	100.0%
79	Slovenia	100.0%
80	South Africa	100.0%
81	Spain	100.0%
82	Suriname	100.0%
83	Sweden	100.0%
84	Switzerland	100.0%
85	Thailand	100.0%
86	Trinidad and Tobago	100.0%
87	United Arab Emirates	100.0%
88	Tunisia	100.0%
89	Türkiye	100.0%
90	Turkmenistan	100.0%
91	Ukraine	100.0%
92	The Republic of North Macedonia	100.0%
93	Egypt	100.0%
94	United States of America	100.0%
95	Uruguay	100.0%
96	Uzbekistan	100.0%
97	Venezuela	100.0%
98	Samoa	100.0%
99	Afghanistan	100.0%
100	Albania	100.0%
101	Algeria	100.0%
102	Argentina	100.0%
103	Australia	100.0%
104	Austria	100.0%
105	Bahamas	100.0%
106	Bahrain	100.0%
107	Armenia	100.0%
108	Belgium	100.0%
109	Bhutan	100.0%
110	Bolivia	100.0%
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.0%
112	Botswana	100.0%
113	Brazil	100.0%
114	Belize	100.0%
115	Solomon Islands	100.0%
116	Brunei Darussalam	100.0%
117	Myanmar	0.0%
118	Burundi	0.0%
119	Cameroon	0.0%
120	Central African Republic	0.0%
121	Chad	0.0%
122	Republic of the Congo	0.0%
123	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0%
124	Benin	0.0%
125	Dominican Republic	0.0%
126	Equatorial Guinea	0.0%
127	Ethiopia	0.0%
128	Eritrea	0.0%
129	Djibouti	0.0%
130	Gabon	0.0%
131	Republic of The Gambia	0.0%
132	Ghana	0.0%
133	Guatemala	0.0%
134	Guinea	0.0%
135	Haiti	0.0%
136	India	0.0%
137	Kenya	0.0%
138	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.0%
139	Lebanon	0.0%
140	Lesotho	0.0%
141	Liberia	0.0%
142	Madagascar	0.0%
143	Malawi	0.0%
144	Mali	0.0%
145	Mauritania	0.0%
146	Mozambique	0.0%
147	Namibia	0.0%
148	Nepal	0.0%
149	New Caledonia	0.0%
150	Vanuatu	0.0%
151	Nicaragua	0.0%
152	Niger	0.0%
153	Nigeria	0.0%
154	Pakistan	0.0%
155	Papua New Guinea	0.0%
156	Guinea-Bissau	0.0%
157	Timor-Leste	0.0%
158	Rwanda	0.0%
159	Senegal	0.0%
160	Sierra Leone	0.0%
161	Somalia	0.0%
162	Zimbabwe	0.0%
163	South Sudan	0.0%
164	Sudan	0.0%
165	Eswatini	0.0%
166	Syrian Arab Republic	0.0%
167	Tajikistan	0.0%
168	Togo	0.0%
169	Uganda	0.0%
170	United Republic of Tanzania	0.0%
171	Burkina Faso	0.0%
172	Yemen	0.0%
173	Zambia	0.0%
174	Angola	0.0%
175	Bangladesh	0.0%

Showing 175 of 175 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #tobacco #secondhand smoke #workplace safety #public health law #MPOWER #smoke-free

Data Source

This data comes from World Health Organization (WHO) (2023).

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