Women’s share of the adult (15+) population who smoke tobacco (current tobacco smoking, %)
Percentage of women ages 15+ who currently smoke any tobacco product, based on WHO-modeled estimates, comparable across most countries (2022).
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Data Analysis
Value Distribution
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Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 9.5%)
Percentile Profile
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About This Statistic
Percentage of women ages 15+ who currently smoke any tobacco product, based on WHO-modeled estimates, comparable across most countries (2022). Source: World Health Organization (WHO) — Global Health Observatory / WHO tobacco use estimates.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia | 31.8% |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 28.9% |
| 3 | Chile | 28.2% |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 27.5% |
| 5 | Greece | 27.0% |
| 6 | France | 24.8% |
| 7 | Hungary | 24.0% |
| 8 | Croatia | 22.4% |
| 9 | Germany | 22.3% |
| 10 | Netherlands | 21.6% |
| 11 | Slovakia | 21.5% |
| 12 | Ireland | 21.0% |
| 13 | Spain | 20.6% |
| 14 | Armenia | 20.3% |
| 15 | Poland | 19.6% |
| 16 | Portugal | 19.3% |
| 17 | Italy | 19.2% |
| 18 | Latvia | 18.8% |
| 19 | Belgium | 18.6% |
| 20 | Czech Republic | 18.1% |
| 21 | Uruguay | 17.9% |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 17.8% |
| 23 | Lithuania | 17.3% |
| 24 | Denmark | 16.6% |
| 25 | Romania | 16.3% |
| 26 | Switzerland | 16.2% |
| 27 | Israel | 16.1% |
| 28 | Norway | 15.7% |
| 29 | Türkiye | 15.2% |
| 30 | Iceland | 15.0% |
| 31 | Afghanistan | 14.8% |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 14.4% |
| 33 | Estonia | 13.7% |
| 34 | Sweden | 13.6% |
| 35 | Bahrain | 13.5% |
| 36 | United Kingdom | 13.2% |
| 37 | New Zealand | 13.0% |
| 38 | Algeria | 12.7% |
| 39 | Finland | 12.5% |
| 40 | Australia | 11.7% |
| 41 | Brazil | 10.9% |
| 42 | Ukraine | 10.6% |
| 43 | Canada | 10.4% |
| 44 | Lebanon | 10.2% |
| 45 | Japan | 10.0% |
| 46 | United States of America | 10.0% |
| 47 | Cuba | 8.9% |
| 48 | South Africa | 7.5% |
| 49 | Yemen | 6.6% |
| 50 | Belarus | 6.3% |
| 51 | Mexico | 6.2% |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 6.1% |
| 53 | Georgia | 6.0% |
| 54 | Venezuela | 5.2% |
| 55 | Albania | 4.6% |
| 56 | Jordan | 4.0% |
| 57 | South Korea | 3.7% |
| 58 | Mongolia | 3.6% |
| 59 | Colombia | 3.4% |
| 60 | Pakistan | 3.4% |
| 61 | Philippines | 3.2% |
| 62 | Singapore | 3.0% |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 2.9% |
| 64 | Myanmar | 2.4% |
| 65 | Thailand | 2.4% |
| 66 | Haiti | 2.3% |
| 67 | Indonesia | 2.1% |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.1% |
| 69 | Cambodia | 2.0% |
| 70 | Guatemala | 2.0% |
| 71 | Kuwait | 2.0% |
| 72 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1.9% |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 1.9% |
| 74 | People's Republic of China | 1.8% |
| 75 | Ecuador | 1.6% |
| 76 | El Salvador | 1.4% |
| 77 | India | 1.4% |
| 78 | Nicaragua | 1.4% |
| 79 | Kenya | 1.3% |
| 80 | Honduras | 1.2% |
| 81 | Morocco | 1.2% |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 1.2% |
| 83 | Austria | 1.2% |
| 84 | Vietnam | 1.1% |
| 85 | Guinea | 1.0% |
| 86 | Iraq | 1.0% |
| 87 | Malaysia | 1.0% |
| 88 | Panama | 1.0% |
| 89 | Zambia | 1.0% |
| 90 | Argentina | 0.8% |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 0.7% |
| 92 | Tunisia | 0.7% |
| 93 | Angola | 0.7% |
| 94 | Senegal | 0.6% |
| 95 | Sudan | 0.6% |
| 96 | Egypt | 0.5% |
| 97 | Rwanda | 0.4% |
| 98 | South Sudan | 0.4% |
| 99 | Maldives | 0.3% |
| 100 | Nigeria | 0.2% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Health Organization (WHO) — Global Health Observatory / WHO tobacco use estimates (2022).
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