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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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Key Insights

Global Average
9.5%
Median: 6.3%
Countries Covered
100
with available data
Highest
Serbia
31.8%
Lowest
Nigeria
0.2%
Top 5 Countries
1Serbia31.8%
2Papua New Guinea28.9%
3Chile28.2%
4Bangladesh27.5%
5Greece27.0%
By Region
Europe17.7%(30 countries)
Oceania12.4%(2 countries)
South America10.5%(6 countries)
North America7.1%(4 countries)
Asia5.5%(22 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.2%)High (31.8%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 9.5%)

Europe (30)
Oceania (2)
South America (6)
North America (4)
Asia (22)
Other (29)
Africa (7)

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

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
1Serbia31.8%
2Papua New Guinea28.9%
3Chile28.2%
4Bangladesh27.5%
5Greece27.0%
6France24.8%
7Hungary24.0%
8Croatia22.4%
9Germany22.3%
10Netherlands21.6%
11Slovakia21.5%
12Ireland21.0%
13Spain20.6%
14Armenia20.3%
15Poland19.6%
16Portugal19.3%
17Italy19.2%
18Latvia18.8%
19Belgium18.6%
20Czech Republic18.1%
21Uruguay17.9%
22Luxembourg17.8%
23Lithuania17.3%
24Denmark16.6%
25Romania16.3%
26Switzerland16.2%
27Israel16.1%
28Norway15.7%
29Türkiye15.2%
30Iceland15.0%
31Afghanistan14.8%
32Russian Federation14.4%
33Estonia13.7%
34Sweden13.6%
35Bahrain13.5%
36United Kingdom13.2%
37New Zealand13.0%
38Algeria12.7%
39Finland12.5%
40Australia11.7%
41Brazil10.9%
42Ukraine10.6%
43Canada10.4%
44Lebanon10.2%
45Japan10.0%
46United States of America10.0%
47Cuba8.9%
48South Africa7.5%
49Yemen6.6%
50Belarus6.3%
51Mexico6.2%
52Costa Rica6.1%
53Georgia6.0%
54Venezuela5.2%
55Albania4.6%
56Jordan4.0%
57South Korea3.7%
58Mongolia3.6%
59Colombia3.4%
60Pakistan3.4%
61Philippines3.2%
62Singapore3.0%
63Dominican Republic2.9%
64Myanmar2.4%
65Thailand2.4%
66Haiti2.3%
67Indonesia2.1%
68Kyrgyzstan2.1%
69Cambodia2.0%
70Guatemala2.0%
71Kuwait2.0%
72Islamic Republic of Iran1.9%
73Kazakhstan1.9%
74People's Republic of China1.8%
75Ecuador1.6%
76El Salvador1.4%
77India1.4%
78Nicaragua1.4%
79Kenya1.3%
80Honduras1.2%
81Morocco1.2%
82Saudi Arabia1.2%
83Austria1.2%
84Vietnam1.1%
85Guinea1.0%
86Iraq1.0%
87Malaysia1.0%
88Panama1.0%
89Zambia1.0%
90Argentina0.8%
91Bulgaria0.7%
92Tunisia0.7%
93Angola0.7%
94Senegal0.6%
95Sudan0.6%
96Egypt0.5%
97Rwanda0.4%
98South Sudan0.4%
99Maldives0.3%
100Nigeria0.2%
Showing 100 of 100 countries

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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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