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152 countries ranked · WHO Global Health Observatory · 2022

Which country smokes the most?

The top 10

1. 🇱🇧Lebanon 45.7%
2. 🇲🇲Myanmar 44.1%
3. 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 41.3%
4. 🇲🇰North Macedonia 39.9%
5. 🇲🇪Montenegro 37%
6. 🇷🇸Serbia 36.5%
7. 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.9%
8. 🇧🇬Bulgaria 35.5%
9. 🇯🇴Jordan 34.5%
10. 🇦🇩Andorra 32.8%

Which country smokes the least?

The lowest rate of tobacco use in this table, from the very last row upwards: Nigeria (3.1%), then Ghana (3.2%) and Ethiopia (4.6%).

The bottom 10

1. 152nd 🇳🇬Nigeria 3.1%
2. 151st 🇬🇭Ghana 3.2%
3. 150th 🇪🇹Ethiopia 4.6%
4. 149th 🇱🇷Liberia 5%
5. 148th 🇵🇦Panama 5.3%
6. 147th 🇨🇲Cameroon 5.3%
7. 146th 🇹🇬Togo 5.5%
8. 145th 🇸🇳Senegal 5.5%
9. 144th 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 5.6%
10. 143rd 🇺🇬Uganda 5.8%

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Highest and lowest by region

The same table split by continent. Each row gives how many countries on that continent are ranked, and the extremes at both ends of it, which is the comparison a world table ordered by rank hides: a continent's floor is often above another's ceiling. Continents with fewer than three ranked countries are left out, so the counts need not add up to the whole table.

Region	Ranked	Highest	Lowest
Europe	41	🇲🇰North Macedonia 39.9%	🇮🇸Iceland 10%
Asia	42	🇱🇧Lebanon 45.7%	🇹🇲Turkmenistan 5.6%
Africa	41	🇲🇬Madagascar 25.8%	🇳🇬Nigeria 3.1%
North America	13	🇨🇺Cuba 18.4%	🇵🇦Panama 5.3%
South America	10	🇨🇱Chile 27.3%	🇵🇾Paraguay 7.2%
Oceania	5	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 41.3%	🇳🇿New Zealand 9.6%

The full ranking of all 152 countries

Tobacco use · 2022

#	Country	Tobacco use
1	🇱🇧Lebanon	45.7%
2	🇲🇲Myanmar	44.1%
3	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	41.3%
4	🇲🇰North Macedonia	39.9%
5	🇲🇪Montenegro	37%
6	🇷🇸Serbia	36.5%
7	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	35.9%
8	🇧🇬Bulgaria	35.5%
9	🇯🇴Jordan	34.5%
10	🇦🇩Andorra	32.8%
11	🇲🇻Maldives	32.4%
12	🇨🇾Cyprus	32.1%
13	🇱🇻Latvia	31.5%
14	🇮🇩Indonesia	31.4%
15	🇹🇷Turkey	31.1%
16	🇧🇩Bangladesh	31%
17	🇭🇷Croatia	30.6%
18	🇲🇳Mongolia	29.9%
19	🇬🇪Georgia	29.7%
20	🇬🇷Greece	28.9%
21	🇱🇹Lithuania	28.9%
22	🇭🇺Hungary	28.7%
23	🇫🇷France	28.6%
24	🇧🇾Belarus	28.3%
25	🇸🇰Slovakia	27.7%
26	🇷🇴Romania	27.6%
27	🇨🇱Chile	27.3%
28	🇳🇵Nepal	27.3%
29	🇨🇿Czechia	26.7%
30	🇫🇯Fiji	25.9%
31	🇷🇺Russia	25.9%
32	🇲🇬Madagascar	25.8%
33	🇱🇦Laos	25.6%
34	🇱🇸Lesotho	25.6%
35	🇱🇾Libya	25.4%
36	🇻🇺Vanuatu	25.4%
37	🇲🇩Moldova	25.3%
38	🇪🇪Estonia	24.9%
39	🇪🇸Spain	24.9%
40	🇦🇲Armenia	24.8%
41	🇰🇼Kuwait	24.8%
42	🇹🇳Tunisia	24.8%
43	🇨🇳China	24.7%
44	🇪🇬Egypt	24.3%
45	🇮🇳India	23.9%
46	🇦🇷Argentina	23.6%
47	🇱🇺Luxembourg	23.6%
48	🇲🇹Malta	23.5%
49	🇵🇹Portugal	23.1%
50	🇿🇦South Africa	23%
51	🇩🇿Algeria	22.7%
52	🇦🇹Austria	22.5%
53	🇵🇱Poland	22.5%
54	🇦🇫Afghanistan	22.3%
55	🇦🇱Albania	22.3%
56	🇧🇪Belgium	22.3%
57	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	22.3%
58	🇺🇦Ukraine	22.3%
59	🇻🇳Vietnam	21.9%
60	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	21.8%
61	🇨🇭Switzerland	21.6%
62	🇧🇹Bhutan	21.5%
63	🇸🇪Sweden	21.2%
64	🇮🇱Israel	21.1%
65	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	21.1%
66	🇮🇹Italy	20.7%
67	🇵🇭Philippines	20.7%
68	🇩🇪Germany	20.2%
69	🇳🇱Netherlands	20.2%
70	🇫🇮Finland	19.7%
71	🇮🇶Iraq	19.5%
72	🇸🇮Slovenia	19.4%
73	🇺🇾Uruguay	19.2%
74	🇧🇭Bahrain	18.9%
75	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	18.8%
76	🇰🇷South Korea	18.7%
77	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	18.6%
78	🇲🇾Malaysia	18.5%
79	🇶🇦Qatar	18.5%
80	🇨🇺Cuba	18.4%
81	🇮🇪Ireland	18.3%
82	🇹🇭Thailand	18.3%
83	🇧🇼Botswana	18%
84	🇰🇭Cambodia	18%
85	🇲🇺Mauritius	18%
86	🇵🇰Pakistan	17.2%
87	🇩🇰Denmark	16.9%
88	🇰🇵North Korea	16.9%
89	🇺🇸United States	16.8%
90	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	16.7%
91	🇯🇵Japan	16.3%
92	🇧🇳Brunei	16.2%
93	🇧🇸Bahamas	16.1%
94	🇲🇽Mexico	15.8%
95	🇨🇬Congo	15.1%
96	🇳🇴Norway	14.2%
97	🇸🇬Singapore	14.1%
98	🇬🇦Gabon	13.5%
99	🇵🇪Peru	13.3%
100	🇮🇷Iran	13.2%
101	🇲🇦Morocco	13.2%
102	🇬🇧United Kingdom	13%
103	🇧🇴Bolivia	12.9%
104	🇧🇷Brazil	12.6%
105	🇭🇳Honduras	12.4%
106	🇿🇲Zambia	12.2%
107	🇦🇺Australia	11.8%
108	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	11.8%
109	🇯🇲Jamaica	11.7%
110	🇨🇩DR Congo	11.6%
111	🇬🇾Guyana	11.6%
112	🇨🇦Canada	11.5%
113	🇬🇹Guatemala	11.5%
114	🇴🇲Oman	11.5%
115	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	11.4%
116	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	11.1%
117	🇨🇻Cape Verde	10.8%
118	🇬🇲Gambia	10.5%
119	🇪🇨Ecuador	10.2%
120	🇲🇷Mauritania	10.1%
121	🇮🇸Iceland	10%
122	🇧🇮Burundi	9.8%
123	🇳🇿New Zealand	9.6%
124	🇲🇿Mozambique	9.5%
125	🇰🇲Comoros	9.4%
126	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	9.4%
127	🇧🇿Belize	8.8%
128	🇰🇪Kenya	8.7%
129	🇨🇴Colombia	8.3%
130	🇨🇷Costa Rica	8.3%
131	🇸🇻El Salvador	8.1%
132	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	7.9%
133	🇨🇮Ivory Coast	7.9%
134	🇷🇼Rwanda	7.8%
135	🇲🇱Mali	7.6%
136	🇳🇪Niger	7.6%
137	🇭🇹Haiti	7.4%
138	🇵🇾Paraguay	7.2%
139	🇹🇩Chad	7.1%
140	🇲🇼Malawi	7.1%
141	🇧🇯Benin	6.9%
142	🇹🇿Tanzania	6.8%
143	🇺🇬Uganda	5.8%
144	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	5.6%
145	🇸🇳Senegal	5.5%
146	🇹🇬Togo	5.5%
147	🇨🇲Cameroon	5.3%
148	🇵🇦Panama	5.3%
149	🇱🇷Liberia	5%
150	🇪🇹Ethiopia	4.6%
151	🇬🇭Ghana	3.2%
152	🇳🇬Nigeria	3.1%

Smoking rate by country for every country, A to Z

All 152 countries in alphabetical order, each with its figure and its position in the world ranking. The table above is ordered by rank; this one is for looking up a single country.

• 🇦🇫Afghanistan 22.3% 54th of 152
• 🇦🇱Albania 22.3% 55th of 152
• 🇩🇿Algeria 22.7% 51st of 152
• 🇦🇩Andorra 32.8% 10th of 152
• 🇦🇷Argentina 23.6% 46th of 152
• 🇦🇲Armenia 24.8% 40th of 152
• 🇦🇺Australia 11.8% 107th of 152
• 🇦🇹Austria 22.5% 52nd of 152
• 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 18.8% 75th of 152
• 🇧🇸Bahamas 16.1% 93rd of 152
• 🇧🇭Bahrain 18.9% 74th of 152
• 🇧🇩Bangladesh 31% 16th of 152
• 🇧🇾Belarus 28.3% 24th of 152
• 🇧🇪Belgium 22.3% 56th of 152
• 🇧🇿Belize 8.8% 127th of 152
• 🇧🇯Benin 6.9% 141st of 152
• 🇧🇹Bhutan 21.5% 62nd of 152
• 🇧🇴Bolivia 12.9% 103rd of 152
• 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.9% 7th of 152
• 🇧🇼Botswana 18% 83rd of 152
• 🇧🇷Brazil 12.6% 104th of 152
• 🇧🇳Brunei 16.2% 92nd of 152
• 🇧🇬Bulgaria 35.5% 8th of 152
• 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 11.4% 115th of 152
• 🇧🇮Burundi 9.8% 122nd of 152
• 🇰🇭Cambodia 18% 84th of 152
• 🇨🇲Cameroon 5.3% 147th of 152
• 🇨🇦Canada 11.5% 112th of 152
• 🇨🇻Cape Verde 10.8% 117th of 152
• 🇹🇩Chad 7.1% 139th of 152
• 🇨🇱Chile 27.3% 27th of 152
• 🇨🇳China 24.7% 43rd of 152
• 🇨🇴Colombia 8.3% 129th of 152
• 🇰🇲Comoros 9.4% 125th of 152
• 🇨🇬Congo 15.1% 95th of 152
• 🇨🇷Costa Rica 8.3% 130th of 152
• 🇭🇷Croatia 30.6% 17th of 152
• 🇨🇺Cuba 18.4% 80th of 152
• 🇨🇾Cyprus 32.1% 12th of 152
• 🇨🇿Czechia 26.7% 29th of 152
• 🇩🇰Denmark 16.9% 87th of 152
• 🇨🇩DR Congo 11.6% 110th of 152
• 🇪🇨Ecuador 10.2% 119th of 152
• 🇪🇬Egypt 24.3% 44th of 152
• 🇸🇻El Salvador 8.1% 131st of 152
• 🇪🇪Estonia 24.9% 38th of 152
• 🇪🇹Ethiopia 4.6% 150th of 152
• 🇫🇯Fiji 25.9% 30th of 152
• 🇫🇮Finland 19.7% 70th of 152
• 🇫🇷France 28.6% 23rd of 152
• 🇬🇦Gabon 13.5% 98th of 152
• 🇬🇲Gambia 10.5% 118th of 152
• 🇬🇪Georgia 29.7% 19th of 152
• 🇩🇪Germany 20.2% 68th of 152
• 🇬🇭Ghana 3.2% 151st of 152
• 🇬🇷Greece 28.9% 20th of 152
• 🇬🇹Guatemala 11.5% 113th of 152
• 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 7.9% 132nd of 152
• 🇬🇾Guyana 11.6% 111th of 152
• 🇭🇹Haiti 7.4% 137th of 152
• 🇭🇳Honduras 12.4% 105th of 152
• 🇭🇺Hungary 28.7% 22nd of 152
• 🇮🇸Iceland 10% 121st of 152
• 🇮🇳India 23.9% 45th of 152
• 🇮🇩Indonesia 31.4% 14th of 152
• 🇮🇷Iran 13.2% 100th of 152
• 🇮🇶Iraq 19.5% 71st of 152
• 🇮🇪Ireland 18.3% 81st of 152
• 🇮🇱Israel 21.1% 64th of 152
• 🇮🇹Italy 20.7% 66th of 152
• 🇨🇮Ivory Coast 7.9% 133rd of 152
• 🇯🇲Jamaica 11.7% 109th of 152
• 🇯🇵Japan 16.3% 91st of 152
• 🇯🇴Jordan 34.5% 9th of 152
• 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 21.8% 60th of 152
• 🇰🇪Kenya 8.7% 128th of 152
• 🇰🇼Kuwait 24.8% 41st of 152
• 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 22.3% 57th of 152
• 🇱🇦Laos 25.6% 33rd of 152
• 🇱🇻Latvia 31.5% 13th of 152
• 🇱🇧Lebanon 45.7% 1st of 152
• 🇱🇸Lesotho 25.6% 34th of 152
• 🇱🇷Liberia 5% 149th of 152
• 🇱🇾Libya 25.4% 35th of 152
• 🇱🇹Lithuania 28.9% 21st of 152
• 🇱🇺Luxembourg 23.6% 47th of 152
• 🇲🇬Madagascar 25.8% 32nd of 152
• 🇲🇼Malawi 7.1% 140th of 152
• 🇲🇾Malaysia 18.5% 78th of 152
• 🇲🇻Maldives 32.4% 11th of 152
• 🇲🇱Mali 7.6% 135th of 152
• 🇲🇹Malta 23.5% 48th of 152
• 🇲🇷Mauritania 10.1% 120th of 152
• 🇲🇺Mauritius 18% 85th of 152
• 🇲🇽Mexico 15.8% 94th of 152
• 🇲🇩Moldova 25.3% 37th of 152
• 🇲🇳Mongolia 29.9% 18th of 152
• 🇲🇪Montenegro 37% 5th of 152
• 🇲🇦Morocco 13.2% 101st of 152
• 🇲🇿Mozambique 9.5% 124th of 152
• 🇲🇲Myanmar 44.1% 2nd of 152
• 🇳🇵Nepal 27.3% 28th of 152
• 🇳🇱Netherlands 20.2% 69th of 152
• 🇳🇿New Zealand 9.6% 123rd of 152
• 🇳🇪Niger 7.6% 136th of 152
• 🇳🇬Nigeria 3.1% 152nd of 152
• 🇰🇵North Korea 16.9% 88th of 152
• 🇲🇰North Macedonia 39.9% 4th of 152
• 🇳🇴Norway 14.2% 96th of 152
• 🇴🇲Oman 11.5% 114th of 152
• 🇵🇰Pakistan 17.2% 86th of 152
• 🇵🇦Panama 5.3% 148th of 152
• 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 41.3% 3rd of 152
• 🇵🇾Paraguay 7.2% 138th of 152
• 🇵🇪Peru 13.3% 99th of 152
• 🇵🇭Philippines 20.7% 67th of 152
• 🇵🇱Poland 22.5% 53rd of 152
• 🇵🇹Portugal 23.1% 49th of 152
• 🇶🇦Qatar 18.5% 79th of 152
• 🇷🇴Romania 27.6% 26th of 152
• 🇷🇺Russia 25.9% 31st of 152
• 🇷🇼Rwanda 7.8% 134th of 152
• 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 18.6% 77th of 152
• 🇸🇳Senegal 5.5% 145th of 152
• 🇷🇸Serbia 36.5% 6th of 152
• 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 11.1% 116th of 152
• 🇸🇬Singapore 14.1% 97th of 152
• 🇸🇰Slovakia 27.7% 25th of 152
• 🇸🇮Slovenia 19.4% 72nd of 152
• 🇿🇦South Africa 23% 50th of 152
• 🇰🇷South Korea 18.7% 76th of 152
• 🇪🇸Spain 24.9% 39th of 152
• 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 21.1% 65th of 152
• 🇸🇪Sweden 21.2% 63rd of 152
• 🇨🇭Switzerland 21.6% 61st of 152
• 🇹🇿Tanzania 6.8% 142nd of 152
• 🇹🇭Thailand 18.3% 82nd of 152
• 🇹🇬Togo 5.5% 146th of 152
• 🇹🇳Tunisia 24.8% 42nd of 152
• 🇹🇷Turkey 31.1% 15th of 152
• 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 5.6% 144th of 152
• 🇺🇬Uganda 5.8% 143rd of 152
• 🇺🇦Ukraine 22.3% 58th of 152
• 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 11.8% 108th of 152
• 🇬🇧United Kingdom 13% 102nd of 152
• 🇺🇸United States 16.8% 89th of 152
• 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.2% 73rd of 152
• 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 16.7% 90th of 152
• 🇻🇺Vanuatu 25.4% 36th of 152
• 🇻🇳Vietnam 21.9% 59th of 152
• 🇿🇲Zambia 12.2% 106th of 152
• 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 9.4% 126th of 152

What this table covers

This table ranks the 152 countries that have a tobacco use figure in WHO Global Health Observatory's data (2022). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero.

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