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Billionaire philanthropists Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates have launched a campaign to help people in developing countries stop smoking.
This table, based on data gathered by the World Health Organization in the early part of this century, shows where smoking is most prevalent.
TOBACCO USE AMONG ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS
Prevalence (%)
|
|
Male 15+
|
Fem 15+
|
Both
|
Male 13-15
|
Fem 13-15
|
Both
|
|
Afghanistan
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
13.1
|
3.2
|
9.8
|
|
Albania
|
40.5
|
4
|
22.4
|
17.3
|
9.4
|
13
|
|
Algeria
|
29.9
|
0.3
|
15.2
|
25.5
|
5.7
|
13.8
|
|
Andorra
|
36.5
|
29.2
|
32.9
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Angola
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Antigua & Barbuda
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
15.1
|
12.5
|
14.1
|
|
Argentina
|
34.6
|
25.4
|
30
|
22.4
|
27.5
|
24.9
|
|
Armenia
|
55.1
|
3.7
|
29.6
|
13
|
2.7
|
7.3
|
|
Australia
|
27.7
|
21.8
|
24.8
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Austria
|
46.4
|
40.1
|
43.3
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
n/a
|
0.9
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Bahamas
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
12.9
|
10.2
|
11.9
|
|
Bahrain
|
26.1
|
2.9
|
14.6
|
28
|
11.7
|
19.9
|
|
Bangladesh
|
47
|
3.8
|
25.6
|
5.9
|
4.7
|
5.8
|
|
Barbados
|
18.4
|
3
|
10.8
|
16.9
|
12.9
|
14.8
|
|
Belarus
|
63.7
|
21.1
|
42.6
|
31.6
|
22.2
|
26.9
|
|
Belgium
|
30.1
|
24.1
|
27.1
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Belize
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
22.6
|
13.5
|
18.1
|
|
Benin
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
14.6
|
5.8
|
11
|
|
Bhutan
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
28.6
|
12.4
|
20.2
|
|
Bolivia
|
34.1
|
29.2
|
31.7
|
24.7
|
16.6
|
20.8
|
|
Bosnia-Hercegov
|
49.3
|
35.1
|
42.3
|
15.1
|
9.9
|
13
|
|
Botswana
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
12.3
|
10.5
|
11.3
|
|
Brazil
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
17.2
|
15.7
|
17.2
|
|
Brunei
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Bulgaria
|
47.5
|
27.8
|
37.7
|
28.6
|
39.2
|
34.3
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
22
|
11.2
|
16.6
|
19.9
|
6.7
|
13.6
|
|
Burundi
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Cambodia
|
40.5
|
6.5
|
23.6
|
7.2
|
3
|
5.1
|
|
Cameroon
|
12.6
|
2.2
|
7.4
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Canada
|
24.3
|
18.9
|
21.6
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Cape Verde
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Cen African Rep
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Chad
|
16
|
2.6
|
9.4
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Chile
|
42.1
|
33.6
|
37.9
|
29.9
|
40.2
|
35.5
|
|
China
|
59.5
|
3.7
|
31.8
|
7.1
|
4.1
|
5.5
|
|
Colombia
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
31.6
|
34
|
32.8
|
|
Comoros
|
27.7
|
13.5
|
20.7
|
21.8
|
14.8
|
18.1
|
|
Congo
|
12.1
|
1
|
6.6
|
26.1
|
21.9
|
23.8
|
|
Cook Islands
|
36.1
|
20
|
28.1
|
39.9
|
49.6
|
45.1
|
|
Costa Rica
|
26.1
|
7.3
|
16.8
|
18.6
|
18.5
|
18.7
|
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
15.4
|
2.4
|
9
|
21.7
|
10.3
|
16.5
|
|
Croatia
|
38.9
|
29.1
|
34
|
23.3
|
25.6
|
24.9
|
|
Cuba
|
43.4
|
28.3
|
35.9
|
10.9
|
9.5
|
10.3
|
|
Cyprus
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
13.2
|
8.4
|
10.9
|
|
Czech Republic
|
36.6
|
25.4
|
31
|
35.8
|
34.1
|
35
|
|
South Korea
|
58.6
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
DR Congo
|
13.5
|
2.6
|
8.1
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Denmark
|
36.1
|
30.6
|
33.4
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Djibouti
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
17.9
|
10.7
|
14.9
|
|
Dominica
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
19.3
|
13.5
|
17.2
|
|
Dominican Rep
|
17.5
|
13.3
|
15.4
|
18.4
|
11.9
|
14.9
|
|
Ecuador
|
23.9
|
5.8
|
14.9
|
31.6
|
17.1
|
25.1
|
|
Egypt
|
28.7
|
1.3
|
15.1
|
16
|
7.6
|
12.6
|
|
El Salvador
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
24.4
|
15.4
|
19
|
|
Equat Guinea
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Eritrea
|
16.9
|
1.2
|
9.1
|
7.8
|
4.6
|
6.6
|
|
Estonia
|
49.9
|
27.5
|
38.8
|
33.8
|
27.8
|
30.8
|
|
Ethiopia
|
7.6
|
0.9
|
4.3
|
9.9
|
4.9
|
7.9
|
|
Fiji
|
23.6
|
5.1
|
14.4
|
11.6
|
10.2
|
11.5
|
|
Finland
|
31.8
|
24.4
|
28.1
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
France
|
36.6
|
26.7
|
31.7
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Gabon
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Gambia
|
29.3
|
2.9
|
16.2
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Georgia
|
57.1
|
6.3
|
31.9
|
36.4
|
13.6
|
24.6
|
|
Germany
|
37.4
|
25.8
|
31.6
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Ghana
|
10.2
|
0.8
|
5.5
|
11.6
|
10.9
|
11.7
|
|
Greece
|
63.6
|
39.8
|
51.8
|
17.1
|
14.4
|
16.2
|
|
Grenada
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
17.6
|
15.7
|
16.7
|
|
Guatemala
|
24.5
|
4.1
|
14.4
|
19.6
|
12.3
|
16.5
|
|
Guinea
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Guyana
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
17.6
|
12.2
|
14.9
|
|
Haiti
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
21.7
|
23.9
|
23.2
|
|
Honduras
|
n/a
|
3.4
|
n/a
|
22.8
|
18.2
|
20.4
|
|
Hungary
|
45.7
|
33.9
|
39.8
|
28
|
26.9
|
27.8
|
|
Iceland
|
26.1
|
26.6
|
26.3
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
India
|
33.1
|
3.8
|
18.6
|
16.8
|
9.4
|
13.7
|
|
Indonesia
|
65.9
|
4.5
|
35.4
|
24.1
|
4
|
13.5
|
|
Iran
|
29.6
|
5.5
|
17.6
|
32.9
|
19.5
|
26.6
|
|
Iraq
|
25.8
|
2.5
|
14.2
|
29
|
10.3
|
20.3
|
|
Ireland
|
26.5
|
26
|
26.3
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Israel
|
31.1
|
17.9
|
24.6
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Italy
|
32.8
|
19.2
|
26.1
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Jamaica
|
20.8
|
9.2
|
15
|
24
|
15.3
|
19.5
|
|
Japan
|
44.3
|
14.3
|
29.4
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Jordan
|
62.7
|
9.8
|
36.5
|
20.4
|
13.3
|
17.2
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
43.2
|
9.7
|
26.6
|
15.2
|
8.1
|
11.4
|
|
Kenya
|
27.1
|
2.2
|
14.7
|
14.9
|
14.5
|
15.1
|
|
Kiribati
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Kuwait
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
28
|
14.3
|
20.9
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
46.9
|
2.2
|
24.7
|
10.8
|
4.8
|
7.2
|
|
Laos
|
65
|
15.6
|
40.5
|
14.9
|
2.7
|
8.9
|
|
Latvia
|
54.4
|
24.1
|
39.4
|
41.8
|
33.9
|
37.6
|
|
Lebanon
|
29.1
|
7
|
18.1
|
65.8
|
54.1
|
59.7
|
|
Lesotho
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
22.4
|
17.7
|
20.3
|
|
Liberia
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Libya
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
15.5
|
6.1
|
11.1
|
|
Lithuania
|
45.1
|
20.8
|
33
|
36.8
|
28.1
|
32.1
|
|
Luxembourg
|
39.1
|
30.3
|
34.7
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Madagascar
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Malawi
|
23.7
|
6.2
|
15
|
19.1
|
17.9
|
18.4
|
|
Malaysia
|
54.4
|
2.8
|
28.8
|
40
|
11.5
|
25.8
|
|
Maldives
|
44.5
|
11.6
|
28.2
|
8.5
|
3.4
|
5.9
|
|
Mali
|
19.5
|
2.8
|
11.2
|
42.6
|
7.4
|
25.5
|
|
Malta
|
32.8
|
24.5
|
28.7
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Mauritania
|
22.3
|
3.7
|
13.1
|
31.5
|
29.5
|
30.7
|
|
Mauritius
|
35.7
|
1.1
|
18.5
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Mexico
|
36.9
|
12.4
|
24.7
|
27.8
|
28.5
|
28.6
|
|
Micronesia
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
51.9
|
39.8
|
46.2
|
|
Monaco
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Mongolia
|
45.8
|
6.5
|
26.3
|
20.7
|
10.3
|
14.9
|
|
Montenegro
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
7
|
6.2
|
6.8
|
|
Morocco
|
29.5
|
0.3
|
15
|
12.5
|
8.2
|
11
|
|
Mozambique
|
22
|
3.4
|
12.8
|
9.1
|
7.2
|
8.2
|
|
Myanmar
|
46.5
|
13.6
|
30.2
|
22.5
|
8.2
|
15.3
|
|
Namibia
|
38.6
|
10.9
|
24.9
|
28.6
|
22.9
|
25.8
|
|
Nauru
|
46.1
|
52.4
|
49.2
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Nepal
|
34.8
|
26.4
|
30.6
|
13
|
5.3
|
9.4
|
|
Netherlands
|
38.3
|
30.3
|
34.3
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
New Zealand
|
29.7
|
27.5
|
28.6
|
14.7
|
26.4
|
20.1
|
|
Nicaragua
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
30.4
|
20.5
|
25.1
|
|
Niger
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
15.2
|
8
|
11.7
|
|
Nigeria
|
13
|
1.2
|
7.1
|
22.6
|
11.2
|
18.1
|
|
Niue
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Norway
|
33.6
|
30.4
|
32
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Oman
|
24.7
|
1.3
|
13.1
|
17.8
|
11.3
|
15.2
|
|
Pakistan
|
35.4
|
6.6
|
21.1
|
12.4
|
7.5
|
10.1
|
|
Palau
|
38.1
|
9.7
|
24
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Panama
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
20.5
|
15.6
|
18.6
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
55.4
|
40.3
|
47.7
|
|
Paraguay
|
33
|
14.8
|
24
|
26.1
|
25.2
|
25.7
|
|
Peru
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
24.4
|
21.6
|
23.4
|
|
Philippines
|
42
|
9.8
|
26
|
28.2
|
17.3
|
22.6
|
|
Poland
|
43.9
|
27.2
|
35.6
|
21.4
|
17.3
|
19.5
|
|
Portugal
|
40.6
|
31
|
35.8
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Qatar
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
25.2
|
13.1
|
17.9
|
|
North Korea
|
53.3
|
5.7
|
29.7
|
10.9
|
8.8
|
10.2
|
|
Moldova
|
45.8
|
5.8
|
26
|
25.3
|
7.9
|
16
|
|
Romania
|
40.6
|
24.5
|
32.6
|
22.2
|
14.8
|
18.3
|
|
Russia
|
70.1
|
26.5
|
48.5
|
30.1
|
24.4
|
27.3
|
|
Rwanda
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
St Kitts & Nevis
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
18.2
|
13.6
|
16.6
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
28.9
|
12.1
|
20.6
|
22.4
|
14.5
|
17.9
|
|
Saint Vincent & Grenadines
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
22
|
16.6
|
19.1
|
|
Samoa
|
58.3
|
23.4
|
41
|
25.8
|
20.4
|
23.5
|
|
San Marino
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
23.2
|
10.6
|
16.9
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
25.6
|
3.6
|
14.7
|
20.2
|
10.7
|
15.9
|
|
Senegal
|
19.8
|
1.5
|
10.7
|
20.4
|
9.6
|
14.9
|
|
Serbia
|
42.3
|
42.3
|
42.3
|
12.8
|
13.7
|
13.5
|
|
Seychelles
|
35.2
|
7
|
21.2
|
27.1
|
25.3
|
26.6
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Singapore
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
10.5
|
7.5
|
9.1
|
|
Slovakia
|
41.6
|
20.1
|
30.9
|
28.5
|
24.5
|
26.6
|
|
Slovenia
|
31.8
|
21.1
|
26.5
|
16.9
|
24.2
|
21.8
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Somalia
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
15.5
|
12.3
|
15.6
|
|
South Africa
|
27.5
|
9.1
|
18.4
|
29
|
20
|
23.6
|
|
Spain
|
36.4
|
30.9
|
33.7
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
30.2
|
2.6
|
16.5
|
12.4
|
5.8
|
9.1
|
|
Sudan
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
18
|
10.1
|
14
|
|
Suriname
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
12.6
|
8.6
|
10.5
|
|
Swaziland
|
14.6
|
3.2
|
8.9
|
14.7
|
9
|
11.3
|
|
Sweden
|
19.6
|
24.5
|
22
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Switzerland
|
30.7
|
22.2
|
26.5
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Syria
|
44
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
44.7
|
26.2
|
35.5
|
|
Tajikistan
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
6.8
|
2.8
|
5.1
|
|
Thailand
|
39.8
|
3.4
|
21.7
|
21.7
|
8.4
|
15.7
|
|
FYC Macedonia
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
9.6
|
8.2
|
9
|
|
Timor-Leste
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
54.5
|
29.8
|
41
|
|
Togo
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
17.7
|
7.9
|
14
|
|
Tonga
|
61.8
|
15.8
|
39
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Trin & Tobago
|
36.4
|
7.6
|
22.1
|
20.8
|
17.8
|
19.9
|
|
Tunisia
|
51
|
1.9
|
26.6
|
27.8
|
8.8
|
18.3
|
|
Turkey
|
51.6
|
19.2
|
35.5
|
11.1
|
4.4
|
8.4
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Tuvalu
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
41.6
|
32.7
|
36.4
|
|
Uganda
|
20.9
|
3.2
|
12.1
|
17.3
|
15.3
|
16.6
|
|
Ukraine
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
29.8
|
22.2
|
26
|
|
UAE
|
26.1
|
2.6
|
14.4
|
25.2
|
13.2
|
19.5
|
|
Ukraine
|
36.7
|
34.7
|
35.7
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Tanzania
|
24.8
|
4.3
|
14.6
|
8.7
|
4.7
|
6.5
|
|
USA
|
26.3
|
21.5
|
23.9
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Uruguay
|
37.1
|
28
|
32.6
|
21.4
|
24.5
|
23.2
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
24.2
|
1.2
|
12.8
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Vanuatu
|
49.1
|
8.1
|
28.8
|
34.1
|
19.6
|
25.6
|
|
Venezuela
|
32.5
|
27
|
29.8
|
15.3
|
13.9
|
14.8
|
|
Vietnam
|
45.7
|
2.5
|
24.3
|
3.2
|
1
|
2.2
|
|
Yemen
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
19.7
|
13.7
|
17.7
|
|
Zambia
|
21.7
|
5
|
13.4
|
25.7
|
25.6
|
25.6
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
25.5
|
4.4
|
15
|
12.7
|
7.3
|
10.1
|
|
Low income
|
30.1
|
4
|
17
|
15.3
|
8.7
|
12.5
|
|
Lower middle income
|
51.7
|
4.6
|
28.3
|
15
|
8.1
|
11.5
|
|
Upper middle income
|
44.4
|
18.3
|
31.4
|
23.1
|
19.5
|
21.6
|
|
High Income
|
33.3
|
21.4
|
27.4
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Global
|
38.7
|
7.4
|
23
|
16.3
|
10
|
13.4
|
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