Table 1 Global data on the prevalence and intensity (daily cigarette consumption per individual who smoked) of current/daily cigarette/tobacco smoking among persons 15 or older.

Country (WHO region)	WHO, 2022		OECD, 2019		Ng et al., 2012	WHO, 2010	WHO, 2016
Country (WHO region)	Age-standardized prevalence (ASP) of current cigarette smoking ^a	Crude adjusted prevalence (CAP) of current cigarette smoking	% of people who daily smoke cigarettes	Mean daily cigarette consumption per individual who smoked		CAP of daily tobacco smoking	ASP of daily cigarette smoking	CAP of daily cigarette smoking
Kenya (1)	7.2	6.5	-	-	12.0	9.7	7.0	6.9
Nigeria (1)	2.5	2.4	-	-	14.7	6.5	3.0	3.3
S. Africa (1)	16.8	16.5	20.2	-	11.8	16.5	14.0	13.4
Tanzania (1)	5.9	5.0	-	-	7.8	12.0	9.0	8.8
Argentina (2)	21.7	21.1	24.3	-	19.7	19.5	15.0	14.4
Brazil (2)	10.9	11.0	9.8	-	22.8	13.9	10.0	10.0
Mexico (2)	13.7	13.4	-	-	11.8	9.5	8.0	7.7
United States (2)	16.4	15.5	10.9	13.7	22.5	-	14.0	13.2
Egypt (3)	19.3	19.2	-	-	19.1	18.3	16.0	16.2
Germany (4)	19.1	16.9	-	-	15.1	21.9	23.0	20.2
Israel (4)	18.2	17.7	16.4	15.7	18.9	-	19.0	18.8
Poland (4)	22.0	21.6	17.1	15.2	17.4	24.5	22.0	21.3
Spain (4)	26.6	23.3	-	-	20.0	24.9	22.0	19.7
Sweden (4)	9.2	9.0	10.4	-	22.5	12.6	9.0	8.6
Türkiye (4)	28.9	29.1	28.0	17.1	19.4	24.8	22.0	21.7
United Kingdom (4)	12.3	11.4	15.8	10.0	13.6	-	17.0	15.8
India (5)	4.6	4.6	8.6	-	8.2	11.6	3.0	2.9
Indonesia (5)	33.2	33.4	32.6	-	11.0	30.9	32.0	32.0
Australia (6)	10.6	10.1	11.2	12.9	20.1	14.7	10.0	9.7
China (6)	23.3	24.8	25.4	-	22.3	23.5	20.0	20.8
Japan (6)	18.5	16.2	16.7	15.5	23.8	-	18.0	16.0
Philippines (6)	18.9	19.0	-	-	21.4	21.6	17.0	16.7

WHO = World Health Organization; OECD = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Ng et al. = Ng. et al. (2014); (1) = African Region, (2) = Region of Americas, (3) = Eastern Mediterranean Region, (4) = European Region, (5) = South-East Asia Region, (6) = Western Pacific Region.
^a Refers to smoking cigarettes at the time of survey on a daily or non-daily basis.
Sources: World Health Organization. WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2030. (2024); OECD Health Statistics 2023 (https://stats.oecd.org/); World Health Organization. WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco smoking 2000–2025, second Edition. (2018); World Health Organization. WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco smoking 2015. (2015); Ng, M. et al. Smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption in 187 countries, 1980–2012. JAMA 311, 183–192 (2014).

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