Based on a comparison of 38 countries in 2020, Hungary ranked the highest in smokers as a percentage of 15+ year-old female population with 22.3% followed by France and Greece. On the other end of the scale was Indonesia with 0.700%, India with 1.20% and China with 1.50%.
Data for more countries are available at Smokers (As % of 15+ Year-Old Female Population) indicator page.
Smokers (As % of 15+ Year-Old Female Population) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Austria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.1% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Czechia | % | ... | ... | 18.5% | 14.8% | 15.6% | 14.5% | 17.9% | ... | |||||||||||||
France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.4% | 25.8% | 26.0% | 24.2% | 22.9% | ... | ||||||||||
Greece | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.4% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
Hungary | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.8% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Italy | % | ... | 14.9% | 15.8% | 15.3% | 15.0% | 15.1% | ... | ||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | % | ... | 13.7% | 13.9% | 12.6% | 14.0% | 13.4% | |||||||||||||||
Netherlands | % | 16.7% | 16.9% | 15.2% | 14.1% | 13.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.2% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.90% | ... | 14.4% | 13.9% | 13.7% | ... | |||||||
Slovakia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.8% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.0% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.6% | ... | ... | 18.8% | ... | ... | ||||||
Turkey | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.1% | ... | 13.3% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
United Kingdom | % | 17.0% | 16.6% | 14.5% | 15.0% | 16.2% | ... |