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Which Country Has the Most Male Smokers?

Smokers (As % of 15+ Year-Old Male Population) (%), 2020 or latest
Health Care | August 5, 2021
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Based on a comparison of 38 countries in 2020, Indonesia ranked the highest in smokers as a percentage of 15+ year-old male population with 54.4% followed by Russia and China. On the other end of the scale was Costa Rica with 5.40%, Iceland with 6.70% and Norway with 9.00%.

Data for more countries are available at Smokers (As % of 15+ Year-Old Male Population) indicator page.

Smokers (As % of 15+ Year-Old Male Population) Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Austria % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26.5% ... ... ... ... ...
China % ... ... ... ... ... ... 42.7% ... 42.1% ... 41.5% ... ...
Estonia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31.4% ... 29.9% ... 23.4% ...
France % ... ... ... ... ... 32.9% 33.1% 33.0% 29.8% 28.2% ...
Greece % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 33.8% ... ... ... ... ...
Hungary % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31.6% ... ... ... ... ...
Indonesia % ... ... ... ... ... ... 53.8% ... 54.1% ... 54.4% ... ...
Japan % 32.2% 30.1% 30.2% 29.4% 29.0% ...
Latvia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 37.0% ... ... ... ... ...
Lithuania % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 33.9% ... ... ... ... ...
Russia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 41.4% ... 49.5% 45.9% 44.7% ...
Slovakia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30.4% ... ... ... ... ...
South Africa % ... ... ... ... ... ... 29.2% ... 29.0% ... 28.8% ... ...
South Korea % ... ... ... ... ... 36.6% 31.4% 32.9% 31.6% 30.5% ...
Turkey % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 41.8% ... 40.1% ... ... ...