% of adults · {{year}} · World Bank / WHO · {{count}} countries
Tobacco use, as a percentage of adults — static data, latest available data point (2022). The source doesn't publish a regular annual figure (spaced waves 2000-2022): on explicit request, only the latest year is kept rather than a slider with sparse data points.
World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.PRV.SMOK, total, without a male/female breakdown) — primary source: the World Health Organization.
A fairly even distribution, without an extreme tail like a production indicator: regular steps across the whole range.
Nauru (48%) and Myanmar (44%) show the world's highest smoking rates, against 3.3% in Nigeria and 3.4% in Ghana — a gap that partly tracks wealth (manufactured tobacco is expensive in the poorest countries) but above all very different cultural and religious norms from one region to another.