Smoking prevalence in the Asia-Pacific
Smoking prevalence in Australia
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 13.7 | 11.0 | 16.0 | 13.0 |
| Male | 15.1 | 12.3 | 17.8 | 14.9 |
| Female | 12.4 | 9.6 | 14.3 | 11.3 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | |||
| Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 15.8 | 12.8 | n/a | 5.6 | 1.0 | n/a |
| Male | 18.3 | 14.5 | n/a | 5.7 | 1.0 | n/a |
| Female | 13.4 | 11.2 | n/a | 5.5 | 0.9 | n/a |
- National Drug Strategy Household Survey, age 14+
- (no survey)
- Australian Secondary School Students Alcohol and Drug Survey (ASSAD), ages 12-15
- (no survey)
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
Smoking prevalence in Bangladesh
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 19.6 | 12.5 | 21.8 | 15.2 |
| Male | 38.1 | 24.5 | 42.4 | 29.8 |
| Female | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | ||
| Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current tobacco use | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 26.2 | 25.4 | 31.7 | n/a | n/a |
| Male | 54.8 | 53.3 | 29.4 | 9.2 | 5.9 |
| Female | 1.3 | 1.1 | 33.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
- Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Survey, age 25+
- Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Survey, age 13-15
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey, age 13-15
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey, age 13-15
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
Cambodia
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 19.8 | 16.8 | 23.0 | 19.4 |
| Male | 38.5 | 32.4 | 44.7 | 37.6 |
| Female | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | |||
| Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current tobacco use | Daily cigarette smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 19.5 | 18.7 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 0.2 | n/a |
| Male | 39.1 | 37.4 | 0.7 | 7.9 | 0.4 | n/a |
| Female | 3.4 | 3.2 | 12.7 | 5.0 | n/a | n/a |
- National Adult Tobacco survey of Cambodia, age 15+
- National Adult Tobacco survey of Cambodia, age 15+
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey, age 13-15
- (no survey)
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
China
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 22.4 | 20.4 | 25.9 | 23.7 |
| Male | 42.0 | 38.5 | 48.7 | 44.6 |
| Female | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | |||
| Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current tobacco use | Current tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 28.1 | 24.1 | n/a | 6.9 | 6.4 | 1.0 |
| Male | 52.9 | 45.4 | n/a | 11.2 | 10.6 | 1.3 |
| Female | 2.4 | 2 | n/a | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 |
- Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) - China, age 15+
- (no survey)
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
Indonesia
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 33.1 | 30.8 | 38.5 | 33.2 |
| Male | 63.9 | 59.4 | 73.3 | 63.0 |
| Female | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | ||
| Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current tobacco use | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 29.3 | 24.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Male | 56.7 | 47.5 | 3.7 | 36.2 | 3.0 |
| Female | 1.9 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 1.1 |
- Basic Health Research (RISKESDAS), age 10+
- Basic Health Research (RISKESDAS), age 10+
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey, age 13-15
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey, age 13-15
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
Japan
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 18.1 | 18.1 | 22.8 | 22.8 |
| Male | 28.6 | 28.6 | 35.4 | 35.4 |
| Female | 8.4 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | |||
| Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current cigarette smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 19.3 | 19.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Male | 32.2 | 32.2 | n/a | 2.2 | 0.5 | n/a |
| Female | 8.2 | 8.2 | n/a | 1.1 | 0.3 | n/a |
- National Health and Nutrition Survey, age 20+
- (no survey)
- National survey on underage smoking and drinking, age 13-15
- (no survey)
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
Republic of Korea
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 25.7 | 25.7 | 27.4 | 27.4 |
| Male | 48.5 | 48.5 | 51.1 | 51.1 |
| Female | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | |||
| Current cigarette smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current cigarette smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 24.1 | 21.4 | n/a | 9.2 | 4.8 | 0.9 |
| Male | 42.1 | 38.1 | n/a | 14.0 | 7.5 | 0.9 |
| Female | 6.2 | 4.6 | n/a | 4.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
- Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, age 19+
- (no survey)
- Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, age 13-18
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey, age 13-15
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
Malaysia
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 18.2 | 16.1 | 22.3 | 18.0 |
| Male | 36.5 | 32.4 | 44.4 | 36.0 |
| Female | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | ||
| Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current cigarette smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 23.1 | 20.9 | 0.7 | 11.5 | 4.0 |
| Male | 43.9 | 39.9 | 0.9 | 20.9 | 4.5 |
| Female | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
- Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), age 15+
- Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), age 15+
- Global School-Based Student Health Survey, age 13-17
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey, age 13-15
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
Mongolia
| Tobacco use | Tobacco smoking | Cigarette smoking | Smokeless tobacco use | E-cigarette use | ||||||
| Current | Daily | Current | Daily | Current | Daily | Current | Daily | Current | Daily | |
| Survey: Mongolia STEPS survey on the Prevalence of NCD risk factors, 2013; National, ages 15-64 | ||||||||||
| Male | 49.5 | 45.5 | 49.1 | 45.4 | ... | 45.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | ... | ... |
| Female | 5.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | ... | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Both sexes | 27.4 | 24.9 | 27.1 | 24.8 | ... | 24.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ... | ... |
| Survey: Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 2014; National, ages 13-15 | ||||||||||
| Male | 20.3 | ... | 8.2 | ... | 5.9 | ... | 13.6 | ... | ... | ... |
| Female | 8.3 | ... | 2.9 | ... | 1.9 | ... | 5.7 | ... | ... | ... |
| Both sexes | 14.3 | ... | 5.6 | ... | 3.9 | ... | 9.5 | ... | ... | ... |
Last updated 12 November 2019
Source: www.who.int/tobacco/surveillance/policy/country_profile/mng.pdf?ua=1
New Zealand
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 15.5 | 15.1 | 17.6 | 16.7 |
| Male | 16.4 | 15.9 | 18.5 | 17.6 |
| Female | 14.7 | 14.3 | 16.7 | 15.9 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | |||
| Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 20.1 | 15.5 | n/a | 6.8 | 3.2 | n/a |
| Male | 18.4 | 16.2 | n/a | 5.8 | 3.5 | n/a |
| Female | 17.6 | 14.9 | n/a | 7.8 | 2.9 | n/a |
- New Zealand Health Survey, age 15+
- (no survey)
- ASH Year 10 Survey, age 14-15
- (no survey)
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
Philippines
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 20.6 | 18.6 | 26.7 | 23.8 |
| Male | 35.0 | 31.5 | 44.8 | 40.6 |
| Female | 6.4 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 7.4 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | |||
| Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 25.4 | n/a | 2.0 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 4.5 |
| Male | 44.7 | n/a | 2.8 | 17.3 | 16.0 | 5.8 |
| Female | 7.8 | n/a | 1.2 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 3.3 |
- National Nutrition Survey, age 20+
- Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) - Philippines, age 15+
- Global School-Based Student Health Survey
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey, age 13-15
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
Singapore
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 13.2 | 12.4 | 16.2 | 14.5 |
| Male | 23.1 | 21.8 | 27.8 | 24.8 |
| Female | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | ||
| Current cigarette smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 15.0 | 13.3 | n/a | 6.0 | n/a |
| Male | 25.4 | 23.1 | n/a | 9.0 | n/a |
| Female | 4.8 | 3.8 | n/a | 4.0 | n/a |
- National Health Surveillance Survey, age 18-69
- (no survey)
- Student Health Survey, age 13-16
- (no survey)
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
Sri Lanka
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 10.9 | 7.5 | 14.1 | 9.8 |
| Male | 22.2 | 15.3 | 28.8 | 20.1 |
| Female | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | |||
| Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current tobacco use | Daily cigarette smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 15.0 | 11.4 | 15.8 | 10.5 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| Male | 29.9 | 22.8 | 24.9 | 15.7 | 2.8 | 13.0 |
| Female | 0.4 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 4.1 |
- Sri Lanka STEPS Survey, age 15-64
- Sri Lanka STEPS Survey, age 15-64
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey, age 13-15
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey, age 13-15
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
Thailand
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 18.2 | 17.4 | 21.5 | 20.5 |
| Male | 35.7 | 34.2 | 41.9 | 39.9 |
| Female | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | ||
| Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 19.9 | 16.6 | 3.2 | 13.5 | 5.7 |
| Male | 39.0 | 32.7 | 1.1 | 25.5 | 7.3 |
| Female | 2.1 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 4.1 |
- National Statistics Office Health and Welfare Survey, age 15+
- Global Adult Tobacco Survey, age 15+
- International Tobacco Control Survey-Southeast Asia (Thailand), age 13-17
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey, age 13-15
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
VietNam
| Adult age-standardized | ||||
| Daily tobacco smoking | Daily cigarette smoking | Current tobacco smoking | Current cigarette smoking | |
| Both sexes | 19.2 | 14.3 | 23.7 | 18.7 |
| Male | 38.4 | 28.6 | 47.3 | 37.4 |
| Female | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| Most recent adult survey1 | Adult smokeless survey2 | Most recent youth survey3 | Youth smokeless survey4 | ||
| Current tobacco smoking | Daily tobacco smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | Current cigarette smoking | Current smokeless tobacco use | |
| Both sexes | 23.8 | 19.5 | 1.3 | 2.3 | n/a |
| Male | 47.4 | 38.7 | 0.3 | 3.6 | n/a |
| Female | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | n/a |
- Global Adult Tobacco Survey, age 15+
- Global Adult Tobacco Survey, age 15+
- Global School-based Student Survey (GSHS), age 13-15
- (no survey)
Rates expressed as a percentage of the total population in the age group.
Definition of "tobacco smoking", "current smoking", "daily smoking", &c., see apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=347.
Data published by the World Health Organisation, 4 September 2015
Updates and more data available from the same source: apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.TOB1248?lang=en
