Country rankings
Smoking Rates by Country
North Macedonia has the highest Total Cigarette Smokers in 2025 (39.5%), followed by Timor-Leste (38.2%) and Lebanon (37.2%). Ghana has the lowest (1.9%).
166 of 235 countries
Total Cigarette Smokers, 2025
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 166 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
13.9%
Middle half 7.5% – 21.8%
Average
15.3%
166 countries
Lowest (best)
1.9%
Ghana
Highest (worst)
39.5%
North Macedonia
Over time · 2005–2025
The top 5 in 2025, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- Ethiopia
- Panama
- India
Data
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166 countries · # = rank by Total Cigarette Smokers
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ghana | 1.9% | 3.5% | 0.3% |
| 2 |  Nigeria | 2.4% | 4.6% | 0.2% |
| 3 |  Ethiopia | 2.9% | 5.4% | 0.5% |
| 4 |  Panama | 3.7% | 5.9% | 1.5% |
| 5 |  India | 3.8% | 7.3% | 0.4% |
| 5 |  Liberia | 3.8% | 7.2% | 0.5% |
| 7 |  Togo | 3.9% | 7.6% | 0.1% |
| 7 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 3.9% | 7.3% | 0.5% |
| 9 |  Benin | 4% | 7.6% | 0.3% |
| 9 |  Paraguay | 4% | 6.1% | 1.8% |
| 11 |  Turkmenistan | 4.1% | 7.8% | 0.4% |
| 12 |  Cameroon | 4.3% | 8.3% | 0.2% |
| 12 |  Rwanda | 4.3% | 7.9% | 0.8% |
| 14 |  Senegal | 4.5% | 8.6% | 0.3% |
| 15 |  Iceland | 4.6% | 4.6% | 4.6% |
| 16 |  Comoros | 4.7% | 9.1% | 0.2% |
| 17 |  Uganda | 4.8% | 8.7% | 0.9% |
| 18 |  Tanzania | 5% | 9.5% | 0.5% |
| 19 |  Chad | 5.2% | 9.9% | 0.5% |
| 20 |  Mali | 5.3% | 10.4% | 0.3% |
| 21 |  Cape Verde | 5.4% | 9.7% | 1.2% |
| 22 |  United Arab Emirates | 5.5% | 9.7% | 1.3% |
| 22 |  Sweden | 5.5% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| 24 |  Niger | 5.7% | 11.4% | — |
| 25 |  Bhutan | 5.8% | 9.6% | 1.9% |
| 26 |  Kenya | 6.2% | 11.8% | 0.5% |
| 26 |  Ivory Coast | 6.2% | 11.7% | 0.7% |
| 26 |  Norway | 6.2% | 6.9% | 5.4% |
| 29 |  Burkina Faso | 6.3% | 11.7% | 0.9% |
| 29 |  Malawi | 6.3% | 12.0% | 0.5% |
| 29 |  Burundi | 6.3% | 11.7% | 1% |
| 29 |  Haiti | 6.3% | 11.1% | 1.5% |
| 33 |  Guinea-Bissau | 6.4% | 12.6% | 0.3% |
| 34 |  Iran | 6.6% | 13.0% | 0.2% |
| 34 |  Oman | 6.6% | 13.2% | 0.1% |
| 36 |  Colombia | 6.7% | 10.0% | 3.4% |
| 37 |  Afghanistan | 6.9% | 13.1% | 0.6% |
| 37 |  El Salvador | 6.9% | 12.1% | 1.8% |
| 37 |  Mauritania | 6.9% | 12.8% | 1.1% |
| 37 |  Costa Rica | 6.9% | 10.4% | 3.5% |
| 41 |  Belize | 7.1% | 12.5% | 1.6% |
| 42 |  Mozambique | 7.4% | 13.4% | 1.4% |
| 43 |  Australia | 7.8% | 9% | 6.5% |
| 44 |  Uzbekistan | 8% | 15.2% | 0.7% |
| 45 |  Zimbabwe | 8.1% | 15.9% | 0.2% |
| 46 |  Eswatini | 8.3% | 15.7% | 0.9% |
| 47 |  United Kingdom | 8.4% | 9.8% | 7% |
| 47 |  Canada | 8.4% | 10.7% | 6.2% |
| 47 |  Ecuador | 8.4% | 14.9% | 1.9% |
| 47 |  Jamaica | 8.4% | 14.0% | 2.8% |
| 51 |  Qatar | 8.6% | 15.3% | 1.8% |
| 52 |  Sierra Leone | 8.7% | 14.7% | 2.7% |
| 53 |  New Zealand | 8.9% | 9.9% | 8% |
| 53 |  Gambia | 8.9% | 17.6% | 0.2% |
| 53 |  Guyana | 8.9% | 16.1% | 1.7% |
| 56 |  Morocco | 9.3% | 17.8% | 0.7% |
| 56 |  Peru | 9.3% | 16.4% | 2.1% |
| 58 |  Saudi Arabia | 9.5% | 17.1% | 1.9% |
| 58 |  Sri Lanka | 9.5% | 18.9% | 0.1% |
| 60 |  United States | 9.6% | 11.2% | 7.9% |
| 61 |  Guatemala | 9.7% | 18.1% | 1.3% |
| 61 |  Bolivia | 9.7% | 16.4% | 3% |
| 63 |  Pakistan | 9.8% | 18.2% | 1.5% |
| 64 |  Brazil | 9.9% | 13.0% | 6.8% |
| 65 |  Bahrain | 10.0% | 18.6% | 1.5% |
| 66 |  Cuba | 10.1% | 15.5% | 4.7% |
| 67 |  Denmark | 10.2% | 10.0% | 10.3% |
| 68 |  Saint Lucia | 10.3% | 19.0% | 1.7% |
| 69 |  Honduras | 10.6% | 19.9% | 1.3% |
| 69 |  Gabon | 10.6% | 19.4% | 1.9% |
| 71 |  Zambia | 10.8% | 20.5% | 1.2% |
| 72 |  Finland | 11.9% | 13.1% | 10.7% |
| 73 |  Republic of the Congo | 12.1% | 23.7% | 0.5% |
| 73 |  Singapore | 12.1% | 19.2% | 4.9% |
| 75 |  Bahamas | 12.2% | 23.0% | 1.4% |
| 76 |  Brunei | 12.3% | 23.0% | 1.6% |
| 77 |  Bangladesh | 12.5% | 24.9% | 0.1% |
| 78 |  Cambodia | 12.8% | 24.2% | 1.4% |
| 79 |  North Korea | 13.2% | 26.3% | — |
| 80 |  Azerbaijan | 13.3% | 26.5% | 0.1% |
| 81 |  Botswana | 13.4% | 24.6% | 2.2% |
| 82 |  Madagascar | 13.6% | 26.3% | 0.9% |
| 83 |  Palau | 13.8% | 21.3% | 6.4% |
| 84 |  Nepal | 13.9% | 23.9% | 4% |
| 85 |  Myanmar | 14.0% | 26.8% | 1.1% |
| 86 |  Ireland | 14.1% | 17.0% | 11.3% |
| 87 |  Mexico | 14.2% | 21.8% | 6.7% |
| 88 |  Kuwait | 14.6% | 28.0% | 1.1% |
| 89 |  Netherlands | 14.7% | 16.5% | 12.9% |
| 89 |  Seychelles | 14.7% | 26.2% | 3.2% |
| 91 |  Algeria | 15.1% | 30.0% | 0.3% |
| 92 |  Vietnam | 15.3% | 30.1% | 0.4% |
| 93 |  Thailand | 15.8% | 30.5% | 1% |
| 93 |  Mauritius | 15.8% | 29.5% | 2.1% |
| 95 |  Malaysia | 16.2% | 32.1% | 0.3% |
| 96 |  Japan | 16.4% | 24.5% | 8.4% |
| 97 |  Germany | 16.7% | 17.8% | 15.7% |
| 97 |  Uruguay | 16.7% | 19.3% | 14.2% |
| 99 |  Iraq | 16.9% | 33.1% | 0.7% |
| 99 |  Libya | 16.9% | 33.7% | 0.1% |
| 101 |  Philippines | 17.1% | 30.8% | 3.3% |
| 101 |  South Korea | 17.1% | 29.0% | 5.3% |
| 103 |  South Africa | 17.5% | 29.0% | 5.9% |
| 104 |  Austria | 17.6% | 17.5% | 17.7% |
| 105 |  Kyrgyzstan | 17.7% | 32.5% | 2.9% |
| 106 |  Albania | 17.8% | 31.4% | 4.1% |
| 107 |  Maldives | 18.0% | 34.8% | 1.1% |
| 108 |  Laos | 18.5% | 34.3% | 2.8% |
| 109 |  Kazakhstan | 18.7% | 31.1% | 6.3% |
| 109 |  Samoa | 18.7% | 26.0% | 11.3% |
| 111 |  Israel | 18.8% | 24.9% | 12.8% |
| 111 |  Switzerland | 18.8% | 17.8% | 19.7% |
| 113 |  Tunisia | 19.4% | 37.6% | 1.2% |
| 114 |  Slovenia | 19.6% | 19.9% | 19.2% |
| 115 |  Poland | 19.7% | 22.7% | 16.7% |
| 116 |  Belgium | 20.3% | 21.9% | 18.6% |
| 117 |  Egypt | 20.4% | 40.6% | 0.1% |
| 118 |  Marshall Islands | 20.5% | 37.8% | 3.3% |
| 119 |  Luxembourg | 20.6% | 21.3% | 20.0% |
| 120 |  Argentina | 20.7% | 23.9% | 17.5% |
| 121 |  Ukraine | 21.3% | 33.1% | 9.5% |
| 122 |  Lesotho | 21.4% | 41.9% | 0.9% |
| 122 |  Estonia | 21.4% | 24.7% | 18.0% |
| 124 |  Italy | 21.8% | 24.8% | 18.9% |
| 124 |  Malta | 21.8% | 23.8% | 19.9% |
| 126 |  Fiji | 22.2% | 33.4% | 11.0% |
| 126 |  Vanuatu | 22.2% | 36.4% | 8% |
| 128 |  China | 22.6% | 44.0% | 1.3% |
| 129 |  Belarus | 22.9% | 34.8% | 11.0% |
| 130 |  Chile | 23.1% | 25.6% | 20.5% |
| 131 |  Russia | 24.2% | 34.1% | 14.2% |
| 131 |  Czechia | 24.2% | 27.6% | 20.8% |
| 133 |  Armenia | 24.3% | 47.2% | 1.3% |
| 133 |  Cook Islands | 24.3% | 27.3% | 21.3% |
| 135 |  Slovakia | 24.9% | 28.0% | 21.8% |
| 136 |  Spain | 25.4% | 26.6% | 24.2% |
| 137 |  Romania | 25.5% | 33.7% | 17.3% |
| 137 |  Lithuania | 25.5% | 33.7% | 17.4% |
| 139 |  Portugal | 25.7% | 30.5% | 20.8% |
| 139 |  Mongolia | 25.7% | 45.4% | 6% |
| 141 |  Nauru | 26.0% | 18.9% | 33.1% |
| 142 |  Jordan | 26.6% | 44.4% | 8.9% |
| 143 |  Moldova | 26.7% | 47.0% | 6.5% |
| 144 |  Tuvalu | 26.9% | 38.6% | 15.3% |
| 145 |  Latvia | 27.0% | 36.4% | 17.6% |
| 146 |  Tonga | 27.2% | 39.9% | 14.6% |
| 147 |  Greece | 27.4% | 31.1% | 23.7% |
| 148 |  Cyprus | 27.8% | 39.9% | 15.6% |
| 149 |  Georgia | 27.9% | 48.1% | 7.7% |
| 150 |  Palestine | 28.1% | 51.2% | 5% |
| 151 |  Hungary | 28.3% | 30.1% | 26.5% |
| 152 |  Papua New Guinea | 28.6% | 36.4% | 20.7% |
| 153 |  Andorra | 28.9% | 27.7% | 30.1% |
| 154 |  Turkey | 29.4% | 39.3% | 19.6% |
| 154 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.4% | 33.9% | 24.9% |
| 156 |  France | 30.1% | 31.7% | 28.5% |
| 157 |  Indonesia | 30.2% | 59.3% | 1.1% |
| 158 |  Solomon Islands | 30.7% | 45.8% | 15.7% |
| 159 |  Kiribati | 30.8% | 41.7% | 19.8% |
| 160 |  Croatia | 32.2% | 32.8% | 31.6% |
| 161 |  Montenegro | 33.6% | 35.5% | 31.7% |
| 162 |  Bulgaria | 35.8% | 37.1% | 34.6% |
| 162 |  Serbia | 35.8% | 34.8% | 36.9% |
| 164 |  Lebanon | 37.2% | 47.5% | 27.0% |
| 165 |  Timor-Leste | 38.2% | 66.5% | 9.8% |
| 166 |  North Macedonia | 39.5% | 43.0% | 36.0% |
What correlates with Total Cigarette Smokers (2025)?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Total Cigarette Smokers?
- North Macedonia has the highest Total Cigarette Smokers in 2025, at 39.5%, followed by Timor-Leste (38.2%) and Lebanon (37.2%).
- Which country has the lowest Total Cigarette Smokers?
- Ghana has the lowest Total Cigarette Smokers in 2025, at 1.9%.
- What is the median Total Cigarette Smokers across countries?
- The median is 13.9% across the 166 countries with data in 2025.
- Where does this smoking rates by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Age-standardized estimates of current tobacco use, tobacco smoking and cigarette smoking (Tobacco control: Monitor) - World Health Organization; Age-standardized estimates of current tobacco use, tobacco smoking and cigarette smoking data by country - World Health Organization; Tobacco control - WHO.