Health > Smoking prevalence > Males > % of adults: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Prevalence of smoking, male is the percentage of men who smoke cigarettes. The age range varies among countries but in most is 18 and older or 15 and older.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Afghanistan	82%	1990
2	Yemen	77%	1998
3	Djibouti	75%	1999
4	Mongolia	67.8%	2001
5	China	67%	2005
6	Cambodia	66.7%	1999
7	Kazakhstan	65.3%	2001
8	South Korea	64.9%	1999
9	Armenia	61.8%	2001
10	Russia	60.4%	2001
=11	Samoa	60%	1995
=11	Albania	60%	2000
13	Guinea	58.9%	1998
14	Laos	58.7%	2003
15	Indonesia	58.3%	2001
16	Kiribati	56.5%	1999
17	Bangladesh	54.8%	2003
18	Georgia	53.3%	2001
19	Belarus	53.2%	2003
20	Tonga	52.9%	2000
=21	Peru	52.5%	1999
=21	Ukraine	52.5%	2001
23	Latvia	51.1%	2002
=24	Nicaragua	51%	1988
=24	Kyrgyzstan	51%	2001
26	Syria	50.6%	1999
27	Jordan	50.5%	2002
28	Tunisia	49.5%	2003
29	Turkey	49.4%	2003
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.2%	2002
31	Vanuatu	49.1%	1998
=32	Thailand	48.5%	2001
=32	Nepal	48.5%	2003
34	Chile	48.3%	2003
35	Cuba	48.1%	1995
36	Serbia and Montenegro	48%	2000
37	Japan	46.9%	2003
38	Greece	46.8%	2000
39	India	46.6%	2003
40	Papua New Guinea	46%	1990
41	Ecuador	45.5%	1991
42	Estonia	45%	2002
43	Bulgaria	43.8%	2001
=44	Andorra	43.7%	1997
=44	Lithuania	43.7%	2002
46	Malaysia	43%	2003
=47	Lebanon	42.3%	2002
=47	Cote d'Ivoire	42.3%	1977
=49	El Salvador	42.1%	2000
=49	Trinidad and Tobago	42.1%	1989
51	Federated States of Micronesia	42%	1994
52	Slovakia	41.1%	1998
53	Sierra Leone	40.8%	1999
54	Niger	40.6%	1991
=55	Philippines	40.5%	2003
=55	Hungary	40.5%	2003
=57	Iraq	40%	1990
=57	Egypt	40%	2000
=57	Poland	40%	2002
60	Spain	39.2%	2001
61	Luxembourg	39%	2003
62	Guam	38.7%	2001
=63	The Gambia	38.5%	1997
=63	Lesotho	38.5%	1992
=63	Cyprus	38.5%	1998
66	Jamaica	37.7%	1995
67	Bolivia	37.6%	1998
=68	Maldives	37.4%	2001
=68	Venezuela	37.4%	1996
=70	Saint Lucia	37.3%	1994
=70	Germany	37.3%	2003
=72	Qatar	37%	1999
=72	Seychelles	37%	1994
74	Burma	36.4%	2003
=75	Pakistan	36%	1996
=75	Honduras	36%	1988
77	Netherlands	35.8%	2003
78	Vietnam	35.3%	2003
79	Uruguay	34.6%	2003
80	Kuwait	34.4%	1996
81	Croatia	34.1%	2000
82	Austria	33.9%	1999
83	Moldova	33.6%	2003
84	Portugal	32.8%	1999
=85	Argentina	32.3%	2004
=85	Romania	32.3%	2000
=85	Algeria	32.3%	2003
88	Mauritius	32.1%	2003
89	Israel	31.9%	2003
90	Italy	31.3%	2002
91	Czech Republic	31.1%	2004
92	Denmark	31%	2003
93	Azerbaijan	30.2%	1999
=94	France	30%	2003
=94	Belgium	30%	2002
96	Malta	29.9%	2002
97	Costa Rica	29%	2001
98	Morocco	28.5%	2003
99	Netherlands Antilles	28.3%	1994
=100	Ireland	28%	2002
=100	Slovenia	28%	2001
=100	San Marino	28%	1990
103	Norway	27.2%	2004
=104	Turkmenistan	27%	1993
=104	United Kingdom	27%	2002
106	Colombia	26.8%	1999
107	Switzerland	26.5%	2002
108	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	26.4%	1997
109	Fiji	26%	2002
110	Finland	25.7%	2003
111	Iceland	25.4%	2003
112	Uganda	25.2%	2001
113	Singapore	24.2%	2001
=114	Uzbekistan	24.1%	2002
=114	United States	24.1%	2003
=114	Chad	24.1%	1994
117	New Zealand	23.7%	2004
118	Sudan	23.5%	1999
119	Paraguay	23.4%	2003
=120	South Africa	23.2%	2003
=120	Sri Lanka	23.2%	2003
122	Tanzania	23%	1999
123	Namibia	22.8%	2003
=124	Canada	22%	2004
=124	Hong Kong	22%	2000
=124	Iran	22%	2000
127	Brazil	21.8%	2003
128	Kenya	21.3%	2004
129	Guatemala	21%	2000
130	Malawi	20.5%	2003
131	Barbados	20.1%	1994
132	Zimbabwe	20%	2003
133	Panama	19.7%	1998
134	The Bahamas	19.3%	1989
135	Saudi Arabia	19.1%	2001
136	Australia	18.6%	2004
137	Burkina Faso	17.7%	1996
138	United Arab Emirates	17.3%	2003
139	Puerto Rico	16.8%	2000
140	Sweden	16.7%	2003
141	Zambia	16%	2002
142	Dominican Republic	15.8%	2003
143	Burundi	15.6%	1995
144	Oman	15.5%	1995
145	Nigeria	15.4%	1990
146	Bahrain	15%	2001
147	Haiti	14.6%	2005
148	Palau	14%	1998
149	Mexico	12.9%	2003
150	Virgin Islands	12.4%	2002
151	Swaziland	10.5%	2003
152	Ghana	7.4%	2003
153	Rwanda	7%	1994
154	Ethiopia	5.9%	2003

Citation

"Countries Compared by Health > Smoking prevalence > Males > % of adults. International Statistics at NationMaster.com", World Development Indicators database. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. Retrieved from http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Health/Smoking-prevalence/Males/%-of-adults

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