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DEFINITION
Prevalence of smoking, female is the percentage of women who smoke cigarettes. The age range varies among countries but in most is 18 and older or 15 and older.
Health Statistics > Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Guinea :
47.3 %
1998 ...
#2
Chile :
36.8 %
2003 ...
#3
Serbia and Montenegro :
33.6 %
2000 ...
#4
Kiribati :
32.3 %
1999 ...
#5
Macedonia, Republic of :
32 %
1999 ...
#6
Lebanon :
30.6 %
2002 ...
#7
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
29.7 %
2002 ...
#8
Yemen :
29 %
1998 ...
#9
Greece :
29 %
2000 ...
#10
Netherlands :
28.4 %
2003 ...
#11
Germany :
28 %
2003 ...
#12
Papua New Guinea :
28 %
1990 ...
#13
Andorra :
28 %
1997 ...
#14
Hungary :
27.8 %
2003 ...
#15
Bangladesh :
26.7 %
2003 ...
#16
Croatia :
26.6 %
2000 ...
#17
Cuba :
26.2 %
1995 ...
#18
Ireland :
26 %
2002 ...
#19
Luxembourg :
26 %
2003 ...
#20
Mongolia :
25.5 %
2001 ...
#21
United Kingdom :
25 %
2002 ...
#22
Belgium :
25 %
2002 ...
#23
Poland :
25 %
2002 ...
#24
Denmark :
25 %
2003 ...
#25
Argentina :
24.9 %
2004 ...
#26
Norway :
24.8 %
2004 ...
#27
Spain :
24.6 %
2001 ...
#28
Austria :
24.2 %
1999 ...
#29
Samoa :
24 %
1995 ...
#30
Nepal :
24 %
2003 ...
#31
Venezuela :
23.8 %
1996 ...
#32
Uruguay :
23.8 %
2003 ...
#33
Guam :
23.3 %
2001 ...
#34
Switzerland :
23.1 %
2002 ...
#35
Solomon Islands :
23 %
1989 ...
#36
Bulgaria :
23 %
2001 ...
#37
New Zealand :
22.2 %
2004 ...
#38
France :
21.2 %
2003 ...
#39
Czech Republic :
20.1 %
2004 ...
#40
Slovenia :
20.1 %
2001 ...
#41
Iceland :
19.6 %
2003 ...
#42
Bolivia :
19.4 %
1998 ...
#43
Finland :
19.3 %
2003 ...
#44
United States :
19.2 %
2003 ...
#45
Latvia :
19.2 %
2002 ...
#46
Sweden :
18.3 %
2003 ...
#47
Albania :
18 %
2000 ...
#48
Egypt :
18 %
2000 ...
#49
Estonia :
17.9 %
2002 ...
#50
Peru :
17.8 %
1999 ...
#51
Israel :
17.8 %
2003 ...
#52
Malta :
17.6 %
2002 ...
#53
Turkey :
17.6 %
2003 ...
#54
Ecuador :
17.4 %
1991 ...
#55
Italy :
17.2 %
2002 ...
#56
San Marino :
17 %
1990 ...
#57
Afghanistan :
17 %
1990 ...
#58
Canada :
17 %
2004 ...
#59
India :
16.8 %
2003 ...
#60
Australia :
16.3 %
2004 ...
#61
Maldives :
15.6 %
2001 ...
#62
Russia :
15.5 %
2001 ...
#63
El Salvador :
14.8 %
2000 ...
#64
Slovakia :
14.7 %
1998 ...
#65
Japan :
14.5 %
2003 ...
#66
Brazil :
14 %
2003 ...
#67
Lithuania :
12.8 %
2002 ...
#68
Laos :
12.5 %
2003 ...
#69
Burma :
12.2 %
2003 ...
#70
Jamaica :
11.6 %
1995 ...
#71
Burundi :
11.4 %
1995 ...
#72
Colombia :
11.3 %
1999 ...
#73
Niger :
11.3 %
1991 ...
#74
Ukraine :
11.1 %
2001 ...
#75
Honduras :
11 %
1988 ...
#76
Dominican Republic :
10.9 %
2003 ...
#77
Tonga :
10.5 %
2000 ...
#78
Romania :
10.1 %
2000 ...
#79
Djibouti :
10 %
1999 ...
#80
Cambodia :
10 %
1999 ...
#81
Syria :
9.92 %
1999 ...
#82
Puerto Rico :
9.9 %
2000 ...
#83
Costa Rica :
9.7 %
2001 ...
#84
Namibia :
9.6 %
2003 ...
#85
Portugal :
9.5 %
1999 ...
#86
Kazakhstan :
9.3 %
2001 ...
#87
Pakistan :
9 %
1996 ...
#88
Netherlands Antilles :
8.8 %
1994 ...
#89
Jordan :
8.3 %
2002 ...
#90
Saudi Arabia :
8.3 %
2001 ...
#91
Trinidad and Tobago :
8 %
1989 ...
#92
South Africa :
7.7 %
2003 ...
#93
Cyprus :
7.6 %
1998 ...
#94
Philippines :
7.6 %
2003 ...
#95
Sierra Leone :
7.4 %
1999 ...
#96
Virgin Islands :
7.1 %
2002 ...
#97
Belarus :
7.1 %
2003 ...
#98
Seychelles :
6.9 %
1994 ...
#99
Paraguay :
6.8 %
2003 ...
#100
Georgia :
6.3 %
2001 ...
#101
Haiti :
6.1 %
2005 ...
#102
Panama :
6.1 %
1998 ...
#103
Saint Lucia :
5.6 %
1994 ...
#104
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
5.5 %
1998 ...
#105
Nicaragua :
5.3 %
2001 ...
#106
Iraq :
5 %
1990 ...
#107
Vanuatu :
5 %
1998 ...
#108
Malawi :
4.8 %
2003 ...
#109
Mexico :
4.7 %
2003 ...
#110
Kyrgyzstan :
4.5 %
2001 ...
#111
Korea, South :
4.4 %
1999 ...
#112
Gambia, The :
4.4 %
1997 ...
#113
Rwanda :
4 %
1994 ...
#114
China :
4 %
2005 ...
#115
Palau :
4 %
1998 ...
#116
Fiji :
3.9 %
2002 ...
#117
Bahamas, The :
3.8 %
1989 ...
#118
Hong Kong :
3.5 %
2000 ...
#119
Singapore :
3.5 %
2001 ...
#120
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3.5 %
1997 ...
#121
Uganda :
3.3 %
2001 ...
#122
Bahrain :
3.1 %
2001 ...
#123
Swaziland :
2.9 %
2003 ...
#124
Indonesia :
2.9 %
2001 ...
#125
Thailand :
2.9 %
2001 ...
#126
Armenia :
2.4 %
2001 ...
#127
Tunisia :
2.4 %
2003 ...
#128
Zimbabwe :
2.2 %
2003 ...
#129
Iran :
2.1 %
2000 ...
#130
Guatemala :
2 %
2000 ...
#131
Kuwait :
1.9 %
1996 ...