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Daily cigarette consumption per smoker by country

Average cigarette consumption per smoker per day (all ages and both sexes combined).

Countries reporting
182
Highest
108.9
Suriname
Lowest
1
Chad
Median
17.4
Years covered
33
1980–2012
Data points
6,138

What the numbers show

Daily cigarette consumption per smoker is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 108.9 in Suriname; the lowest is 1 in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.4, and the mean is 18.55.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 109.

Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 138.3%), and the largest decrease in Tajikistan (down 55.8%).

Daily cigarette consumption per smoker: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Suriname 108.9 2012 down 9.2% falling
2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.6 2012 down 10.5% falling
3 Brunei 48.6 2012 up 5.2% rising
4 Mauritania 41.8 2012 up 27.8% rising
5 Malta 40.3 2012 up 4.4% rising
6 Antigua and Barbuda 38.9 2012 down 24.0% falling
7 Eritrea 38.3 2012 up 1.6% rising
8 Rwanda 36.7 2012 up 61.7% rising
9 Moldova 36.3 2012 up 69.6% flat
10 Eswatini 35.9 2012 up 24.7% rising
11 Saudi Arabia 35 2012 down 6.7% falling
12 Oman 33.5 2012 down 30.6% rising
13 Taiwan 32.4 2012 up 10.2% rising
14 Belize 32.1 2012 down 4.2% falling
15 Guyana 31.8 2012 up 16.9% rising
17 Yemen 30.4 2012 up 15.2% rising
18 Slovakia 29.7 2012 up 12.1% rising
19 Belarus 29.3 2012 up 43.6% rising
19 Cyprus 29.3 2012 up 29.1% rising
21 Cuba 29.1 2012 down 15.9% falling
22 Canada 27.6 2012 up 19.5% flat
22 Lebanon 27.6 2012 up 17.9% rising
24 Croatia 27.2 2012 up 8.4% rising
25 Iceland 27 2012 up 16.4% flat
26 Saint Lucia 26.8 2012 down 1.8% rising
27 Somalia 26.6 2012 up 9.9% rising
28 Barbados 26.3 2012 down 14.9% falling
29 Equatorial Guinea 25.9 2012 down 23.4% falling
29 Syria 25.9 2012 down 8.5% falling
31 Uruguay 25.4 2012 up 21.0% rising
32 South Korea 25 2012 up 1.2% rising
32 Mauritius 25 2012 up 8.7% rising
34 Bahamas 24.7 2012 up 2.5% falling
34 Gabon 24.7 2012 up 47.0% rising
34 Lesotho 24.7 2012 up 8.8% falling
34 Slovenia 24.7 2012 down 13.9% falling
34 Togo 24.7 2012 down 11.2% falling
34 Uzbekistan 24.7 2012 up 16.0% rising
40 Czechia 24.6 2012 up 0.4% rising
40 Denmark 24.6 2012 up 48.2% rising
42 Algeria 24.4 2012 up 35.6% rising
42 Russia 24.4 2012 up 2.5% rising
44 Georgia 23.8 2012 down 9.5% falling
44 Japan 23.8 2012 down 2.1% flat
46 Grenada 23.6 2012 down 9.9% rising
46 Montenegro 23.6 2012 down 6.3% rising
48 Serbia 23.5 2012 down 14.2% rising
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.4 2012 up 4.0% flat
50 Estonia 23.3 2012 up 4.5% rising
51 Ireland 23.2 2012 down 5.7% rising
51 Paraguay 23.2 2012 up 18.4% falling
53 Armenia 23.1 2012 down 11.2% rising
54 Bhutan 23 2012 down 27.0% falling
55 Brazil 22.8 2012 down 23.5% falling
55 Maldives 22.8 2012 down 18.6% falling
57 Switzerland 22.5 2012 down 6.2% falling
57 Sweden 22.5 2012 up 21.6% rising
57 United States 22.5 2012 down 11.4% falling
60 China 22.3 2012 up 7.2% rising
61 Kuwait 21.8 2012 up 4.8% falling
62 Iraq 21.6 2012 down 0.5% flat
63 Philippines 21.4 2012 up 16.3% rising
64 Greece 21 2012 down 13.2% falling
65 Iran 20.9 2012 down 10.3% falling
65 Libya 20.9 2012 down 20.8% falling
67 Zimbabwe 20.6 2012 unchanged falling
68 Kazakhstan 20.5 2012 down 14.6% falling
69 Australia 20.1 2012 down 1.0% falling
69 Marshall Islands 20.1 2012 up 3.1% falling
69 New Zealand 20.1 2012 up 11.0% flat
69 Ukraine 20.1 2012 up 14.2% rising
73 Spain 20 2012 down 11.5% flat
73 Italy 20 2012 down 7.8% rising
73 Samoa 20 2012 up 4.2% falling
76 Albania 19.9 2012 up 14.4% rising
76 Andorra 19.9 2012 up 5.9% flat
78 Argentina 19.7 2012 up 11.3% flat
79 Romania 19.6 2012 down 15.2% rising
79 Venezuela 19.6 2012 up 39.0% falling
81 Turkey 19.4 2012 down 15.7% falling
82 Egypt 19.1 2012 down 11.6% falling
83 Israel 18.9 2012 down 6.9% falling
84 Austria 18.8 2012 unchanged falling
84 Costa Rica 18.8 2012 down 25.1% falling
84 North Macedonia 18.8 2012 down 10.5% falling
87 Tunisia 18.1 2012 down 10.0% falling
89 Angola 17.9 2012 down 16.7% falling
90 Finland 17.8 2012 up 21.9% flat
91 United Arab Emirates 17.6 2012 down 4.9% rising
91 Kyrgyzstan 17.6 2012 up 2.9% falling
93 Gambia 17.4 2012 down 17.5% falling
93 Poland 17.4 2012 down 21.3% falling
93 Sudan 17.4 2012 up 22.5% flat
93 El Salvador 17.4 2012 up 13.7% flat
97 Azerbaijan 17 2012 up 28.8% falling
97 Bahrain 17 2012 down 37.5% flat
99 Bulgaria 16.9 2012 down 32.7% flat
99 Cote d'Ivoire 16.9 2012 down 24.2% falling
101 Nicaragua 16.2 2012 up 25.6% falling
102 Latvia 16.1 2012 down 26.8% flat
103 Hungary 16 2012 down 24.9% falling
104 Pakistan 15.8 2012 down 3.1% falling
105 Luxembourg 15.5 2012 down 2.5% falling
106 Palestine 15.3 2012 up 62.8% rising
107 Malaysia 15.2 2012 down 4.4% falling
107 Turkmenistan 15.2 2012 down 41.5% falling
109 Germany 15.1 2012 down 23.0% falling
109 Ghana 15.1 2012 up 19.8% falling
109 Jamaica 15.1 2012 up 2.0% falling
112 North Korea 14.9 2012 up 4.9% falling
113 Ecuador 14.8 2012 down 29.9% rising
113 Trinidad and Tobago 14.8 2012 down 20.4% falling
115 Nigeria 14.7 2012 up 14.0% rising
115 Portugal 14.7 2012 down 23.0% falling
117 Botswana 14.6 2012 down 26.3% falling
118 Papua New Guinea 14.5 2012 down 2.7% falling
119 France 14.4 2012 down 3.4% falling
120 Belgium 14.3 2012 down 21.4% falling
120 Congo 14.3 2012 up 0.7% falling
122 Morocco 14 2012 down 15.7% falling
123 Mongolia 13.9 2012 up 16.8% flat
123 Qatar 13.9 2012 down 21.5% falling
123 Vietnam 13.9 2012 up 9.4% rising
126 Dominican Republic 13.6 2012 down 16.6% falling
126 United Kingdom 13.6 2012 down 4.2% falling
128 Lithuania 13.4 2012 down 28.0% rising
128 Netherlands 13.4 2012 down 3.6% rising
130 Cameroon 13.3 2012 down 4.3% flat
131 Jordan 12.9 2012 down 21.3% falling
131 Kiribati 12.9 2012 up 29.0% rising
133 Liberia 12.6 2012 up 20.0% flat
134 Fiji 12.5 2012 down 17.8% falling
134 Thailand 12.5 2012 down 3.8% falling
136 Laos 12.4 2012 down 21.0% falling
137 Kenya 12 2012 up 15.4% flat
138 Honduras 11.9 2012 down 29.6% falling
139 Central African Republic 11.8 2012 down 21.9% falling
139 South Africa 11.8 2012 down 13.2% falling
142 Dominica 11.6 2012 down 38.0% falling
143 Tonga 11.5 2012 down 4.2% falling
145 Burundi 11.2 2012 up 138.3% falling
145 Norway 11.2 2012 up 40.0% rising
145 Senegal 11.2 2012 down 24.8% falling
148 Indonesia 11 2012 up 1.9% rising
149 Malawi 10.8 2012 up 3.8% falling
150 Guatemala 10.5 2012 down 8.7% rising
151 Cambodia 10.4 2012 up 4.0% falling
152 Colombia 10.1 2012 down 38.8% falling
153 Myanmar 10 2012 down 49.7% falling
154 Chile 9.2 2012 down 4.2% rising
155 Mali 8.7 2012 up 13.0% rising
156 Guinea-Bissau 8.2 2012 up 100.0% rising
156 India 8.2 2012 down 16.3% falling
158 Sri Lanka 7.9 2012 down 2.5% falling
158 Niger 7.9 2012 down 16.0% rising
160 Tanzania 7.8 2012 down 11.4% falling
161 Democratic Republic of Congo 7.3 2012 up 4.3% falling
162 Zambia 7.2 2012 up 41.2% falling
163 Sao Tome and Principe 6.4 2012 up 23.1% falling
164 Ethiopia 6.2 2012 down 4.6% falling
164 Haiti 6.2 2012 up 26.5% falling
166 Madagascar 5.7 2012 up 62.9% falling
167 Namibia 5.6 2012 down 20.0% falling
168 Nepal 5.5 2012 unchanged falling
169 Mozambique 5.4 2012 up 35.0% rising
170 Afghanistan 5.2 2012 up 40.5% falling
171 Comoros 4.9 2012 up 28.9% rising
172 Benin 4.8 2012 down 25.0% falling
173 Vanuatu 4.7 2012 down 11.3% falling
174 Sierra Leone 4.5 2012 up 4.7% falling
175 Seychelles 4.2 2012 down 42.5% falling
176 Peru 4 2012 down 33.3% falling
177 Tajikistan 3.8 2012 down 55.8% volatile
178 Solomon Islands 3.4 2012 up 3.0% falling
179 Bolivia 3.1 2012 up 40.9% flat
180 Bangladesh 3 2012 down 41.2% falling
181 Cape Verde 2.7 2012 down 52.6% volatile
182 Uganda 2.5 2012 down 41.9% flat
183 Guinea 1.8 2012 down 10.0% falling
184 Burkina Faso 1.7 2012 down 41.4% falling
185 East Timor 1.4 2012 down 22.2% falling
186 Chad 1 2012 down 52.4% falling

About this data

Indicator
Daily cigarette consumption per smoker
Source
IHME (2012) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
186 places, 6,138 data points, 1980–2012
Last refreshed

Average cigarette consumption per smoker per day (all ages and both sexes combined).