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World Smoking rate Ranking Map In the available data, Timor-Leste has the highest recorded value at 48.8% (rank #1); Japan ranks #92 at 17.5%. Coverage: 166 countries and territories. Reference years: Timor-Leste 2024; Japan 2024. This is the share of adults currently using tobacco; survey definitions and years may differ.
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Japan 17.5%
Japan, world rank 92 for Smoking rate, 17.5%
Fiji: 25.8% Tanzania: 7.7% Western Sahara: No data Canada: 11.2% United States: 15.8% Kazakhstan: 21.1% Uzbekistan: 16.3% Papua New Guinea: 39.3% Indonesia: 31% Argentina: 23.5% Chile: 26.7% Democratic Republic of the Congo: 12.3% Somalia: No data Kenya: 9.6% Sudan: No data Chad: 7.4% Haiti: 8% Dominican Republic: No data Russia: 27% Bahamas: 17.3% Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 12.9% Greenland: No data Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 48.8% South Africa: 23.7% Lesotho: 28% Mexico: 15.7% Uruguay: 19.3% Brazil: 11.9% Bolivia: 12.3% Peru: 12.4% Colombia: 8% Panama: 4.8% Costa Rica: 7.9% Nicaragua: No data Honduras: 12.1% El Salvador: 8.2% Guatemala: 11.2% Belize: 8.5% Venezuela: No data Guyana: 11.7% Suriname: No data France: 33.6% Ecuador: 10.1% Puerto Rico: No data Jamaica: 11.5% Cuba: 16.1% Zimbabwe: 11% Botswana: 18% Namibia: No data Senegal: 5.4% Mali: 7.4% Mauritania: 9.9% Benin: 7.4% Niger: 7.4% Nigeria: 3.1% Cameroon: 5.7% Togo: 5.8% Ghana: 3.3% Côte d’Ivoire: 7.3% Guinea: No data Guinea-Bissau: 8.2% Liberia: 5.2% Sierra Leone: 11.3% Burkina Faso: 11.6% Central African Republic: No data Republic of the Congo: 16.2% Gabon: 13.3% Equatorial Guinea: No data Zambia: 14.3% Malawi: 8.9% Mozambique: 10.5% Eswatini: 11.5% Angola: No data Burundi: 10.1% Israel: 21.2% Lebanon: 46.9% Madagascar: 25.6% Palestine: 35.5% Gambia: 11.1% Tunisia: 24.4% Algeria: 22.4% Jordan: 34.1% United Arab Emirates: 9% Qatar: 12.5% Kuwait: 19.4% Iraq: 20.1% Oman: 8.5% Vanuatu: 24.9% Cambodia: 18.6% Thailand: 17.8% Laos: 25.4% Myanmar: 43.4% Vietnam: 21.1% North Korea: 15.6% South Korea: 18.6% Mongolia: 29.5% India: 22.6% Bangladesh: 32% Bhutan: 19.6% Nepal: 28.7% Pakistan: 17.9% Afghanistan: 22.1% Tajikistan: No data Kyrgyzstan: 22.2% Turkmenistan: 5.4% Iran: 11.9% Syria: No data Armenia: 26.2% Sweden: 20.3% Belarus: 29.2% Ukraine: 23.7% Poland: 21.7% Austria: 23.8% Hungary: 30.8% Moldova: 28.8% Romania: 29.7% Lithuania: 31.4% Latvia: 34.6% Estonia: 26.1% Germany: 22% Bulgaria: 38.7% Greece: 30.2% Türkiye: 31.1% Albania: 21.4% Croatia: 34.4% Switzerland: 23.1% Luxembourg: 24.5% Belgium: 23.5% Netherlands: 20.5% Portugal: 28.6% Spain: 27.6% Ireland: 18.2% New Caledonia: No data Solomon Islands: 38.4% New Zealand: 9.3% Australia: 11.6% Sri Lanka: 20.7% China: 22.8% Taiwan: No data Italy: 22.4% Denmark: 15.7% United Kingdom: 12.8% Iceland: 9.2% Azerbaijan: 18.7% Georgia: 33% Philippines: 19.9% Malaysia: 16.9% Brunei: 14.5% Slovenia: 20.9% Finland: 21.4% Slovakia: 29.5% Czechia: 28.4% Eritrea: No data Japan: 17.5% Paraguay: 6.4% Yemen: No data Saudi Arabia: 14.7% Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 32.5% Morocco: 12.5% Egypt: 25% Libya: 24.2% Ethiopia: 5.2% Djibouti: No data Somaliland: No data Uganda: 7.5% Rwanda: 10.1% Bosnia and Herzegovina: 37.1% North Macedonia: 39.6% Serbia: 39.7% Montenegro: 37.2% Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: No data South Sudan: No data Japan Timor-Leste 1 Lebanon 2 Myanmar 3 Serbia 4 North Macedonia 5 Liberia 162 Ethiopia 162 Panama 164 Ghana 165 Nigeria 166 Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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× JPN Bottom 50% / 2024
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Smoking rateRankings 92/166 17.5%
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #92 for smoking rate. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Timor-Leste 48.8% 2 Lebanon 46.9% 3 Myanmar 43.4% 4 Serbia 39.7% 5 North Macedonia 39.6%
166 Nigeria 3.1% 165 Ghana 3.3% 164 Panama 4.8% 162 Liberia 5.2% 162 Ethiopia 5.2% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Smoking rate ranking map Compare smoking rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 166 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Timor-Leste (48.8%), #2 Lebanon (46.9%), #3 Myanmar (43.4%)
Japan’s position World #92 (17.5%)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) All displayed observations use the reference period above. Check the source and definition before interpreting small differences.
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Smoking rate Full ranking166 countries #11 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.1% Profile #97 Republic of the Congo 16.2% Profile #115 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12.3% Profile #144 Sao Tome and Principe 8.3% Profile