List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita

This is a list of countries by annual per capita consumption of tobacco cigarettes.

Number of cigarettes smoked per person per year.

Cigarettes are smoked by over 1 billion people, which is nearly 20% of the world's population in 2014. About 800 million of these smokers are men. While smoking rates have leveled off or declined in developed nations, especially among men, in developing nations tobacco consumption continues to rise.

More than 80% of all smokers now live in countries with low or middle incomes, and 60% in just 10 countries, a list headed by China.[1] China is the world's most populated country, and is also the leading country in the cigarette industry. In 2014, China produced and consumed more than 30% of the cigarettes in the world. There is a strong relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and smoking behaviors. According to research, developing countries have the highest rate of tobacco use. “China was found to be one of the countries with the highest male-to-female ratio of smoking prevalence”: 74% of males and 8% of females were smokers.[2] Over half of adult males in Indonesia are smokers (57%, but mostly kretek, a local form of cigarette) and China (53% estimated), and nearly half in Bangladesh, though for women the figure is much lower.[3]

Smoking rates in the United States dropped by half from 1965 to 2006, from 42% to 20.8% of adults,[4] with further significant decline to 14% by 2018.[5] There are large regional differences in smoking rates.[6]

In Australia the incidence of smoking is in decline, with figures from 2014–15 showing 14.7% of the population (over 18) to be daily smokers, a decline from 22.3% in 2001.[7] Young adults are the most likely age group to smoke, with a marked decline in smoking rates with increasing age. The prevalence of smoking is strongly associated with socioeconomic disadvantage (low earners), with over double the rate in the most disadvantaged quintile of the population as compared to the least.[8] Smoking rates in rural areas tend to be higher than in city areas.

The list is biased for some of the countries with the highest consumption, such as Andorra, Luxembourg and Belgium. These countries are known to sell cigarettes at lower prices than their neighbours, and as such attract foreign buyers. Andorra, for instance, is known for its duty-free shops where Europeans can find alcohol, cigarettes, electronics and clothes which can be up to 20 percent cheaper than in the neighbouring countries.[9]

2016 rankings
Cigarette consumption per year per person aged ≥ 15, 2016[10]
Rank Country Cigarettes
1 Andorra6,398.3
2 Luxembourg6,330.9
3 Belarus2,911.3
4 North Macedonia2,784.9
5 Albania2,491.6
6 Belgium2,440.9
7 Czech Republic2,427.9
8 Jordan2,306.1
9 Russia2,295.0
10 Syria2,291.7
11 Slovenia2,236.5
12 Greece2,078.6
13 Hungary2,060.3
14 China2,043.0
15 Lebanon2,037.5
16 Armenia1,985.7
17 Mongolia1,982.5
18 Cyprus1,961.4
19 Austria1,927.0
20 Georgia1,917.7
21 Serbia1,898.6
22 Ukraine1,849.4
23 Kazakhstan1,800.9
24 Turkey1,770.7
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina1,767.2
26 Estonia1,759.9
27 Bulgaria1,757.3
28 Moldova1,747.2
29 Papua New Guinea1,689.3
30 Indonesia1,675.5
31 South Korea1,667.4
32 Germany1,599.5
33 Japan1,583.2
34 Tunisia1,580.0
35 Croatia1,578.9
36 Malta1,527.9
37 Azerbaijan1,525.6
38 Slovakia1,500.9
39 Spain1,499.0
40 Italy1,493.3
41  Switzerland1,489.8
42 Samoa1,470.6
43 Netherlands1,459.9
44 Egypt1,449.4
45 Solomon Islands1,419.1
46 Kuwait1,412.7
47 Kiribati1,396.0
48 Poland1,363.1
49 Saudi Arabia1,341.0
50 Denmark1,298.0
51 Lithuania1,292.0
52 Israel1,280.7
53 Romania1,204.3
54 Latvia1,189.1
55 Iraq1,184.4
56 Argentina1,176.1
57 Portugal1,133.4
58 Philippines1,132.2
59 Bahrain1,101.5
60 Montenegro1,100.8
61 Finland1098.8
62 France1089.9
63 Vanuatu1069.2
64 Vietnam1,049.6
65 Algeria1,046.7
66 Canada1,021.3
67 Qatar1,020.3
68 United States1,016.6
69 North Korea993.3
70 Tonga986.9
71 Ireland976.5
72 Turkmenistan962.1
73 Iran936.5
74 Australia917.0
75 Uruguay899.4
76 Singapore851.2
77 Iceland848.1
78 Thailand837.4
79 United Kingdom827.7
80 Laos814.6
81 Djibouti785.5
82 Chile769.3
83 UAE748.5
84 Bangladesh744.1
85 Cambodia726.2
86 Sweden716.2
87 New Zealand685.1
88 Trinidad and Tobago682.5
89 Morocco682.3
90 Comoros585.4
91 Maldives560.9
92 St. Lucia553.9
93 Norway552.8
94 Seychelles543.6
95 Mauritius542.5
96 Kyrgyzstan519.6
97 Suriname511.7
98   Nepal511.6
99 South Africa509.6
100 Mozambique501.9
101 Uzbekistan495.9
102 Fiji491.1
103 Honduras469.8
104 Sierra Leone468.6
105 Gabon451.2
106 Lesotho448.0
107 Malaysia441.2
108 Bahamas438.6
109 Botswana433.5
110 Yemen423.8
111 Costa Rica411.4
112 Burkina Faso408.1
113 Madagascar404.2
114 Cape Verde397.1
115 Venezuela396.2
116 Paraguay384.5
117 South Sudan383.7
118 Pakistan363.2
119 Tajikistan361.1
120 Senegal359.4
121 Guyana359.1
122 Ivory Coast352.7
123 Colombia351.4
124 Angola340.2
125 Sudan339.9
126 Brazil333.5
127 Equatorial Guinea328.2
128 Nicaragua327.8
129 Libya327.2
130 Mexico327.1
131 Mali316.9
132 Guinea316.0
133 Jamaica312.5
134 Afghanistan311.6
135 Namibia298.4
136 Bolivia291.6
137 Chad279.3
138 Barbados277.5
139 Oman271.1
140 Kenya264.4
141 St. Vincent and the Grenadines259.6
142 Sri Lanka254.6
143 Gambia249.1
144 Malawi241.1
145 Burundi239.4
146 Cuba233.5
147 Myanmar226.5
148 Panama219.3
149 Dominican Republic218.9
150 Central African Republic213.2
151 El Salvador206.7
152 Benin204.0
153 Somalia198.5
154 Uganda195.7
155 Congo195.2
156 Tanzania181.8
157 Cameroon171.0
158 Belize168.6
159 Nigeria162.5
160 Grenada158.2
161 Liberia154.4
162 Dominica147.4
163 Togo147.3
164 Zambia145.4
165 Haiti143.0
166 Eritrea132.3
167 Democratic Republic of Congo128.0
168 Zimbabwe122.9
169 Niger118.8
170 Ethiopia115.3
171 Guatemala111.8
172 Peru97.7
173 Rwanda94.0
174 Ecuador93.5
175 Swaziland91.7
176 India89.3
177 Antigua and Barbuda89.2
178 Ghana40.5
179 Mauritania30.3
180 Guinea-Bissau25.3
181 Brunei9.7

The worldwide average is 1,083 cigarettes per year per person above age 14.[10]

See also

References
  1. WCR, pp. 82–83.
  2. Wang, Qing. "Income, occupation and education: Are they related to smoking behaviors in China?". Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. WCR, pp. 82–86
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  5. "Current Cigarette Smoking Amongst Adults in the United States". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  6. "State-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Adults and Quitting Among Persons Aged 18–35 Years — United States, 2006". Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 56 (38): 993–996. September 28, 2007.
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  8. "Smoking | Profiles of Health, Australia, 2011-13". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 7 June 2013.
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