Current tobacco use among adults in Oceania

13 countries in Oceania, 2024. Unit: % of adults. World ranking →

First in the ranking
9.3 %
New Zealand
Median country
29.9 %
half above, half below
World
20.3 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
9.3 to 39.3
New Zealand - Papua New Guinea

How to read it

Across 13 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Papua New Guinea (39.3 %) and the lowest in New Zealand (9.3 %).

The median country is at 29.9 %: half are above, half below.

The percentage of the population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco)…

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Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho · via World Bank WDI (SH.PRV.SMOK) · licence

Tobacco use over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1New Zealand9.3
2Australia11.6
3Palau23.0
4Samoa23.1
5Vanuatu24.9
6Fiji25.8
7Marshall Islands29.9
8Tonga32.1
9Tuvalu33.4
10Nauru34.8
11Kiribati37.7
12Solomon Islands38.4
13Papua New Guinea39.3
World Bank, WDI · SH.PRV.SMOK · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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