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Share of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 to 2021

The share of total deaths, from any cause, where smoking was an attributed risk factor.

Share of total Deaths that are from all causes attributed to smoking percent
Country/area
1990
2021
Absolute Change
Relative Change
Afghanistan2.8%2.3%-0.5 pp-18%
Albania14.6%13.5%-1.1 pp-7%
Algeria7.3%6.1%-1.2 pp-16%
American Samoa11.3%10.6%-0.6 pp-6%
Andorra18.3%10.5%-7.8 pp-43%
Angola2.2%2.8%+0.6 pp+27%
Antigua and Barbuda4.7%3.6%-1.1 pp-23%
Argentina11.5%7.0%-4.5 pp-39%
Armenia15.5%13.4%-2.1 pp-14%
Australia13.3%6.8%-6.5 pp-49%
Austria10.6%8.9%-1.8 pp-17%
Azerbaijan10.5%9.7%-0.8 pp-8%
Bahamas4.8%3.0%-1.8 pp-37%
Bahrain11.5%7.5%-4.1 pp-35%
Bangladesh6.0%9.5%+3.4 pp+57%
Barbados4.5%3.2%-1.4 pp-30%
Belarus15.4%10.7%-4.7 pp-30%
Belgium18.3%10.7%-7.6 pp-42%
Belize4.2%3.8%-0.4 pp-9%
Benin1.1%0.8%-0.3 pp-26%
Bermuda9.1%6.0%-3.0 pp-33%
Bhutan2.5%5.7%+3.2 pp+126%
Bolivia3.1%2.1%-1.0 pp-34%
Bosnia and Herzegovina17.1%12.5%-4.5 pp-27%
Botswana7.5%3.5%-4.0 pp-53%
Brazil12.0%6.5%-5.5 pp-46%
Brunei14.1%10.1%-4.0 pp-28%
Bulgaria15.6%7.0%-8.5 pp-55%
Burkina Faso0.7%0.8%+0.1 pp+16%
Burundi2.3%1.7%-0.7 pp-29%
Cambodia6.8%11.2%+4.4 pp+65%
Cameroon1.5%1.2%-0.2 pp-16%
Canada19.3%10.4%-8.9 pp-46%
Cape Verde2.6%2.7%+0.1 pp+5%
Central African Republic2.5%2.1%-0.4 pp-15%
Chad1.2%1.1%-0.1 pp-10%
Chile7.5%4.1%-3.3 pp-45%
China17.3%19.7%+2.4 pp+14%
Colombia5.4%3.0%-2.4 pp-44%
Comoros2.8%3.0%+0.2 pp+8%
Congo2.6%2.8%+0.3 pp+10%
Cook Islands10.0%9.3%-0.6 pp-6%
Costa Rica8.0%4.5%-3.5 pp-44%
Cote d'Ivoire1.5%1.7%+0.2 pp+14%
Croatia17.8%12.1%-5.7 pp-32%
Cuba14.8%8.1%-6.7 pp-45%
Cyprus12.2%11.5%-0.7 pp-6%
Czechia16.5%10.0%-6.5 pp-40%
Democratic Republic of Congo1.3%1.6%+0.3 pp+19%
Denmark24.9%16.0%-8.9 pp-36%
Djibouti3.8%4.2%+0.4 pp+12%
Dominica4.6%3.4%-1.2 pp-26%
Dominican Republic6.3%7.9%+1.5 pp+24%
East Timor3.9%8.2%+4.3 pp+112%
Ecuador4.7%2.4%-2.3 pp-48%
Egypt6.3%8.7%+2.4 pp+38%
El Salvador2.2%2.4%+0.2 pp+8%
Equatorial Guinea2.3%1.7%-0.7 pp-28%
Eritrea1.6%2.1%+0.5 pp+29%
Estonia12.4%6.5%-5.9 pp-48%
Eswatini3.1%1.6%-1.5 pp-48%
Ethiopia1.1%0.8%-0.2 pp-23%
Fiji11.5%7.6%-3.8 pp-33%
Finland11.1%6.7%-4.4 pp-39%
France12.4%8.1%-4.3 pp-34%
Gabon2.4%2.5%+0.1 pp+3%
Gambia2.4%2.1%-0.3 pp-13%
Georgia12.8%9.0%-3.8 pp-30%
Germany14.5%9.3%-5.2 pp-36%
Ghana1.3%1.8%+0.5 pp+36%
Greece19.1%12.7%-6.4 pp-34%
Greenland19.1%18.2%-0.9 pp-5%
Grenada4.4%2.9%-1.5 pp-34%
Guam10.0%9.1%-0.9 pp-9%
Guatemala2.1%2.0%-0.1 pp-7%
Guinea1.3%1.6%+0.3 pp+25%
Guinea-Bissau1.0%1.5%+0.5 pp+47%
Guyana4.3%2.9%-1.3 pp-31%
Haiti2.2%1.7%-0.5 pp-23%
Honduras3.9%4.6%+0.7 pp+19%
Hungary15.4%9.9%-5.5 pp-36%
Iceland17.1%10.7%-6.5 pp-38%
India6.6%7.1%+0.5 pp+8%
Indonesia6.8%10.2%+3.4 pp+50%
Iran4.7%5.1%+0.4 pp+8%
Iraq8.8%9.2%+0.4 pp+5%
Ireland22.9%11.2%-11.7 pp-51%
Israel13.2%7.4%-5.9 pp-44%
Italy15.3%8.1%-7.2 pp-47%
Jamaica6.4%4.3%-2.1 pp-32%
Japan15.5%9.2%-6.3 pp-41%
Jordan9.3%7.8%-1.5 pp-16%
Kazakhstan11.9%6.8%-5.0 pp-42%
Kenya2.2%2.2%-0.0 pp-1%
Kiribati12.1%17.1%+4.9 pp+41%
Kuwait8.4%10.5%+2.0 pp+24%
Kyrgyzstan10.5%11.0%+0.4 pp+4%
Laos6.7%10.4%+3.7 pp+55%
Latvia12.6%6.8%-5.8 pp-46%
Lebanon13.1%9.8%-3.3 pp-25%
Lesotho5.9%4.8%-1.1 pp-18%
Liberia0.8%1.2%+0.4 pp+58%
Libya7.1%7.9%+0.8 pp+11%
Lithuania13.1%7.6%-5.5 pp-42%
Luxembourg14.9%10.0%-4.9 pp-33%
Madagascar2.6%1.7%-0.9 pp-34%
Malawi1.5%2.6%+1.1 pp+68%
Malaysia11.7%8.6%-3.1 pp-27%
Maldives8.9%10.5%+1.5 pp+17%
Mali0.8%1.2%+0.4 pp+55%
Malta14.8%7.9%-6.9 pp-47%
Marshall Islands8.1%10.3%+2.2 pp+27%
Mauritania2.1%1.9%-0.3 pp-12%
Mauritius11.7%7.5%-4.2 pp-36%
Mexico5.8%2.9%-2.9 pp-50%
Micronesia (country)11.6%14.7%+3.1 pp+26%
Moldova11.1%9.3%-1.8 pp-16%
Monaco15.6%12.0%-3.5 pp-23%
Mongolia7.4%11.0%+3.6 pp+49%
Montenegro18.2%11.3%-6.8 pp-38%
Morocco5.5%5.1%-0.4 pp-7%
Mozambique1.6%1.9%+0.4 pp+24%
Myanmar11.6%9.2%-2.4 pp-21%
Namibia5.9%3.3%-2.6 pp-45%
Nauru13.8%13.2%-0.6 pp-4%
Nepal8.4%9.5%+1.2 pp+14%
Netherlands20.0%12.1%-7.9 pp-39%
New Zealand15.1%9.9%-5.2 pp-35%
Nicaragua2.7%2.5%-0.1 pp-5%
Niger0.4%0.5%+0.2 pp+45%
Nigeria0.7%0.5%-0.1 pp-19%
Niue8.4%8.8%+0.4 pp+5%
North Korea14.0%14.2%+0.2 pp+1%
North Macedonia16.4%10.2%-6.2 pp-38%
Northern Mariana Islands12.7%10.9%-1.8 pp-14%
Norway14.3%8.4%-6.0 pp-42%
Oman4.7%3.3%-1.5 pp-31%
Pakistan7.1%5.9%-1.2 pp-17%
Palau10.0%10.9%+0.9 pp+9%
Palestine8.1%8.6%+0.5 pp+6%
Panama6.2%3.5%-2.7 pp-44%
Papua New Guinea6.5%6.0%-0.5 pp-8%
Paraguay10.4%6.8%-3.6 pp-34%
Peru2.4%1.8%-0.6 pp-26%
Philippines10.4%8.3%-2.1 pp-20%
Poland18.2%9.9%-8.3 pp-46%
Portugal10.0%5.7%-4.3 pp-43%
Puerto Rico7.2%5.1%-2.2 pp-30%
Qatar8.1%6.3%-1.8 pp-23%
Romania12.7%7.6%-5.1 pp-40%
Russia12.7%8.2%-4.6 pp-36%
Rwanda3.7%4.6%+0.9 pp+23%
Saint Kitts and Nevis3.8%2.9%-1.0 pp-25%
Saint Lucia5.5%3.5%-2.0 pp-37%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3.7%3.5%-0.2 pp-5%
Samoa11.4%11.6%+0.2 pp+1%
San Marino13.5%7.7%-5.9 pp-43%
Sao Tome and Principe1.3%2.4%+1.0 pp+77%
Saudi Arabia3.8%7.0%+3.2 pp+85%
Senegal1.7%1.7%-0.0 pp-1%
Serbia14.5%9.9%-4.5 pp-31%
Seychelles12.1%8.9%-3.2 pp-27%
Sierra Leone1.5%1.6%+0.1 pp+6%
Singapore12.8%7.2%-5.6 pp-44%
Slovakia14.3%8.2%-6.1 pp-42%
Slovenia11.4%7.3%-4.2 pp-37%
Solomon Islands9.9%12.6%+2.7 pp+27%
Somalia1.7%1.5%-0.2 pp-12%
South Africa7.4%3.5%-3.9 pp-53%
South Korea14.2%12.4%-1.8 pp-13%
South Sudan2.0%1.6%-0.4 pp-21%
Spain15.9%9.2%-6.6 pp-42%
Sri Lanka8.2%5.7%-2.5 pp-30%
Sudan3.6%4.6%+1.0 pp+29%
Suriname7.5%5.2%-2.3 pp-31%
Sweden13.3%9.3%-4.0 pp-30%
Switzerland15.0%10.1%-4.9 pp-33%
Syria9.4%10.2%+0.8 pp+9%
Taiwan13.6%12.0%-1.6 pp-12%
Tajikistan7.4%4.3%-3.1 pp-41%
Tanzania2.5%2.5%+0.0 pp+1%
Thailand12.1%9.1%-3.1 pp-25%
Togo2.3%2.9%+0.6 pp+28%
Tokelau9.8%8.1%-1.7 pp-17%
Tonga13.5%13.1%-0.4 pp-3%
Trinidad and Tobago7.4%4.3%-3.1 pp-42%
Tunisia11.2%8.8%-2.5 pp-22%
Turkey13.9%10.8%-3.1 pp-22%
Turkmenistan8.6%6.4%-2.1 pp-25%
Tuvalu10.3%11.9%+1.6 pp+15%
Uganda1.0%1.3%+0.3 pp+28%
Ukraine14.0%8.2%-5.8 pp-41%
United Arab Emirates7.2%6.6%-0.6 pp-9%
United Kingdom21.6%10.7%-10.9 pp-50%
United States17.2%9.9%-7.4 pp-43%
United States Virgin Islands6.0%4.4%-1.6 pp-26%
Uruguay13.1%8.5%-4.7 pp-36%
Uzbekistan4.7%6.2%+1.6 pp+34%
Vanuatu8.0%7.2%-0.8 pp-10%
Venezuela7.1%4.2%-2.9 pp-41%
Vietnam10.5%12.1%+1.5 pp+15%
Yemen4.4%6.1%+1.6 pp+37%
Zambia1.7%1.6%-0.1 pp-6%
Zimbabwe4.5%3.7%-0.8 pp-17%
Other
African Region (WHO)1.8%1.8%-0.0 pp-1%
Americas (WHO)12.6%6.8%-5.8 pp-46%
East Asia & Pacific (WB)2.2%15.7%+13.5 pp+610%
Eastern Mediterranean (WHO)5.9%6.1%+0.2 pp+3%
Europe & Central Asia (WB)14.6%9.0%-5.7 pp-39%
European Region (WHO)14.6%9.0%-5.7 pp-39%
High-income countries15.9%9.4%-6.5 pp-41%
Latin America & Caribbean (WB)8.3%4.7%-3.6 pp-44%
Low-income countries2.2%2.5%+0.4 pp+17%
Lower-middle-income countries6.3%6.7%+0.4 pp+6%
Middle East & North Africa (WB)6.4%7.1%+0.7 pp+12%
North America (WB)17.4%9.9%-7.5 pp-43%
South Asia (WB)6.6%7.1%+0.5 pp+8%
South-East Asia (WHO)7.1%7.9%+0.9 pp+12%
Sub-Saharan Africa (WB)1.7%1.7%-0.0 pp-1%
Upper-middle-income countries14.7%13.4%-1.3 pp-9%
Western Pacific (WHO)16.2%17.1%+0.8 pp+5%
World10.4%9.1%-1.3 pp-12%
Data

Share of deaths attributed to smoking

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Share of deaths attributed to smoking
The estimated share of Smoking from all causes attributed to deaths.
Source
IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
May 20, 2024
Next expected update
May 2028
Date range
1990–2021
Unit
%

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The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study provides a comprehensive assessment of global health trends. This dataset contains the risk factors that contribute to deaths and DALYs from all causes, cardiovascular diseases, lower respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases and cancers.

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