Smokers as a percentage of 15+ year-old male population rose 0% to 17.0% in Ireland in 2022, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, smokers as a percentage of 15+ year-old male population in Ireland reached an all time high of 49.0% in 1973 and an all time low of 16.0% in 2019.
Ireland has been ranked 3rd within the group of 7 countries we follow in terms of smokers as a percentage of 15+ year-old male population, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Smokers (As % of 15+ Year-Old Male Population) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Australia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.0% | ... | ... | 12.4% | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.9% | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Canada | % | ... | ... | ... | 14.2% | 14.2% | 12.8% | 12.0% | 11.3% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.5% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.0% | 29.8% | 28.2% | 27.5% | 29.1% | ... | ||||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.3% | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Iceland | % | 9.50% | 9.10% | 8.10% | 8.10% | 6.70% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% | 16.0% | ... | |||||
| Italy | % | ... | 25.1% | 25.1% | 23.5% | 22.7% | 22.5% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.0% | 12.0% | 12.5% | ... | 12.3% | ... | ||||||||
| Norway | % | 13.0% | 12.0% | 12.0% | 9.00% | 9.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.6% | ... | ... | 23.3% | ... | ... | |||||
| Sweden | % | 10.6% | 10.5% | 11.0% | 10.1% | 10.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 13.2% | 11.5% | 11.5% | 11.7% | 10.3% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 17.7% | 18.7% | 17.0% | 17.9% | 15.3% | ... |
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