Based on a comparison of 29 countries in 2022, Indonesia ranked the highest in smokers as a percentage of 15+ year-old male population with 62.7% followed by China and South Africa. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 6.00%, Norway with 7.00% and New Zealand with 8.60%.
Data for more countries are available at Smokers (As % of 15+ Year-Old Male Population) indicator page.
| 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 |
| Argentina | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.3% | 30.0% | 29.5% | ... | ... | |||
| Chile | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.2% | ... | ... | ... | 17.7% | ... | ... | ||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | 42.1% | ... | 47.9% | 48.0% | 47.8% | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 23.8% | 22.6% | 24.5% | 21.1% | 21.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Estonia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.9% | ... | 23.4% | ... | 25.7% | ... | ||||||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.0% | 29.8% | 28.2% | 27.5% | 29.1% | ... | ||||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.3% | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Indonesia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 54.1% | ... | 61.9% | 62.5% | 62.7% | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Ireland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% | 16.0% | ... | |||||
| Italy | % | ... | 25.1% | 25.1% | 23.5% | 22.7% | 22.5% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 17.3% | 18.1% | 15.7% | 17.6% | 17.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 20.9% | 19.5% | 17.8% | 17.7% | 15.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.0% | ... | 34.3% | 34.5% | 34.6% | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| South Korea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.9% | 31.6% | 30.5% | 28.5% | 27.8% | ... | |||||||||||
| Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.6% | ... | ... | 23.3% | ... | ... |
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