List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita
This is a list of countries by annual per capita consumption of tobacco cigarettes. 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 nationstobacco 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. 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 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. Over half of adult males in Indonesia are smokers and China, and nearly half in Bangladesh, though for women the figure is much lower. Smoking rates in the United States dropped by half from 1965 to 2006, from 42% to 20.8% of adults, with further significant decline to 14% by 2018. There are large regional differences in smoking rates. In Australia the incidence of smoking is in decline, with figures from 2014–15 showing 14.7% of the population to be daily smokers, a decline from 22.3% in 2001. 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, with over double the rate in the most disadvantaged of the population as compared to the least. 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.
2016 rankings
Rank
Country
Cigarettes
1
6,398.3
2
6,330.9
3
2,911.3
4
2,784.9
5
2,491.6
6
2,440.9
7
2,427.9
8
2,306.1
9
2,295.0
10
2,291.7
11
2,236.5
12
2,078.6
13
2,060.3
14
2,043.0
15
2,037.5
16
1,985.7
17
1,982.5
18
1,961.4
19
1,927.0
20
1,917.7
21
1,898.6
22
1,849.4
23
1,800.9
24
1,770.7
25
1,767.2
26
1,759.9
27
1,757.3
28
1,747.2
29
1,689.3
30
1,675.5
31
1,667.4
32
1,599.5
33
1,583.2
34
1,580.0
35
1,578.9
36
1,527.9
37
1,525.6
38
1,500.9
39
1,499.0
40
1,493.3
41
1,489.8
42
1,470.6
43
1,459.9
44
1,449.4
45
1,419.1
46
1,412.7
47
1,396.0
48
1,363.1
49
1,341.0
50
1,298.0
51
1,292.0
52
1,280.7
53
1,204.3
54
1,189.1
55
1,184.4
56
1,176.1
57
1,133.4
58
1,132.2
59
1,101.5
60
1,100.8
61
1098.8
62
1089.9
63
1069.2
64
1,049.6
65
1,046.7
66
1,021.3
67
1,020.3
68
1,016.6
69
993.3
70
986.9
71
976.5
72
962.1
73
936.5
74
917.0
75
899.4
76
851.2
77
848.1
78
837.4
79
827.7
80
814.6
81
785.5
82
769.3
83
748.5
84
744.1
85
726.2
86
716.2
87
685.1
88
682.5
89
682.3
90
585.4
91
560.9
92
553.9
93
552.8
94
543.6
95
542.5
96
519.6
97
511.7
98
511.6
99
509.6
100
501.9
101
495.9
102
491.1
103
469.8
104
468.6
105
451.2
106
448.0
107
441.2
108
438.6
109
433.5
110
423.8
111
411.4
112
408.1
113
404.2
114
397.1
115
396.2
116
384.5
117
383.7
118
363.2
119
361.1
120
359.4
121
359.1
122
352.7
123
351.4
124
340.2
125
339.9
126
333.5
127
328.2
128
327.8
129
327.2
130
327.1
131
316.9
132
316.0
133
312.5
134
311.6
135
298.4
136
291.6
137
279.3
138
277.5
139
271.1
140
264.4
141
259.6
142
254.6
143
249.1
144
241.1
145
239.4
146
233.5
147
226.5
148
219.3
149
218.9
150
213.2
151
206.7
152
204.0
153
198.5
154
195.7
155
195.2
156
181.8
157
171.0
158
168.6
159
162.5
160
158.2
161
154.4
162
147.4
163
147.3
164
145.4
165
143.0
166
132.3
167
128.0
168
122.9
169
118.8
170
115.3
171
111.8
172
97.7
173
94.0
174
93.5
175
91.7
176
89.3
177
89.2
178
40.5
179
30.3
180
25.3
181
9.7
The worldwide average is 1,083 cigarettes per year per person above age 14.
