TABLE. Prevalence of current tobacco smoking,* overall and by sex, among students aged 13–15 years — 61 countries, Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 2012–2015.
| World Health Organization region/country | Survey year | Overall unweighted sample size | Prevalence of current tobacco smoking |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall % (95% CI) | Males % (95% CI) | Females % (95% CI) | |||
|
African Region
| |||||
| Algeria |
2013 |
4,023 |
7.4 (6.3–8.7) |
14.9 (12.3–17.9) |
1.8 (1.3–2.7)† |
| Cameroon |
2014 |
1,873 |
7.4 (4.8–11.5) |
10.3 (6.8–15.4) |
4.0 (2.4–6.6)† |
| Comoros |
2015 |
1,551 |
9.1 (6.3–13.0) |
13.2 (8.8–19.4) |
5.6 (3.3–9.4)† |
| Gabon |
2014 |
788 |
7.6 (6.1–9.5) |
7.9 (6.3–9.8) |
7.0 (5.1–9.5) |
| Kenya |
2013 |
1,326 |
7.0 (4.9–9.8) |
9.6 (6.6–13.8) |
4.0 (2.2–7.2)† |
| Mozambique |
2013 |
3,062 |
6.1 (4.7–7.9) |
5.5 (4.0–7.5) |
6.2 (4.4–8.7) |
| Senegal |
2013 |
796 |
7.8 (5.0–12.1) |
9.7 (5.9–15.7) |
—§ |
| Seychelles |
2015 |
1,525 |
20.2 (17.2–23.7) |
25.6 (21.7–30.0) |
15.2 (11.9–19.2)† |
| Togo |
2013 |
2,801 |
6.9 (5.3–8.9) |
9.8 (7.3–13.0) |
2.7 (1.8–4.2)† |
| Zimbabwe |
2014 |
5,114 |
16.2 (10.6–24.1) |
17.3 (11.4–25.5) |
12.8 (7.9–19.9)† |
|
Eastern Mediterranean Region
| |||||
| Bahrain |
2015 |
2,465 |
15.7 (11.1–21.8) |
22.7 (17.4–28.9) |
8.5 (6.5–11.0)† |
| Djibouti |
2013 |
1,361 |
11.6 (8.8–15.2) |
13.0 (9.1–18.1) |
9.1 (5.9–13.6) |
| Egypt |
2014 |
2,141 |
10.1 (6.7–15.0) |
16.3 (10.0–25.6) |
— |
| Iraq |
2014 |
1,266 |
11.1 (7.2–16.8) |
16.2 (10.3–24.7) |
6.0 (4.2–8.4)† |
| Jordan |
2014 |
1,899 |
23.3 (17.7–29.9) |
32.8 (27.6–38.4) |
13.4 (9.1–19.4)† |
| Pakistan |
2013 |
5,832 |
7.2 (5.8–9.0) |
9.2 (7.1–11.7) |
4.1 (2.8–5.9)† |
| Qatar |
2013 |
1,716 |
12.3 (8.8–17.0) |
18.4 (14.1–23.7) |
6.2 (4.4–8.8)† |
| Sudan |
2014 |
1,450 |
8.3 (6.3–11.0) |
10.6 (7.7–14.4) |
5.0 (3.0–8.2)† |
| United Arab Emirates |
2013 |
3,376 |
10.5 (7.9–13.9) |
14.6 (10.7–19.5) |
6.4 (4.3–9.5)† |
| Yemen |
2014 |
1,634 |
15.1 (10.9–20.5) |
19.4 (14.5–25.5) |
7.9 (4.5–13.7)† |
|
European Region
| |||||
| Albania |
2015 |
3,482 |
9.4 (7.9–11.1) |
12.9 (10.7–15.6) |
5.6 (4.2–7.5)† |
| Belarus |
2015 |
2,428 |
9.4 (7.5–11.7) |
8.9 (6.1–12.8) |
9.9 (7.8–12.6) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2013 |
10,018 |
15.1 (12.9–17.7) |
17.8 (15.2–20.7) |
12.2 (9.7–15.3)† |
| Bulgaria |
2015 |
3,532 |
27.4 (22.8–32.5) |
25.7 (19.5–33.1) |
29.0 (24.7–33.8) |
| Georgia |
2014 |
962 |
10.0 (7.0–14.1) |
13.9 (9.9–19.2) |
— |
| Greece |
2013 |
4,096 |
13.3 (11.4–15.4) |
14.9 (12.9–17.1) |
11.6 (9.5–14.1)† |
| Italy |
2014 |
1,428 |
23.4 (20.8–26.4) |
20.6 (16.6–25.3) |
26.3 (22.3–30.1) |
| Kazakhstan |
2014 |
1,715 |
2.8 (2.0–3.9) |
3.5 (2.2–5.3) |
1.9 (1.2–3.2) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
2014 |
3,468 |
3.7 (2.7–5.0) |
5.5 (3.9–7.9) |
2.0 (1.2–3.1)† |
| Latvia |
2014 |
4,025 |
23.3 (21.6–25.0) |
23.7 (21.6–26.0) |
22.7 (20.4–25.1) |
| Lithuania |
2014 |
3,113 |
26.4 (22.9–30.1) |
28.6 (24.5–33.2) |
24.1 (20.6–27.9)† |
| Moldova |
2013 |
3,548 |
8.3 (6.3–10.9) |
12.7 (9.3–17.0) |
3.8 (2.6–5.7)† |
| Montenegro |
2014 |
3,692 |
8.4 (4.7–14.7) |
— |
4.2 (2.7–6.4) |
| Portugal |
2013 |
7,600 |
13.9 (12.5–15.4) |
12.8 (11.3–14.5) |
15.1 (13.2–17.1)† |
| Romania |
2013 |
3,328 |
11.2 (9.3–13.4) |
12.2 (9.9–14.8) |
10.1 (7.9–12.8) |
| San Marino |
2014 |
534 |
14.6 (11.2–19.0) |
14.4 (10.1–20.0) |
15.0 (10.2–21.4) |
| Serbia |
2013 |
3,076 |
15.0 (12.4–18.0) |
15.3 (12.9–18.0) |
14.6 (11.1–18.9) |
| Tajikistan |
2014 |
2,411 |
2.4 (1.7–3.5) |
2.9 (1.9–4.5) |
1.6 (1.0–2.6) |
|
Region of the Americas
| |||||
| Argentina |
2012 |
2,069 |
22.0 (18.5–26.0) |
20.2 (17.6–23.0) |
23.7 (18.5–29.7) |
| Bahamas |
2013 |
1,033 |
10.7 (7.4–15.4) |
13.8 (8.4–21.8) |
6.9 (4.4–10.7)† |
| Barbados |
2013 |
1,306 |
12.6 (10.4–15.3) |
15.7 (12.2–19.9) |
9.3 (7.1–12.0)† |
| Belize |
2014 |
1,273 |
11.5 (9.5–13.9) |
15.7 (12.2–20.0) |
7.5 (5.4–10.4)† |
| Costa Rica |
2013 |
2,158 |
8.3 (6.6–10.4) |
9.0 (6.9–11.6) |
7.6 (5.6–10.3) |
| El Salvador |
2015 |
2,567 |
12.2 (10.0–14.7) |
14.7 (11.7–18.3) |
9.4 (7.3–12.1)† |
| Guatemala |
2015 |
3,351 |
15.7 (13.6–18.2) |
18.0 (15.1–21.4) |
13.2 (10.6–16.3)† |
| Guyana |
2015 |
1,000 |
11.7 (8.6–15.7) |
16.1 (10.8–23.2) |
7.5 (4.5–12.5)† |
| Nicaragua |
2014 |
3,006 |
14.6 (12.8–16.7) |
16.8 (14.0–20.0) |
12.3 (10.2–14.8)† |
| Panama |
2012 |
4,077 |
8.1 (7.3–9.1) |
10.3 (9.1–11.6) |
6.2 (5.1–7.4)† |
| Paraguay |
2014 |
5,153 |
5.8 (4.8–6.9) |
5.9 (4.7–7.4) |
5.7 (4.5–7.1) |
| Peru |
2014 |
2,299 |
9.0 (6.4–12.5) |
10.5 (7.2–15.2) |
7.4 (5.2–10.5)† |
| Uruguay |
2014 |
3,256 |
9.9 (8.3–11.8) |
9.6 (7.6–12.1) |
9.8 (8.0–11.9) |
|
South East Asian Region
| |||||
| Bhutan |
2013 |
1,378 |
16.6 (13.9–19.4) |
26.3 (21.6–31.6) |
8.6 (7.0–10.6)† |
| Indonesia |
2014 |
4,317 |
19.4 (15.0–24.8) |
35.3 (27.4–44.0) |
3.4 (2.2–5.3)† |
| Sri Lanka |
2015 |
1,416 |
1.7 (0.9–3.2) |
— |
— |
| Thailand |
2015 |
1,721 |
14.0 (10.4–18.6) |
20.7 (16.0–26.3) |
7.1 (4.4–11.2)† |
| Timor-Leste |
2013 |
1,908 |
35.0 (28.9–41.6) |
61.4 (48.1–73.2) |
15.4 (12.0–19.5)† |
|
Western Pacific Region
| |||||
| Brunei |
2013 |
917 |
10.2 (6.3–16.0) |
15.0 (8.5–25.1) |
5.1 (2.7–9.7)† |
| Mongolia |
2014 |
6,178 |
5.6 (4.7–6.7) |
8.2 (6.7–9.9) |
3.0 (2.1–4.1)† |
| Philippines |
2015 |
5,885 |
14.5 (11.6–18.0) |
20.5 (16.3–25.4) |
9.1 (6.2–13.3)† |
| South Korea |
2013 |
3,437 |
5.9 (4.7–7.3) |
8.4 (6.6–10.7) |
3.1 (2.1–4.4)† |
| Vietnam | 2014 | 3,430 | 3.5 (2.6–4.7) | 6.3 (4.6–8.4) | — |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
* Current tobacco smoking was defined as answering ≥1 day to the question “During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigarettes?” and/or “Yes” to “During the past 30 days, did you use any form of smoked tobacco products other than cigarettes (such as [country fills appropriate examples])?”
† Female prevalence significantly different from males at p<0.05.
§ Data not reported because unweighted sample size <35 or relative standard error >0.3.