TABLE 1—
Characteristics of Global Youth Tobacco Surveys Among Youths Aged 12–16 Years in 68 Countries and Territories, Using the Most Recent Data in Each Country: 2012–2019
| Country or Territory | Representativeness | Survey Year | Sample Size | Male Youths, % | Availability of Policy for E-Cigarettesa |
| Africa | |||||
| Ghana | National | 2017 | 5 253 | 50.7 | No |
| Mauritania | National | 2018 | 3 273 | 50.0 | No |
| Mauritius | National | 2016 | 3 944 | 48.7 | No |
| Seychelles | National | 2015 | 2 384 | 49.9 | No |
| Americas | |||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | National | 2017 | 1 961 | 51.0 | No |
| Argentina | National | 2018 | 1 329 | 49.2 | Yes |
| Belize | National | 2014 | 1 714 | 48.4 | No |
| Bolivia | National | 2018 | 4 365 | 50.0 | No |
| Chile | Subnational | 2016 | 10 898 | 49.3 | No |
| Cuba | National | 2018 | 4 043 | 50.9 | No |
| Dominican Republic | National | 2016 | 1 222 | 47.7 | No |
| Ecuador | National | 2016 | 5 051 | 49.8 | No |
| El Salvador | National | 2015 | 2 984 | 50.0 | No |
| Grenada | National | 2016 | 2 014 | 49.8 | No |
| Guatemala | National | 2015 | 3 943 | 51.9 | No |
| Guyana | National | 2015 | 1 538 | 49.7 | No |
| Jamaica | National | 2017 | 1 383 | 44.5 | No |
| Nicaragua | National | 2014 | 3 938 | 49.0 | No |
| Panama | National | 2017 | 2 544 | 50.1 | Yes |
| Paraguay | National | 2014 | 6 453 | 49.6 | No |
| Peru | National | 2014 | 3 497 | 50.4 | No |
| Saint Lucia | National | 2017 | 1 456 | 51.0 | No |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | National | 2018 | 1 294 | 49.5 | No |
| Suriname | National | 2016 | 1 772 | 47.8 | Yes |
| Trinidad and Tobago | National | 2017 | 3 420 | 48.4 | No |
| United Statesb | National | 2019 | 13 642 | 52.2 | Yes |
| Eastern Mediterranean | |||||
| Iraq | National | 2014 | 1 600 | 53.6 | No |
| Morocco | National | 2016 | 3 704 | 43.6 | No |
| Oman | National | 2016 | 2 015 | 49.0 | Yes |
| Qatar | National | 2018 | 1 844 | 46.3 | Yes |
| Tunisia | National | 2017 | 2 390 | 50.2 | No |
| UNRWA Gaza (Palestine)c | Regional | 2013 | 1 664 | 50.4 | No |
| UNRWA Jordan | Regional | 2014 | 1 305 | 51.2 | No |
| UNRWA Lebanon | Regional | 2013 | 1 400 | 45.6 | No |
| UNRWA West Bank (Palestine)c | Regional | 2014 | 1 332 | 41.0 | No |
| Yemen | National | 2014 | 1 857 | 60.5 | No |
| Europe | |||||
| Albania | National | 2015 | 4 483 | 52.7 | No |
| Bulgaria | National | 2015 | 3 970 | 51.9 | No |
| Croatia (Hrvatska) | National | 2016 | 3 201 | 49.9 | No |
| Czech Republic | National | 2016 | 3 914 | 51.4 | No |
| Finland | National | 2012 | 4 769 | 50.5 | No |
| Georgia | National | 2017 | 1 266 | 50.6 | No |
| Greece | National | 2013 | 4 515 | 51.7 | No |
| Kazakhstan | National | 2014 | 2 043 | 49.7 | No |
| Kosovo | National | 2016 | 4 925 | 51.5 | No |
| Latvia | National | 2014 | 4 256 | 49.8 | Yes |
| Malta | National | 2017 | 1 225 | 55.3 | No |
| Poland | National | 2016 | 4 996 | 51.2 | Yes |
| Republic of North Macedonia | National | 2016 | 5 081 | 52.5 | No |
| Romania | National | 2017 | 5 294 | 51.2 | Yes |
| Russian Federation | Subnational | 2015 | 6 490 | 50.6 | No |
| San Marino | National | 2018 | 594 | 55.5 | No |
| Serbia | National | 2017 | 3 780 | 49.5 | Yes |
| Slovakia | National | 2016 | 3 955 | 49.9 | No |
| Ukraine | National | 2017 | 3 978 | 50.8 | Yes |
| Southeast Asia | |||||
| Thailand | National | 2015 | 1 863 | 51.1 | Yes |
| Western Pacific | |||||
| Cambodia | National | 2016 | 2 784 | 48.2 | Yes |
| Cook Islands | National | 2016 | 479 | 48.2 | No |
| China | National | 2019 | 273 206 | 51.8 | No |
| Fiji | National | 2016 | 2 274 | 48.5 | Yes |
| Guamd | National | 2017 | 1 736 | 52.2 | No |
| Kiribati | National | 2018 | 1 882 | 47.6 | No |
| Laos | National | 2016 | 5 625 | 50.2 | No |
| Macao (China)e | Regional | 2015 | 1 635 | 50.3 | Yes |
| Marshall Islands | National | 2016 | 2 233 | 44.2 | No |
| Papua New Guinea | National | 2016 | 1 854 | 50.6 | No |
| Samoa | National | 2017 | 1 467 | 48.7 | No |
| Vanuatu | National | 2017 | 1 547 | 47.1 | No |
| Total | 485 746 | 50.1 |
Note. UNRWA = United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
aData are from https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation.
bThe survey in the United States, which was not a Global Youth Tobacco Survey, is described in the text.
cGaza and West Bank are territories of Palestine.
dGuam is an overseas territory of the United States.
eMacao is the special administrative region of China.