Afghanistan Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults

Afghanistan Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data was reported at 23.300 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 23.800 % for 2019. Afghanistan Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 26.000 % from Dec 2000 to 2020, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36.900 % in 2000 and a record low of 23.300 % in 2020. Afghanistan Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of the population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.;World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).;Weighted average;This is the Sustainable Development Goal indicator 3.a.1 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/]. Previous indicator name: Smoking prevalence, total (ages 15+) The previous indicator excluded smokeless tobacco use, while the current indicator includes. The indicator name and definition were updated in December, 2020.

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