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Tobacco use among adults

Share of adults who currently use tobacco products, from the World Bank (WHO estimates). Smoking is one of the leading causes of heart disease and cancer.

21.7%Poland · 2024

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-10-08
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-11-05, ID a74c0a622055Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 2000–2024; observations: 9; missing years: 16 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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9 rows for Poland

Time range:
20.025.030.035.040.045.020002005201020152020202421.7
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Poland

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Poland

40.1→21.7

Total change
−18.4 pp
Period
2000–2024

Poland: 40.1 (2000) → 21.7 (2024). Difference: −18.4 pp. Peak value of 40.1 in 2000; lowest value of 21.7 in 2024.

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Tobacco use among adults — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland21.7%
2023Poland22.2%
2022Poland22.8%
2020Poland24%
2015Poland27.2%
2010Poland30.8%
2007Poland33.4%
2005Poland35.3%
2000Poland40.1%
Source
World Bank Open Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published by source
2026-10-08
Retrieved
2026-11-05
Indicator code in source
SH.PRV.SMOK
Unit of measure
percent
Data version
v45

Cite

Longseries, “Tobacco use among adults”. World Bank Open Data (SH.PRV.SMOK), 2000–2024, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-11-05. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: a74c0a622055974c7e93581994fdb27f8e241500b0da510f565fc71c4caf8132. https://longseries.com/en/d/tobacco-use/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — France; lowest — Brazil

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearFrance202433.6%33.6%
Czechia202428.4%28.4%
Spain202427.6%27.6%
China202422.8%22.8%
India202422.6%22.6%
Italy202422.4%22.4%
Germany202422%22%
Poland202421.7%21.7%
Remaining locations (7)

    About this series

    Share of adults who use tobacco. World Bank, WHO.

    Indicator definition

    Current tobacco use, % of adults. Covers all tobacco products. WHO estimates.

    How to read the data

    Model-based estimates from surveys, not direct measurements.

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