Smoking prevalence, total (ages 15+)
2000 - 2016 - SH.PRV.SMOK (Source database: World Development Indicators)
Overview
Series unique ID
SH.PRV.SMOK
Series Name
Smoking prevalence, total (ages 15+)
Database ID
WLD_2019_WDI_v01_M
Periodicity of data
Annual
Definition long
Prevalence of smoking is the percentage of men and women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.
Aggregation method
Weighted average
Notes
Compliance with international resolution
API documentation
Description
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Documentation Link
https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/topics/125589-developer-information
Series links
Series links
| Link type | Description | Link | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| API | Data in JSON | https://api.worldbank.org/v2/countries/all/indicators/SH.PRV.SMOK?date=2000:2016&format=json | json |
| API | Data in XML | https://api.worldbank.org/v2/countries/all/indicators/SH.PRV.SMOK?date=2000:2016 | XML |
| API | Metadata in JSON | https://api.worldbank.org/v2/sources/2/indicator/sh.prv.smok/metadata?format=json | json |
| API | Metadata in XML | https://api.worldbank.org/v2/sources/2/indicator/sh.prv.smok/metadata | XML |
Geographic information
Geographic locations
| Location name | Location code |
|---|---|
| Albania | ALB |
| Andorra | AND |
| Arab World | ARB |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE |
| Argentina | ARG |
| Armenia | ARM |
| Australia | AUS |
| Austria | AUT |
| Azerbaijan | AZE |
| Belgium | BEL |
| Benin | BEN |
| Burkina Faso | BFA |
| Bangladesh | BGD |
| Bulgaria | BGR |
| Bahrain | BHR |
| Bahamas, The | BHS |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH |
| Belarus | BLR |
| Brazil | BRA |
| Barbados | BRB |
| Brunei Darussalam | BRN |
| Botswana | BWA |
| Canada | CAN |
| Central Europe and the Baltics | CEB |
| Switzerland | CHE |
| Chile | CHL |
| China | CHN |
| Congo, Rep. | COG |
| Colombia | COL |
| Comoros | COM |
| Cabo Verde | CPV |
| Costa Rica | CRI |
| Cuba | CUB |
| Cyprus | CYP |
| Czech Republic | CZE |
| Germany | DEU |
| Djibouti | DJI |
| Denmark | DNK |
| Dominican Republic | DOM |
| Algeria | DZA |
| East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | EAP |
| Early-demographic dividend | EAR |
| East Asia & Pacific | EAS |
| Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | ECA |
| Europe & Central Asia | ECS |
| Ecuador | ECU |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY |
| Euro area | EMU |
| Eritrea | ERI |
| Spain | ESP |
| Estonia | EST |
| Ethiopia | ETH |
| European Union | EUU |
| Finland | FIN |
| Fiji | FJI |
| France | FRA |
| United Kingdom | GBR |
| Georgia | GEO |
| Ghana | GHA |
| Gambia, The | GMB |
| Greece | GRC |
| High income | HIC |
| Honduras | HND |
| Croatia | HRV |
| Haiti | HTI |
| Hungary | HUN |
| IBRD only | IBD |
| IDA & IBRD total | IBT |
| IDA total | IDA |
| IDA blend | IDB |
| Indonesia | IDN |
| IDA only | IDX |
| India | IND |
| Ireland | IRL |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN |
| Iceland | ISL |
| Israel | ISR |
| Italy | ITA |
| Jamaica | JAM |
| Japan | JPN |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ |
| Kenya | KEN |
| Kyrgyz Republic | KGZ |
| Cambodia | KHM |
| Kiribati | KIR |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR |
| Kuwait | KWT |
| Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | LAC |
| Lao PDR | LAO |
| Lebanon | LBN |
| Liberia | LBR |
| Latin America & Caribbean | LCN |
| Least developed countries: UN classification | LDC |
| Sri Lanka | LKA |
| Lower middle income | LMC |
| Low & middle income | LMY |
| Lesotho | LSO |
| Late-demographic dividend | LTE |
| Lithuania | LTU |
| Luxembourg | LUX |
| Latvia | LVA |
| Morocco | MAR |
| Moldova | MDA |
| Maldives | MDV |
| Middle East & North Africa | MEA |
| Mexico | MEX |
| Middle income | MIC |
| Mali | MLI |
| Malta | MLT |
| Myanmar | MMR |
| Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | MNA |
| Montenegro | MNE |
| Mongolia | MNG |
| Mozambique | MOZ |
| Mauritius | MUS |
| Malawi | MWI |
| Malaysia | MYS |
| North America | NAC |
| Namibia | NAM |
| Niger | NER |
| Nigeria | NGA |
| Netherlands | NLD |
| Norway | NOR |
| Nepal | NPL |
| Nauru | NRU |
| New Zealand | NZL |
| OECD members | OED |
| Oman | OMN |
| Other small states | OSS |
| Pakistan | PAK |
| Panama | PAN |
| Peru | PER |
| Philippines | PHL |
| Palau | PLW |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG |
| Poland | POL |
| Portugal | PRT |
| Paraguay | PRY |
| Pacific island small states | PSS |
| Post-demographic dividend | PST |
| Qatar | QAT |
| Romania | ROU |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
| Rwanda | RWA |
| South Asia | SAS |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU |
| Senegal | SEN |
| Singapore | SGP |
| Sierra Leone | SLE |
| El Salvador | SLV |
| Serbia | SRB |
| Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | SSA |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | SSF |
| Small states | SST |
| Suriname | SUR |
| Slovak Republic | SVK |
| Slovenia | SVN |
| Sweden | SWE |
| Swaziland | SWZ |
| Seychelles | SYC |
| East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD) | TEA |
| Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD) | TEC |
| Togo | TGO |
| Thailand | THA |
| Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD) | TLA |
| Timor-Leste | TLS |
| Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD) | TMN |
| Tonga | TON |
| South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | TSA |
| Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD) | TSS |
| Tunisia | TUN |
| Turkey | TUR |
| Tanzania | TZA |
| Uganda | UGA |
| Ukraine | UKR |
| Upper middle income | UMC |
| Uruguay | URY |
| United States | USA |
| Uzbekistan | UZB |
| Vietnam | VNM |
| Vanuatu | VUT |
| World | WLD |
| Samoa | WSM |
| Yemen, Rep. | YEM |
| South Africa | ZAF |
| Zambia | ZMB |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE |