Smoking prevalence

Peru's smoking rate is five times lower than Iceland's — and twenty times lower than Indonesia's.

OECDUpdated Dec '25

Summary

Lowest 5 Ranked

1Peru
1.6%
2Iceland
8.2%
3Costa Rica
8.9%
4Norway
9.0%
5Colombia
9.8%
Dataset Median
16.8%

Highest 5 Ranked

34Greece
24.9%
34Hungary
24.9%
36Turkey
28.0%
37Bulgaria
29.1%
38Indonesia
32.6%

Comparison

20x

Peru's rate is 20x lower than Indonesia's

Trend

7 of 10

Americas and Nordics dominate low smoking rates

Leader

1.6%

Peru leads at 1.6% smoking rate

Data

38 results

1Peru1.6%
2Iceland8.2%
3Costa Rica8.9%
4Norway9.0%
5Brazil9.8%
5Colombia9.8%
7Canada10.3%
8Sweden10.4%
9United States10.9%
10Australia11.2%

Map

Smoking prevalence

32.6%
1.6%

Insights

Generated automatically using AI

Comparison

20x

Peru has the world's lowest smoking rate at just 1.6%, creating a 20x gap with Indonesia

Trend

7 of 10

7 of the top 10 lowest smoking countries are in the Americas or Nordic regions

Leader

1.6%

Peru leads globally with only 1.6% smoking prevalence, half of Iceland's rate

Outlier

24%

France has surprisingly high 24% smoking rate, ranking 32nd out of 38 countries

Gap

18x

The gap between lowest and highest smoking rates spans an enormous 31 percentage points

Methodology

This dataset is sourced from the OECD through its official SDMX data service.
Rankdat does not alter or model the underlying values — we only clean formats, standardize country names, and reshape the data for visualization.

OECD compiles these indicators from a mix of sources including national statistical offices, international household surveys (such as Gallup World Poll, EU-SILC, ISSP), and harmonised administrative datasets.
Each indicator follows the definitions and structure specified in the OECD’s Data Structure Definition (DSD) for this dataflow.

Because indicators originate from different countries and surveys, collection years, sampling methods, and questionnaire wording may vary. OECD applies harmonisation rules to improve comparability, but differences in national methodology may still affect cross-country comparisons.

Full definitions, data collection notes, and quality documentation are available through the OECD metadata portal linked in the Sources section.

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