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Female Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of Adults)
2006
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Female Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of Adults)
2006
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Rank Table by: 
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Rank Country Name  Percent 
Global 8.9%
1 Nauru 54.0%
2 Austria 41.3%
3 Greece 39.4%
4 Bulgaria 38.0%
5 Poland 37.7%
6 Hungary 35.3%
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.1%
8 Cook Islands 34.2%
9 Chile 33.8%
10 Luxembourg 30.4%
11 Denmark 29.8%
12 Norway 29.7%
13 Cuba 29.4%
14 Bolivia 29.1%
14 Croatia 29.1%
15 Uruguay 28.5%
16 Ireland 28.2%
17 Nepal 27.9%
18 Andorra 27.7%
18 Russian Federation 27.7%
19 Netherlands 27.5%
20 Czech Republic 27.2%
20 Spain 27.2%
21 France 26.9%
22 Serbia 26.7%
23 Venezuela 26.5%
24 Argentina 25.7%
24 Germany 25.7%
25 Estonia 25.3%
26 Belgium 24.4%
27 Latvia 24.1%
27 Romania 24.1%
27 Ukraine 24.1%
28 Iceland 23.8%
29 United Kingdom 23.5%
30 Sweden 23.3%
31 Switzerland 23.1%
32 Finland 23.0%
33 Samoa 22.9%
34 Lithuania 21.7%
35 Belarus 21.6%
36 Slovenia 21.3%
37 Tuvalu 20.9%
38 Malta 20.7%
39 Slovakia 20.3%
40 New Zealand 20.0%
41 Italy 19.5%
41 Turkey 19.5%
42 United States of America 19.3%
43 Australia 19.0%
44 Israel 18.5%
45 Canada 18.0%
45 Micronesia (Federated States of) 18.0%
46 Portugal 15.5%
47 Lao People's Democratic Rep. 15.3%
48 Paraguay 15.2%
49 Tonga 15.0%
50 Myanmar 14.8%
51 Dominican Republic 13.3%
52 Japan 12.6%
53 Comoros 12.4%
53 Mexico 12.4%
54 Philippines 12.2%
55 Saint Lucia 12.1%
56 Brazil 12.0%
57 Maldives 11.8%
58 Burkina Faso 10.3%
59 Sao Tome and Principe 9.7%
60 Jordan 9.6%
61 Namibia 9.5%
62 South Africa 9.4%
63 Palau 9.3%
64 Jamaica 9.2%
65 Kazakhstan 9.1%
66 Costa Rica 7.3%
66 Tunisia 7.3%
67 Vanuatu 7.2%
68 Lebanon 7.1%
69 Cambodia 6.6%
70 Mongolia 6.5%
70 Pakistan 6.5%
71 Seychelles 6.4%
72 Marshall Islands 6.1%
73 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.0%
74 Singapore 5.9%
75 Ecuador 5.8%
75 Yemen 5.8%
76 Korea (Republic of) 5.7%
77 Georgia 5.6%
78 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5.4%
78 Malawi 5.4%
78 Moldova (Republic of) 5.4%
79 Indonesia 5.2%
80 Mauritania 5.1%
81 Zambia 4.6%
82 Cape Verde 4.5%
83 Kuwait 4.3%
84 Uganda 4.2%
84 Zimbabwe 4.2%
85 Guatemala 4.1%
86 Tanzania (United Rep. of) 4.0%
87 Albania 3.8%
87 India 3.8%
88 Bangladesh 3.7%
88 China 3.7%
88 Saudi Arabia 3.7%
89 Fiji 3.6%
90 Honduras 3.4%
90 Iraq 3.4%
90 Uzbekistan 3.4%
91 Mozambique 3.1%
92 Barbados 3.0%
92 Belize 3.0%
92 Sudan 3.0%
93 Bahrain 2.9%
94 Suriname 2.8%
95 Armenia 2.7%
95 Swaziland 2.7%
96 Gambia 2.6%
96 Malaysia 2.6%
96 United Arab Emirates 2.6%
97 Mali 2.5%
98 Congo (Dem. Republic of) 2.4%
98 Viet Nam 2.4%
99 Chad 2.3%
100 Cote d'Ivoire 2.2%
101 Sri Lanka 2.1%
102 Benin 2.0%
102 Cameroon 2.0%
102 Kenya 2.0%
102 Kyrgyzstan 2.0%
102 Thailand 2.0%
103 Egypt 1.4%
103 Senegal 1.4%
104 Oman 1.3%
105 Eritrea 1.1%
106 Nigeria 1.0%
107 Congo 0.9%
107 Mauritius 0.9%
108 Ethiopia 0.8%
109 Ghana 0.7%
110 Azerbaijan 0.6%
111 Algeria 0.2%
111 Morocco 0.2%
112 Afghanistan NA
112 American Samoa NA
112 Angola NA
112 Anguilla NA
112 Antigua and Barbuda NA
112 Aruba NA
112 Bahamas NA
112 Bermuda NA
112 Bhutan NA
112 Botswana NA
112 Bouvet Island NA
112 British Indian Ocean Territory NA
112 British Virgin Islands NA
112 Brunei Darussalam NA
112 Burundi NA
112 Cayman Islands NA
112 Central African Republic NA
112 Christmas Island NA
112 Cocos (Keeling Islands) NA
112 Colombia NA
112 Cyprus NA
112 Djibouti NA
112 Dominica NA
112 El Salvador NA
112 Equatorial Guinea NA
112 Faeroe Islands NA
112 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) NA
112 French Guiana NA
112 French Polynesia NA
112 French Southern Territories and Antarctic Lands NA
112 Gabon NA
112 Gibraltar NA
112 Greenland NA
112 Grenada NA
112 Guadeloupe NA
112 Guam NA
112 Guinea NA
112 Guinea-Bissau NA
112 Guyana NA
112 Haiti NA
112 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA
112 Johnston Atoll NA
112 Kiribati NA
112 Korea (Dem. Peo. Rep. of) NA
112 Lesotho NA
112 Liberia NA
112 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya NA
112 Liechtenstein NA
112 Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of) NA
112 Madagascar NA
112 Martinique NA
112 Mayotte NA
112 Midway NA
112 Monaco NA
112 Montenegro NA
112 Montserrat NA
112 Netherlands Antilles NA
112 New Caledonia NA
112 Nicaragua NA
112 Niger NA
112 Niue NA
112 Norfolk Island NA
112 Northern Mariana Islands NA
112 Panama NA
112 Papua New Guinea NA
112 Peru NA
112 Pitcairn Island NA
112 Puerto Rico NA
112 Qatar NA
112 Reunion NA
112 Rwanda NA
112 Saint Helena NA
112 Saint Kitts and Nevis NA
112 San Marino NA
112 Sierra Leone NA
112 Solomon Islands NA
112 Somalia NA
112 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NA
112 Syrian Arab Republic NA
112 Tajikistan NA
112 Timor Leste NA
112 Togo NA
112 Tokelau NA
112 Trinidad and Tobago NA
112 Turkmenistan NA
112 Turks and Caicos Island NA
112 Virgin Islands (U.S.) NA
112 Wake Island NA
112 Wallis and Futuna Islands NA
112 West Bank and Gaza NA
112 Western Sahara NA

Notes: The data represent a one-time estimate, with no information on the intensity or duration of smoking. The definition of adult varies across countries.

Definitions: Prevalence of Female Smoking: the percentage of women who smoke cigarettes.

Sources: WHO, World Health Statistics 2010, available at: http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat/2010/en/index.html.