The bar chart illustrates the percentages of male smokers in the global population and in seven specific countries in the years 2000 and 2015.
Overall, the data indicates variations in male smoking rates across the countries over the 15-year period with some nations showing an increase while others a decrease.
In 2000, Egypt and Lebanon had the same percentage of male smokers at 35%, which surged to nearly 50% and 45% respectively by 2015. Armenia led with over 65% male smokers in 2000, which decreased to 52% in 2015. On the other hand, Bangladesh and Mexico saw declines from 60% to 40% and 35% to 20% respectively. Cuba showed a marginal decrease from 53% to 52% while Australia had a significant drop from around 30% to 18%.
The global average of male smokers was approximately 42% in 2000, which decreased to 35% by 2015.
