The given picture illustrates the proportion of the number of males who smoked in seven countries in 2000 and 2015. This is presented alongside the world average. It is evident that there is great variation between the countries in terms of the number of male smokers, with high and low levels of smoking, as well as decreases and increases over time.
The world average shows that smoking in men has declined ten percent from around 45% to only 35% over the examined period. In addition, certain countries could be described as high-smoking compared to their peers. Specifically, despite a remarkable plunge of 15%, over 50% of the male population in America still smoked in 2015. This is compared to Mexico and Australia, where the males smoked the least, just made up around 20% and 18% of the male population in 2015.
Over the fifteen years, the percentage of smoking in men changed considerably, with some countries increasing dramatically (Egypt and Lebanon). However, the figure for Bangladesh experienced a fall, from above 60% to nearly 40%. Notably, certain countries saw almost no change in the percentage of male smokers. Cuba (approximately half) fell into this category.