The bar graph illustrates the proportion of adult male tobacco users in selected countries in the years 2000 and 2005. The data was collected from countries all across the globe and is measured in percentage form. At first glance, we can deduce that smoking is popular among males all around the world. The data indicates that just a little under half of the male population across the globe are smokers. This is especially true in countries like Armenia (just a little shy of 70%) and Bangladesh ( slightly over 60%), where the rate of smoking for men surpasses the overall rate of tobacco users internationally ( around 42%) in the year 2000.
On the other hand, while smoking was a very popular activity among men in the year 2000, the rate of smokers has shrunk in most countries a decade later, with the exception of Lebanon and Egypt. The overall percentage of adult smokers has decreased by approximately 10% worldwide over the next decade, from around 42% to a little over 30%, in 2015. This is different in countries like Egypt and Lebanon where smoking has become more widespread among men in 2015. While it was around 32% in 2005, it has grown to over 40% in Lebanon ( this is equal to the percentage of men smokers worldwide in 2000), and half of the men in Egypt were cigarette smokers in 2015.
The rest of the nations have witnessed a decline in smoking rates. For instance, while tobacco using was already not widespread in 2000 in nations like Mexico and Australia when compared to other nations, the percentage has dwindled even more over the decade. In 2015, Australian men are considered the least consumers of cigarettes, with a rate just shy of 20%. This is similar to statistics for Mexico which indicate that 20% of males were smokers in 2015. Cuba is the sole country where smoking rates remained consistently high in both years, with almost 55% of Cuban men being tobacco users.