The bar chart illustrates the proportion of adult men consuming cigarettes in seven selected countries, alongside the world average in the years 2000 and 2015.
Overall, the ratio of smokers decreased in the majority of the countries, as well as in the global setting.
Armenia, the country with the highest percentage of smokers in 2000, sitting at around 68%, saw a drop of about 15%. Similarly, Bangladesh, where 62% of adult male population indulged in cigarettes, experienced the highest decrease of more than 20%. The trend of reducing the nicotine intake can be also seen in Mexico and Australia, where the percentual consumtion went from around 37% and 28% to 20% and 18%, respectively, making Australia the country with least smokers per capita.
Much less dramatic change happened in Cuba, where merely 3% of adults stopped smoking between 2000 and 2015, keeping the overall ratio just above 50%. The opposite is true for Egypt and Lebanon, where 35 out of 100 men smoked in 2000. Both nations increaed the rate, to every 50 and 45, respectively. This is in contrast with the world average, which similar as the majority, descreased from the initial 42% to the final 33%.