The bar chart illustrates the proportion of male smokers in seven countries. including Armenia, Egypt, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Cuba, Mexico, Australia, and also the average in the world.
Overall, the proportion of male smokers in most countries has decreased between 2000 and 2015, except for Egypt and Lebanon. It is also obvious that Armenia’s data always keeps the first rank among the seven countries given in the bar chart.
In 2000, the proportion of male smokers in the world experienced a considerable decrease from over 40% to about 33%. With the contrast patterns, Egypt and Lebanon saw an upward trend during the period. Starting at the same level of percentage of male smokers in 2000, however, in 2005, Egypt’s data increased dramatically to 50%, respectively, while Lebanon just rosed to about 44% regarding the figure of male smokers.
The other countries show a fall in smoking in the next 5 years. Amenia used to have the highest percentage of male smokers in 2000, about 67%, but it decreased to over 50% in 2015. Cuba witnessed a slight dip of about 2%, at the same level as Armenia at that time. The remarkable decline was experienced in the proportion of male smokers in Bangladesh, from about 62% to nearly 40% after 5 years. Both Australia and Mexico experienced roughly a third reduction in their smoking rates, mirroring the global trend.