The bar chart illustrates the proportion of adult males who smoked in seven countries (Armenia, Egypt, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Cuba, Mexico, and Australia) together with the average rate of smokers across the world in two separate years, 2000 and 2015.
Overall, for both years, the highest number of smokers were reported from Armenia, while in Australia it was the fewest. With time, the smokers’ percentage increased in countries like Egypt and Lebanon; in contrast, the figure expanded for the other five countries. Moreover, men who opted for smoking have dropped globally in a fifteen-year period.
In Armenia, nearly 66% of the male population used to smoke cigarettes in 2000, and by 2015, it significantly dropped, reaching approximately 51%. Likewise, the figure showed little over 61% for Bangladesh in the first year, where it went down considerably, reaching 39% in the last year. Additionally, the smokers rate was more or less consistent over the time period given, which was 51% in 2000 and reduced only by 1% in 2015. Furthermore, initially, Mexico and Australia accounted for 36% and 29%, respectively, and by the end, both countries had less than 20% smokers.
Conversely, in Egypt and Lebanon, the rate of smoking was the same at first (35%), then it notably rose up to 50% and 44%, respectively. Most importantly, the mean smoking percentage of the world declined from 42% to 33% by nearly 9%, which is a positive transformation in terms of human health.