Table 1 Characteristics of Global Youth Tobacco Survey
Survey year | Number of study participants | Boys (%) | Girls (%) | Number of study participants initiating smoking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
African region (n=36) | |||||
Algeria | 2013 | 5164 | 45.8 | 54.2 | 903 |
Botswana | 2008 | 1944 | 43.1 | 56.9 | 390 |
Burundi | 2008 | 1440 | 45.8 | 54.2 | 192 |
Cabo Verde | 2007 | 1612 | 45.3 | 54.7 | 180 |
Cameroon | 2014 | 2306 | 54.5 | 45.5 | 324 |
Chad | 2008 | 1471 | 67.0 | 33 | 163 |
Comoros | 2007 | 1146 | 43.8 | 56.2 | 285 |
Congo | 2009 | 1634 | 52.3 | 47.7 | 206 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 2009 | 2826 | 55.0 | 45 | 724 |
Equatorial Guinea | 2008 | 1989 | 47.2 | 52.8 | 277 |
Eritrea | 2006 | 6896 | 57.7 | 42.3 | 184 |
Eswatini | 2009 | 1807 | 43.4 | 56.6 | 174 |
Gabon | 2014 | 1149 | 42.1 | 57.9 | 273 |
Gambia | 2017 | 9339 | 41.4 | 58.6 | 1297 |
Ghana | 2017 | 5080 | 47.5 | 52.5 | 294 |
Guinea | 2008 | 1956 | 57.3 | 42.7 | 235 |
Kenya | 2013 | 1666 | 45.5 | 54.5 | 198 |
Lesotho | 2008 | 1990 | 39.3 | 60.7 | 221 |
Madagascar | 2018 | 2112 | 44.0 | 56 | 476 |
Mali | 2008 | 2964 | 53.7 | 46.3 | 622 |
Mauritania | 2018 | 3065 | 44.9 | 55.1 | 427 |
Mauritius | 2016 | 3874 | 46.3 | 53.7 | 1037 |
Mozambique | 2013 | 4048 | 47.3 | 52.7 | 217 |
Namibia | 2008 | 1609 | 43.9 | 56.1 | 294 |
Niger | 2009 | 1737 | 48.1 | 51.9 | 169 |
Rwanda | 2008 | 1322 | 46.1 | 53.9 | 153 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 2010 | 5478 | 45.1 | 54.9 | 387 |
Senegal | 2007 | 2227 | 51.0 | 49 | 287 |
Seychelles | 2015 | 2313 | 46.7 | 53.3 | 818 |
Sierra Leone | 2017 | 4440 | 43.3 | 56.7 | 342 |
South Africa | 2011 | 5855 | 44.0 | 56 | 1687 |
Togo | 2013 | 4135 | 55.5 | 44.5 | 523 |
Uganda | 2018 | 2845 | 42.5 | 57.5 | 328 |
United Republic of Tanzania | 2016 | 3465 | 46.6 | 53.4 | 132 |
Zambia | 2011 | 2368 | 46.9 | 53.1 | 237 |
Zimbabwe | 2014 | 5206 | 43.8 | 56.2 | 622 |
Region of the Americas(n=27) | |||||
Antigua and Barbuda | 2017 | 1934 | 50.4 | 49.6 | 248 |
Argentina | 2018 | 1386 | 55.6 | 44.4 | 508 |
Bahamas | 2013 | 1247 | 47.0 | 53 | 217 |
Barbados | 2013 | 1646 | 50.2 | 49.8 | 339 |
Belize | 2014 | 1674 | 43.1 | 56.9 | 382 |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2018 | 4430 | 51.5 | 48.5 | 1091 |
Costa Rica | 2013 | 2769 | 48.4 | 51.6 | 575 |
Cuba | 2018 | 3971 | 49.1 | 50.9 | 864 |
Dominica | 2009 | 1275 | 43.0 | 57 | 368 |
Dominican Republic | 2016 | 1202 | 44.8 | 55.2 | 153 |
Ecuador | 2016 | 5000 | 50.4 | 49.6 | 1312 |
El Salvador | 2015 | 2923 | 47.4 | 52.6 | 846 |
Grenada | 2016 | 1971 | 48.1 | 51.9 | 415 |
Guatemala | 2015 | 3864 | 51.2 | 48.8 | 1265 |
Guyana | 2015 | 1472 | 43.1 | 56.9 | 216 |
Honduras | 2016 | 3281 | 47.4 | 52.6 | 554 |
Jamaica | 2017 | 1346 | 44.9 | 55.1 | 433 |
Nicaragua | 2014 | 3917 | 44.4 | 55.6 | 1158 |
Panama | 2017 | 2505 | 49.1 | 50.9 | 245 |
Paraguay | 2014 | 6365 | 49.8 | 50.2 | 751 |
Peru | 2014 | 3420 | 48.2 | 51.8 | 865 |
Saint Lucia | 2017 | 1442 | 47.5 | 52.5 | 270 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2011 | 1338 | 52.8 | 47.2 | 381 |
Suriname | 2016 | 1749 | 46.8 | 53.2 | 499 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2017 | 3430 | 42.8 | 57.2 | 756 |
Uruguay | 2014 | 4548 | 46.9 | 53.1 | 950 |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2010 | 2196 | 50.9 | 49.1 | 194 |
Southeast Asia region(n=10) | |||||
Bangladesh | 2013 | 3189 | 43.1 | 56.9 | 142 |
Bhutan | 2013 | 1909 | 42.3 | 57.7 | 472 |
India | 2009 | 10982 | 48.6 | 51.4 | 535 |
Indonesia | 2014 | 5725 | 46.7 | 53.3 | 1464 |
Maldives | 2011 | 2076 | 50.9 | 49.1 | 310 |
Myanmar | 2011 | 2353 | 45.7 | 54.3 | 314 |
Nepal | 2011 | 2322 | 47.8 | 52.2 | 205 |
Sri Lanka | 2011 | 4620 | 45.9 | 54.1 | 286 |
Thailand | 2015 | 1824 | 45.3 | 54.7 | 462 |
Timor-Leste | 2013 | 1662 | 50.8 | 49.2 | 601 |
European region(n=34) | |||||
Albania | 2015 | 4410 | 47.8 | 52.2 | 1308 |
Armenia | 2009 | 3161 | 44.4 | 55.6 | 567 |
Azerbaijan | 2016 | 2139 | 50.1 | 49.9 | 177 |
Belarus | 2015 | 2911 | 49.8 | 50.2 | 910 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2013 | 10163 | 50.3 | 49.7 | 3511 |
Bulgaria | 2015 | 3922 | 47.2 | 52.8 | 1921 |
Croatia | 2016 | 3173 | 51.4 | 48.6 | 1461 |
Cyprus | 2011 | 1022 | 48.9 | 51.1 | 320 |
Czech Republic | 2016 | 3874 | 49.3 | 50.7 | 1837 |
Estonia | 2007 | 2946 | 49.2 | 50.8 | 2264 |
Finland | 2012 | 4930 | 49.4 | 50.6 | 1949 |
Georgia | 2017 | 1263 | 49.4 | 50.6 | 294 |
Greece | 2013 | 4501 | 50.6 | 49.4 | 1292 |
Hungary | 2008 | 3434 | 50.7 | 49.3 | 1960 |
Italy | 2014 | 1714 | 52.0 | 48 | 813 |
Kazakhstan | 2014 | 2023 | 52.8 | 47.2 | 160 |
Kyrgyzstan | 2014 | 4168 | 44.9 | 55.1 | 731 |
Latvia | 2014 | 4195 | 49.5 | 50.5 | 2294 |
Lithuania | 2014 | 3306 | 48.6 | 51.4 | 1980 |
Malta | 2017 | 1229 | 55.3 | 44.7 | 199 |
Montenegro | 2014 | 3868 | 51.0 | 49 | 1164 |
North Macedonia | 2016 | 4841 | 49.9 | 50.1 | 1083 |
Poland | 2016 | 4922 | 47.8 | 52.2 | 2222 |
Portugal | 2013 | 10484 | 46.5 | 53.5 | 2639 |
Republic of Moldova | 2013 | 3794 | 49.3 | 50.7 | 1159 |
Romania | 2017 | 5232 | 48.4 | 51.6 | 1302 |
Russian Federation | 2004 | 13274 | 48.5 | 51.5 | 6595 |
San Marino | 2014 | 608 | 49.5 | 50.5 | 166 |
Serbia | 2017 | 3737 | 49.5 | 50.5 | 1400 |
Slovakia | 2016 | 3897 | 49.8 | 50.2 | 1818 |
Slovenia | 2017 | 2405 | 46.2 | 53.8 | 688 |
Turkey | 2012 | 4562 | 51.2 | 48.8 | 1379 |
Ukraine | 2017 | 3940 | 49.3 | 50.7 | 1097 |
Uzbekistan | 2008 | 1805 | 43.8 | 56.2 | 151 |
Eastern Mediterranean region(n=20) | |||||
Afghanistan | 2017 | 1382 | 52.6 | 47.4 | 176 |
Bahrain | 2015 | 3208 | 48.5 | 51.5 | 611 |
Djibouti | 2013 | 1498 | 52.3 | 47.7 | 180 |
Egypt | 2014 | 2219 | 58.1 | 41.9 | 331 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2007 | 1597 | 54.8 | 45.2 | 290 |
Iraq | 2014 | 1516 | 61.1 | 38.9 | 280 |
Jordan | 2014 | 2020 | 54.2 | 45.8 | 504 |
Kuwait | 2016 | 2319 | 45.3 | 54.7 | 641 |
Lebanon | 2011 | 2087 | 47.9 | 52.1 | 521 |
Libya | 2010 | 1722 | 50.5 | 49.5 | 177 |
Morocco | 2016 | 3662 | 48.8 | 51.2 | 299 |
Oman | 2016 | 1968 | 45.6 | 54.4 | 172 |
Pakistan | 2013 | 7494 | 44.7 | 55.3 | 556 |
Qatar | 2018 | 1940 | 49.4 | 50.6 | 373 |
Saudi Arabia | 2010 | 2187 | 46.8 | 53.2 | 459 |
Sudan | 2009 | 1420 | 43.2 | 56.8 | 103 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 2010 | 1547 | 39.4 | 60.6 | 269 |
Tunisia | 2017 | 2347 | 43.8 | 56.2 | 507 |
United Arab Emirates | 2013 | 3979 | 44.3 | 55.7 | 888 |
Yemen | 2014 | 1766 | 52.0 | 48 | 378 |
Western Pacific region(n=20) | |||||
Brunei Darussalam | 2013 | 1410 | 48.9 | 51.1 | 290 |
Cook Islands | 2016 | 442 | 48.4 | 51.6 | 205 |
Fiji | 2016 | 2981 | 44.9 | 55.1 | 537 |
Kiribati | 2009 | 1263 | 41.6 | 58.4 | 402 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2016 | 5412 | 46.7 | 53.3 | 744 |
Malaysia | 2009 | 3019 | 50.3 | 49.7 | 812 |
Marshall Islands | 2016 | 2038 | 43.6 | 56.4 | 470 |
Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2013 | 3286 | 45.8 | 54.2 | 1330 |
Mongolia | 2014 | 6947 | 45.8 | 54.2 | 1311 |
New Zealand | 2008 | 1377 | 59.6 | 40.4 | 481 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 2014 | 2080 | 51.5 | 48.5 | 788 |
Palau | 2017 | 1032 | 49.5 | 50.5 | 630 |
Papua New Guinea | 2016 | 1661 | 48.8 | 51.2 | 540 |
Philippines | 2015 | 7602 | 43.9 | 56.1 | 1986 |
Republic of Korea | 2013 | 4059 | 45.5 | 54.5 | 540 |
Samoa | 2017 | 1413 | 36.7 | 63.3 | 226 |
Tonga | 2010 | 1854 | 43.6 | 56.4 | 739 |
Tuvalu | 2018 | 588 | 45.1 | 54.9 | 127 |
Vanuatu | 2017 | 1516 | 39.1 | 60.9 | 318 |
Viet Nam | 2014 | 3482 | 48.2 | 51.8 | 283 |
Total | - | 456 634 | 47.9 | 52.1 | 105 209 |