In 2019, around 47 percent of tobacco-attributable deaths worldwide were in countries with a high Human Development Index, while countries with low HDI represented only about 2.7 percent of all tobacco-attributable deaths that year. This statistic illustrates the distribution of tobacco-attributable deaths worldwide in 2019, by HDI.
Distribution of deaths attributable to tobacco worldwide in 2019, by HDI*
Characteristic
Distribution of deaths
High HDI
47.12%
Very high HDI
28.86%
Medium HDI
21.34%
Low HDI
2.68%
• High HDI
47.12%
• Very high HDI
28.86%
• Medium HDI
21.34%
• Low HDI 2.68%
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Vital Strategies, & University of Illinois Chicago (Tobacconomics). (May 18, 2022). Distribution of deaths attributable to tobacco worldwide in 2019, by HDI* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1324733/death-distribution-from-tobacco-attributable-use-by-hdi/
Vital Strategies, und University of Illinois Chicago (Tobacconomics). "Distribution of deaths attributable to tobacco worldwide in 2019, by HDI*." Chart. May 18, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1324733/death-distribution-from-tobacco-attributable-use-by-hdi/
Vital Strategies, University of Illinois Chicago (Tobacconomics). (2022). Distribution of deaths attributable to tobacco worldwide in 2019, by HDI*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1324733/death-distribution-from-tobacco-attributable-use-by-hdi/
Vital Strategies, and University of Illinois Chicago (Tobacconomics). "Distribution of Deaths Attributable to Tobacco Worldwide in 2019, by Hdi*." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1324733/death-distribution-from-tobacco-attributable-use-by-hdi/
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