Tobacco smoking in Mongolia
Data sourced:
2022.
Page updated:
2025-01-30
In Mongolia, as of 2022, the prevalence of tobacco smoking among adults aged 15 years and older was reported to be 28.3%, with a significant gender disparity. Specifically, 51% of males and 6.7% females were smokers. This represents an increase from 2020, when smoking prevalence among males was 47.1% and among females it was 6.4%. The total number of smokers in 2022 was approximately 642,450, reflecting an increase from the 579,513 smokers recorded in 2020. The adult daily smoking prevalence in 2017 was 22.2%, with 40.6% among males and 4.4% among females.
Smoking-related mortality data from 2021 indicates that 2,691 deaths were attributable to smoking, comprising 2,294 male and 397 female deaths. This indicates that smoking-related deaths accounted for 12.51% of all deaths in the country, with a higher impact on males at 17.72%, compared to 4.64% of female deaths. These figures underscore the significant public health challenge posed by smoking in Mongolia, necessitating ongoing monitoring and regulatory efforts to address this issue.
Prevalence
Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
2019 |
551.2 thousand |
1A
|
2020 |
579.5 thousand |
1B
|
2022 |
642.5 thousand |
1C
A
|
Comments:
- Current tobacco smoking rates among people aged 15 years and older, 2022 estimates. Crude adjusted prevalence (%).
World Population Prospects 2019 [Internet]. United Nations; 2019. (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, editor. Population Division). Report No.: Rev. 1. Available from: https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/
Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
2019 |
25.2% |
2A
|
2020 |
26.2% |
2B
|
2022 |
28.3% |
2C
A
|
Comments:
- Current tobacco smoking rates among people aged 15 years and older, 2022 estimates. Crude adjusted prevalence (%).
Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
2019 |
5.1% |
2A
|
2020 |
6.4% |
2B
|
2022 |
6.7% |
2C
A
|
Comments:
- Current tobacco smoking rates among people aged 15 years and older, 2022 estimates. Crude adjusted prevalence (%).
Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
2019 |
45.3% |
2A
|
2020 |
47.1% |
2B
|
2022 |
51% |
2C
A
|
Comments:
- Current tobacco smoking rates among people aged 15 years and older, 2022 estimates. Crude adjusted prevalence (%).
Comments:
- Current tobacco smoking rates among people aged 15 years and older, 2022 estimates. Crude adjusted prevalence (%).
World Population Prospects 2019 [Internet]. United Nations; 2019. (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, editor. Population Division). Report No.: Rev. 1. Available from: https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/
- Current tobacco smoking rates among people aged 15 years and older, 2022 estimates. Crude adjusted prevalence (%).
- These rates are modelled using all national survey data published since 1990 to estimate the underlying prevalence trends by sex, then applying age-standardization to allow comparison with other countries. They do not necessarily resemble country data from 2015
Smoking-related mortality
Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
2016 |
3.8 thousand |
1A
|
2021 |
2.7 thousand |
1B
A
|
Comments:
- Number of tobacco-related deaths in the population in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
2016 |
778 |
1A
|
2021 |
397 |
1B
A
|
Comments:
- Number of tobacco-related deaths in the population in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
2016 |
3.1 thousand |
1A
|
2021 |
2.3 thousand |
1B
A
|
Comments:
- Number of tobacco-related deaths in the population in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
2016 |
20.46% |
1A
|
2021 |
12.51% |
1B
A
|
Comments:
- Percentage of tobacco-related deaths to deaths from all causes in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
2016 |
9.3% |
1A
|
2021 |
4.64% |
1B
A
|
Comments:
- Percentage of tobacco-related deaths to deaths from all causes in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
2016 |
23.3% |
1A
|
2021 |
17.72% |
1B
A
|
Comments:
- Percentage of tobacco-related deaths to deaths from all causes in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
Comments:
- Number of tobacco-related deaths in the population in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
- Percentage of tobacco-related deaths to deaths from all causes in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
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