What is the smoking age around the world?
How the smoking age (also searched as minimum age to buy tobacco) is treated in 180 countries, from sources last checked September 2026. Choose a country for its classification, the source, and how its neighbours compare.
- Under 18 21 countries (12%), including Bangladesh, Morocco, Yemen and Cameroon.
- 18 140 countries (78%), including China, India, Pakistan and Brazil.
- 19+ 19 countries (11%), including United States, Indonesia, Japan and Thailand.
Under 18 21
18 140
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cayman Islands
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Zimbabwe
19+ 19
About this data
Compiled from Wikipedia: Smoking age; sources last checked 17 September 2026. The full dataset is available as JSON.
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