Table 1

Country background: income, population, measures of adult smoking, total healthcare expenditures and employment rate by country

CountryGDP per capita (US$)*Total population†Adults (ages 15 and older) as a percent of total population‡Adult smoking prevalence§No of adults who smoke¶Annual tobacco-related deaths per 10 000 adults who smoke**Total healthcare expenditures per capita
(US$)††
Employment rate‡‡
Low-income countries
 ChadUS$90015 million50%5%406 00061US$3838%
 MadagascarUS$50026 million57%15%2.1 million39US$2685%
 Sierra LeoneUS$6007 million59%16%665 00050US$10862%
AverageUS$70016 million55%12%1.1 million50US$5862%
Lower-middle-income countries
 Cabo VerdeUS$3200546 00072%9%36 00029US$16752%
 CambodiaUS$150016 million69%24%2.5 million60US$8680%
 El SalvadorUS$46006 million73%9%398 00041US$30758%
 EswatiniUS$42001 million50%7%37 000178US$26141%
 GhanaUS$250031 million63%2%430 000156US$9663%
 LaosUS$25007 million68%28%1.3 million52US$5737%
 MyanmarUS$140055 million66%26%9.4 million68US$6965%
 NepalUS$90030 million68%18%3.7 million66US$5084%
 SamoaUS$4000201 00062%26%32 00071US$24137%
 Sri LankaUS$390021 million76%15%1.7 million118US$10854%
 TunisiaUS$390012 million75%22%2.0 million68US$28241%
 ZambiaUS$120017 million55%14%1.3 million57US$6033%
AverageUS$280016 million66%17%1.9 million80US$14954%
Upper-middle-income countries
 ArmeniaUS$48003 million75%26%579 00095US$43747%
 ColombiaUS$560051 million74%9%3.3 million105US$31664%
 Costa RicaUS$11 7005 million78%9%348 00070US$86555%
 GeorgiaUS$34004 million81%31%1.0 million112US$26054%
 JordanUS$390011 million55%43%2.5 million36US$32642%
 SurinameUS$6100576 00075%20%86 00064US$43948%
AverageUS$590012 million73%23%1.3 million80US$44152%
  • All currency values are expressed as real, inflation-adjusted, 2021 US$.

  • GDP, gross domestic product.

  • *Calculated using national data sources for GDP and population provided by country partners. In cases when country partners did not provide national data on GDP, country-specific GDP was obtained from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators database.38 In cases when country partners did not provide national data on population, country-specific population was obtained from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.28 The resulting currency values were adjusted for inflation using country-specific Consumer Price Index data and then all inflation-adjusted local currency values were converted into US$ using data on the official exchange rate (local currency unit per US$). Consumer Price Index and exchange rate data used for these adjustments are from International Monetary Fund data reported through the World Bank’s World Development Indicators database.38

  • †Obtained from national data sources provided by country partners. In cases when country partners did not provide national data on population, country-specific population data were obtained from the GBD study.28

  • ‡Calculated using the population data obtained for this study.

  • §Obtained from national data sources provided by country partners. In cases when country partners did not provide data on smoking prevalence, country-specific adult smoking prevalence was obtained from the country profile from the most recent version of the WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic available at the time when the tobacco control investment case was conducted.

  • ¶Calculated using national data on adult population and adult smoking prevalence obtained for this study.

  • **Country-specific estimates of annual tobacco-related deaths were obtained from the GBD study.28 The rate of tobacco-related deaths per 10 000 adults who smoke was calculated using GBD data on the total number of tobacco-related deaths and the calculated number of adults who smoke.

  • ††Calculated using data on national healthcare expenditures obtained from national data sources provided by country partners. In cases when country partners did not provide national data on healthcare expenditures, country-specific healthcare expenditures were obtained from the WHO Global Health Expenditures Database.29 Per capita expenditures were calculated using the population data obtained for this study.

  • ‡‡Obtained from national data sources provided by country partners. In cases when country partners did not provide national data on employment rates, country-specific employment rates were obtained from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators database.38