Table 3 Estimated number of vapers by income groups for 2018
From: Estimation of the global number of e-cigarette users in 2020
Number of countries | Number of vapers | |
|---|---|---|
World | 201 | 58,107,606 |
Countries with data from surveys | 49 | 40,334,650 |
Countries with estimated data | 152 | 17,772,956 |
World Bank income classification | ||
Low income | 31 | 2,115,585 |
Lower middle income | 47 | 7,760,169 |
Upper middle income | 54 | 18,959,299 |
High income | 54 | 29,269,384 |
Unknown | 1 | 3,169 |
WHO regions | ||
African region | 47 | 4,107,918 |
Eastern Mediterranean region | 21 | 4,199,293 |
South-East Asia region | 11 | 4,554,551 |
Western Pacific region | 23 | 11,150,297 |
European region | 50 | 15,345,345 |
Region of the Americas | 33 | 18,741,095 |
Unknown | 2 | 9,107 |
Legal status of e-cigarettes | ||
Allowed | 72 | 38,648,243 |
Banned | 36 | 9,458,630 |
No specific law | 79 | 10,000,733 |