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Global Rankings: Measuring Progress Through Sweden’s Success Lens
Path to Smoke-Free analyzes how nations worldwide measure against Sweden’s approach to reducing smoking. Our unique ranking system assesses the level of Accessibility, Acceptability, and Affordability of alternative nicotine products in countries that already implement traditional tobacco control measures. These three key elements have helped Sweden achieve a smoking rate of 5.3% and become a smoke-free leader worldwide.
We assess nations across these proven success factors:
Accessibility
Ensuring a diverse range of alternative nicotine products is available through conventional and online retail channels, accompanied by comprehensive and relevant information for adult consumers.
Acceptability
Recognizing the importance of a variety of flavors and nicotine levels in alternative nicotine products to provide a compelling and realistic replacement for cigarettes.
Affordability
Keeping taxes to alternative nicotine products at a level that does not discourage adult consumers from choosing them over cigarettes because of their cost.
Access our comprehensive global ranking that combines all three factors, or dive deeper into individual rankings for Accessibility, Acceptability, and Affordability to better understand specific areas of progress and opportunity.
| Country | Path to Smoke-Free |
| UK (England) | 1 |
| Slovakia | 2 |
| Switzerland | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 4 |
| Ireland | 5 |
| Spain | 6 |
| Lebanon | 7 |
| Greece | 8 |
| France | 9 |
| United States | 10 |
| New Zealand | 11 |
| Austria | 12 |
| Germany | 13 |
| Romania | 14 |
| Peru | 15 |
| Saudi Arabia | 16 |
| Poland | 17 |
| Croatia | 18 |
| Canada | 19 |
| Uzbekistan | 20 |
| Philippines | 21 |
| Portugal | 22 |
| Ukraine | 23 |
| Italy | 24 |
| Honduras | 25 |
| Bolivia | 26 |
| El Salvador | 27 |
| Estonia | 28 |
| Belgium | 29 |
| Paraguay | 30 |
| Ecuador | 31 |
| Indonesia | 32 |
| Malaysia | 33 |
| Chile | 34 |
| Denmark | 35 |
| Slovenia | 36 |
| Lithuania | 37 |
| Finland | 38 |
| Pakistan | 39 |
| Costa Rica | 40 |
| Latvia | 41 |
| Netherlands | 42 |
| Guatemala | 43 |
| Kenya | 44 |
| Nigeria | 45 |
| Bangladesh | 46 |
| Dominican Republic | 47 |
| UAE | 48 |
| Colombia | 49 |
| South Africa | 50 |
| China | 51 |
| Sri Lanka | 52 |
| Australia | 53 |
| South Korea | 54 |
| Japan | 55 |
| Uruguay | 56 |
| Taiwan | 57 |
| Kazakhstan | 58 |
| Nicaragua | 59 |
| Brazil | 60 |
| Venezuela | 61 |
| Panama | 62 |
| Argentina | 63 |
| Norway | 64 |
| Mexico | 65 |
| India | 66 |
| Qatar | 66 |
| Thailand | 66 |
| Türkiye | 66 |
| Turkmenistan | 66 |
| Vietnam | 66 |
| Country | Accessibility ranking |
| Slovakia | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 2 |
| Ireland | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 |
| UK (England) | 5 |
| Switzerland | 6 |
| Spain | 7 |
| Lebanon | 8 |
| United States | 9 |
| Greece | 10 |
| Ukraine | 10 |
| Canada | 12 |
| France | 13 |
| Germany | 14 |
| Romania | 15 |
| Poland | 16 |
| Austria | 17 |
| Portugal | 18 |
| New Zealand | 19 |
| Estonia | 20 |
| Croatia | 21 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 |
| Philippines | 23 |
| Italy | 24 |
| Peru | 25 |
| Lithuania | 26 |
| Slovenia | 27 |
| Latvia | 28 |
| Finland | 29 |
| Denmark | 30 |
| Bolivia | 31 |
| Paraguay | 32 |
| Ecuador | 33 |
| Belgium | 34 |
| Netherlands | 35 |
| Indonesia | 36 |
| Honduras | 37 |
| Malaysia | 38 |
| El Salvador | 39 |
| Chile | 40 |
| Costa Rica | 41 |
| China | 42 |
| Sri Lanka | 53 |
| Pakistan | 43 |
| Kenya | 44 |
| Nigeria | 45 |
| Guatemala | 46 |
| UAE | 47 |
| Dominican Republic | 48 |
| Bangladesh | 49 |
| South Africa | 50 |
| Colombia | 51 |
| Australia | 52 |
| South Korea | 54 |
| Japan | 55 |
| Uruguay | 56 |
| Taiwan | 57 |
| Kazakhstan | 58 |
| Nicaragua | 59 |
| Brazil | 60 |
| Venezuela | 61 |
| Panama | 62 |
| Argentina | 63 |
| Norway | 64 |
| Mexico | 65 |
| India | 66 |
| Qatar | 66 |
| Thailand | 66 |
| Türkiye | 66 |
| Turkmenistan | 66 |
| Vietnam | 66 |
| Country | Acceptability ranking |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| Lebanon | 1 |
| Philippines | 1 |
| Peru | 1 |
| Bolivia | 1 |
| Paraguay | 1 |
| Ecuador | 1 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
| Honduras | 1 |
| El Salvador | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 |
| Pakistan | 1 |
| Kenya | 1 |
| Guatemala | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 1 |
| South Africa | 16 |
| Nigeria | 17 |
| UK (England) | 18 |
| UAE | 18 |
| Malaysia | 20 |
| Chile | 20 |
| Colombia | 20 |
| New Zealand | 23 |
| Uzbekistan | 23 |
| Dominican Republic | 25 |
| Slovakia | 26 |
| Ireland | 26 |
| Spain | 26 |
| Greece | 26 |
| France | 26 |
| Romania | 26 |
| Poland | 26 |
| Austria | 26 |
| Portugal | 26 |
| Croatia | 26 |
| Italy | 26 |
| Czech Republic | 37 |
| South Korea | 38 |
| Canada | 39 |
| United States | 40 |
| Germany | 41 |
| Belgium | 41 |
| Sri Lanka | 43 |
| Saudi Arabia | 44 |
| Estonia | 45 |
| Denmark | 45 |
| Ukraine | 47 |
| Finland | 48 |
| Slovenia | 49 |
| Latvia | 50 |
| Lithuania | 51 |
| Netherlands | 51 |
| China | 53 |
| Australia | 54 |
| Uruguay | 55 |
| Japan | 56 |
| Nicaragua | 56 |
| Taiwan | 58 |
| Kazakhstan | 58 |
| Brazil | 60 |
| Venezuela | 60 |
| Panama | 60 |
| Argentina | 60 |
| Norway | 64 |
| Mexico | 64 |
| India | 66 |
| Qatar | 66 |
| Thailand | 66 |
| Türkiye | 66 |
| Turkmenistan | 66 |
| Vietnam | 66 |
| Country | Affordability ranking |
| Honduras | 1 |
| Guatemala | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 |
| Belgium | 5 |
| UK (England) | 6 |
| Slovakia | 6 |
| Ireland | 6 |
| Spain | 6 |
| Austria | 6 |
| Croatia | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 6 |
| Switzerland | 13 |
| Peru | 14 |
| El Salvador | 14 |
| New Zealand | 16 |
| Netherlands | 16 |
| France | 18 |
| Sri Lanka | 18 |
| Chile | 20 |
| Colombia | 21 |
| Australia | 21 |
| Pakistan | 23 |
| Nigeria | 24 |
| Greece | 25 |
| Romania | 25 |
| Poland | 25 |
| Finland | 25 |
| Slovenia | 25 |
| Italy | 30 |
| Estonia | 31 |
| Denmark | 31 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 |
| Latvia | 33 |
| Lithuania | 33 |
| Malaysia | 36 |
| Germany | 37 |
| Kenya | 38 |
| Portugal | 39 |
| Ukraine | 39 |
| Bolivia | 41 |
| Lebanon | 42 |
| South Africa | 43 |
| Philippines | 44 |
| United States | 44 |
| Indonesia | 46 |
| Uruguay | 47 |
| Nicaragua | 48 |
| Japan | 49 |
| Costa Rica | 50 |
| Saudi Arabia | 51 |
| Paraguay | 52 |
| Ecuador | 53 |
| Brazil | 53 |
| Venezuela | 53 |
| UAE | 56 |
| Panama | 57 |
| Argentina | 58 |
| Canada | 59 |
| China | 59 |
| Mexico | 59 |
| Norway | 62 |
| South Korea | 63 |
| Taiwan | 63 |
| Kazakhstan | 63 |
| India | 63 |
| Qatar | 63 |
| Thailand | 63 |
| Türkiye | 63 |
| Turkmenistan | 63 |
| Vietnam | 63 |
