The bar chart shows the percentage of adult male smokers in seven countries along with the world average in 2000 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart gives information about how many men are addicted to cigarettes in seven different countries,

as well as

in the world, in two different years: 2000 and 2015. The statistic is given as a percentage of

male

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population.

Overall

, the percentage of male smokers decreased between 2000 and 2015. Egypt and Lebanon are the only two countries that have seen a rise,

while

Cuba remained nearly steady and others fell. In 2002 the percentage of male smokers in Egypt was 35%,

while

Lebanon had nearly the same one. After 15 years Egypt has risen to just under 50%, meanwhile, Lebanon increased to around 44%. The world average fell from nearly 42% to around 34%. The largest drop was seen by Bangladesh. In 2000 it started with over 60% and touched 39% in 2015.

Similarly

, Armenia dropped from approximately 66% to just above 50%.

On the other hand

, Cuba saw the most marginal decrease with nearly a 2% drop, approximately from 54% to 52%. Mexico and Australia have seen a similar drop, they respectively decreased by around 15% and 11%.