Editing Khat (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Khat 01.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Man in [[Mogadishu]] dividing khat into bunches for guests in preparation for a long evening of tea, conversation and chewing]]
An estimated 5 to 10&nbsp;million people globally use khat on a daily basis.<ref name="Balint">{{cite journal | last1=Balint | first1=Erica E. | last2=Falkay | first2=George | last3=Balint | first3=Gabor A. | title=Khat: a Controversial Plant| journal=Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift | volume=121 | issue=19–20 | year=2009 | pages=604–614 | doi=10.1007/s00508-009-1259-7 | pmid=19921126 | s2cid=22816940 }}</ref><!-- <ref name="Hafmc">{{cite journal|title=Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic |journal=Journal of Psychoactive Drugs |volume=41 |publisher=Haight-Ashbury Publications |year=2009 |page=3|doi=10.1080/02791072.2009.10400669 |pmid=19455904 |author=Manghi RA, Broers B, Khan R, Benguettat D, Khazaal Y, Zullino DF}}</ref> --> It is grown principally by communities in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula, where khat-chewing has a long history as a social custom dating back thousands of years.<ref name="Kciy" />

The traditional form of khat chewing in Yemen involves only male users; khat chewing by females is less formal and less frequent. Researchers estimate about 70–80% of Yemenis between 16 and 50 years old chew khat, at least on occasion. Approximately 60–90% of male and 35% of female Yemenis chew khat daily.<ref name="Balint"/><ref name="ec" >{{cite news|title=The drug that is starving Yemen|url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21734015-famine-yemen-could-be-avoided-if-men-chewed-less-qat-drug|access-date=5 January 2018|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=4 January 2018}}</ref> Before [[Yemeni unification]] in 1990, khat chewing was largely confined to the north-west mountains of the country, where khat grows.<ref name="ec" /> Yemenis spend an estimated 14.6&nbsp;million [[man-hour]]s per day chewing khat. Researchers have also estimated that families spend about 17% of their income on khat.<ref name="encyemen" />

In Ethiopia, khat is chewed by 19.5% of the population and is more commonly chewed by men than women.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ayano |first1=Getinet |last2=Ayalew |first2=Mohammed |last3=Bedaso |first3=Asres |last4=Duko |first4=Bereket |date=January 2024 |title=Epidemiology of Khat ( Catha edulis ) Chewing in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and meta-analysis |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02791072.2022.2155735 |journal=Journal of Psychoactive Drugs |language=en |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=40–49 |doi=10.1080/02791072.2022.2155735 |pmid=36508190 |issn=0279-1072}}</ref>