Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase 2000 cigarettes of the most sold brand by country

Countries reporting
175
Highest
33.59
Burundi
Lowest
0.46
Luxembourg
Median
3.73
Years covered
11
2012–2022
Data points
1,050

What the numbers show

Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase 2000 cigarettes of the most sold brand is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 33.59 in Burundi; the lowest is 0.46 in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.73, and the mean is 6.15.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 73.

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 442.7%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 81.0%).

Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burundi 33.59 2022 up 51.5% rising
2 Lesotho 26.15 2022 down 12.3% falling
3 Mozambique 25.84 2022 up 92.8% rising
4 Liberia 24.8 2022 up 81.4% rising
5 Vanuatu 24.56 2022 down 3.1% falling
6 Nepal 22.3 2022 up 52.9% rising
7 Gambia 21.46 2022 up 240.6% rising
8 Madagascar 21.43 2022 up 26.7% rising
9 Kiribati 21.18 2022 down 24.0% falling
10 Tonga 20.22 2022 up 95.2% rising
11 Palestine, State of 18.59 2022 up 22.1% rising
12 Solomon Islands 17.65 2022 up 15.3% rising
13 Papua New Guinea 16.87 2022 down 32.7% falling
14 Yemen 15.71 2022 up 91.4% rising
15 Fiji 15.61 2022 up 94.6% rising
16 Tuvalu 15.45 2022 down 10.3% flat
17 Kenya 15.19 2022 up 99.1% rising
18 Mali 15.05 2022 down 14.5% falling
19 Sri Lanka 15.03 2022 up 32.3% rising
20 Jamaica 14.67 2022 up 7.8% rising
21 Burkina Faso 14.65 2022 up 13.4% rising
22 Niger 14.36 2022 down 3.1% falling
23 Samoa 13.95 2022 up 52.6% rising
24 Tanzania, United Republic of 13.88 2022 down 24.3% falling
25 Turkmenistan 13.17 2022 up 294.3% rising
26 Nicaragua 12.91 2022 up 87.6% rising
27 Uganda 12.76 2022 up 21.5% rising
28 Timor-Leste 12.55 2022 up 2.8% rising
29 Sierra Leone 11.98 2020 up 22.7% rising
30 Chad 11.43 2022 up 13.3% rising
31 Rwanda 10.46 2022 down 21.9% falling
32 Togo 10.26 2022 up 1.0% rising
33 Sudan 10.11 2022 down 18.6% falling
34 Micronesia, Federated States of 9.82 2022 up 55.6% rising
35 India 9.78 2022 down 21.6% falling
36 Honduras 9.38 2022 up 17.7% rising
37 Ecuador 9.36 2022 up 103.9% rising
38 Tajikistan 9.25 2022 up 39.5% rising
39 Kyrgyzstan 8.85 2022 up 106.3% rising
40 Zambia 8.63 2022 down 4.2% rising
41 Comoros 8.28 2022 down 11.1% falling
42 Senegal 8.27 2022 up 39.0% rising
43 Cape Verde 8 2022 up 30.1% rising
44 Guinea-Bissau 7.54 2022 down 11.7% falling
45 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 7.48 2022 down 61.8% falling
46 Eswatini 7.35 2022 down 5.9% flat
47 Cameroon 7.13 2022 up 2.1% rising
48 Philippines 7.11 2022 up 442.7% volatile
49 El Salvador 7.09 2022 up 24.6% rising
50 Sao Tome and Principe 6.9 2022 down 9.2% flat
51 Myanmar 6.88 2022 up 4.7% flat
52 Ethiopia 6.84 2022 down 25.3% falling
53 Jordan 6.8 2022 up 71.7% rising
54 Morocco 6.67 2022 up 6.0% flat
55 Namibia 6.46 2022 up 8.6% rising
56 Afghanistan 6.39 2020 up 70.4% rising
57 Benin 5.9 2022 down 31.0% falling
58 Angola 5.88 2022 up 96.0% rising
59 Guatemala 5.84 2022 up 6.8% flat
60 Zimbabwe 5.83 2022 down 23.6% falling
61 Algeria 5.8 2022 up 194.4% rising
62 Nigeria 5.65 2022 up 22.6% rising
63 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.51 2020 up 24.7% rising
63 Dominican Republic 5.51 2022 up 4.6% rising
65 Ukraine 5.38 2022 up 122.3% rising
66 Botswana 5.34 2022 up 11.2% rising
67 Côte d'Ivoire 5.33 2022 down 34.4% falling
67 Palau 5.33 2022 up 83.8% rising
69 Marshall Islands 5.15 2022 down 50.2% falling
70 Indonesia 4.98 2022 up 4.8% rising
71 Ghana 4.9 2022 down 3.4% falling
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.76 2022 up 23.6% rising
73 Belize 4.75 2022 up 6.0% rising
74 Mauritania 4.73 2022 down 31.6% falling
75 Uzbekistan 4.69 2022 up 19.0% rising
76 Mauritius 4.61 2022 up 22.6% rising
77 Seychelles 4.52 2022 down 0.9% rising
78 Peru 4.43 2022 up 43.8% rising
79 New Zealand 4.31 2022 up 45.6% rising
80 Maldives 4.3 2022 up 55.8% rising
81 Bangladesh 4.24 2022 up 26.9% rising
82 Barbados 4.2 2022 up 21.7% rising
83 Congo 4.11 2022 up 93.0% rising
84 South Africa 3.88 2022 down 6.1% flat
85 Saint Lucia 3.87 2022 up 12.8% rising
86 Albania 3.76 2022 up 1.6% flat
87 Lebanon 3.75 2022 up 63.8% rising
88 Pakistan 3.73 2022 up 37.6% rising
89 Bahamas 3.66 2022 up 123.2% rising
90 Republic of Moldova 3.65 2022 up 3.1% rising
91 Australia 3.54 2022 up 71.8% rising
92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.47 2022 up 13.8% rising
93 Tunisia 3.45 2022 up 4.2% flat
94 Malaysia 3.41 2022 up 13.7% rising
95 Panama 3.4 2022 down 2.6% flat
96 Dominica 3.32 2022 up 47.6% rising
97 Romania 3.21 2022 down 29.9% falling
98 Mexico 3.18 2022 up 7.4% rising
99 Hungary 3.15 2022 up 21.2% rising
100 Georgia 3.14 2022 up 20.3% rising
101 Serbia 3.13 2022 up 50.5% rising
102 Armenia 2.95 2022 down 29.4% falling
103 North Macedonia 2.92 2022 up 20.7% rising
104 Montenegro 2.9 2022 up 48.7% rising
105 Cambodia 2.82 2022 down 35.5% falling
106 Egypt 2.76 2022 down 6.8% falling
106 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.76 2022 up 13.1% rising
108 Colombia 2.68 2022 up 75.2% rising
109 Saudi Arabia 2.67 2022 up 181.1% rising
109 Thailand 2.67 2022 down 16.0% falling
111 Oman 2.65 2022 up 173.2% rising
112 Chile 2.63 2022 up 20.1% rising
113 France 2.62 2022 up 39.4% rising
114 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.46 2022 down 48.1% falling
115 Viet Nam 2.44 2022 down 25.4% falling
116 Costa Rica 2.39 2022 down 6.6% flat
117 Greece 2.33 2022 up 6.9% rising
118 Antigua and Barbuda 2.3 2022 up 32.2% rising
119 Trinidad and Tobago 2.28 2022 up 44.3% rising
120 Uruguay 2.26 2022 down 0.4% rising
121 Bahrain 2.22 2022 up 111.4% rising
122 Slovakia 2.21 2022 up 9.4% rising
123 Bulgaria 2.16 2022 down 46.7% falling
124 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.15 2022 up 85.3% volatile
125 Cuba 2.06 2022 down 81.0% falling
126 Canada 2.03 2022 up 26.1% rising
126 Czechia 2.03 2022 up 16.0% rising
126 Croatia 2.03 2022 down 20.4% falling
129 Poland 2.01 2022 down 26.1% falling
130 Israel 1.97 2022 up 9.4% rising
130 Latvia 1.97 2022 down 17.6% falling
132 Spain 1.94 2022 down 4.9% falling
132 Lithuania 1.94 2022 down 11.8% falling
134 Finland 1.91 2022 up 44.7% rising
134 Portugal 1.91 2022 down 27.1% falling
136 Azerbaijan 1.89 2022 up 1.6% falling
136 Türkiye 1.89 2022 down 39.2% falling
138 Italy 1.88 2022 up 1.6% rising
139 China 1.87 2022 down 30.0% falling
140 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.84 2022 up 0.5% flat
141 Mongolia 1.79 2022 up 30.7% rising
142 Malta 1.77 2022 down 25.6% falling
143 Argentina 1.7 2022 up 33.9% rising
144 Russian Federation 1.69 2022 up 81.7% rising
145 Norway 1.68 2022 up 12.8% rising
146 Belgium 1.67 2022 up 10.6% rising
147 Germany 1.66 2022 up 7.8% rising
148 Ireland 1.63 2022 down 31.8% falling
149 Cyprus 1.61 2022 down 3.0% falling
150 Estonia 1.58 2022 down 31.0% falling
151 Gabon 1.57 2022 down 20.7% falling
152 Iceland 1.56 2022 down 9.8% falling
153 Netherlands 1.54 2022 up 5.5% rising
153 Slovenia 1.54 2022 down 6.1% falling
155 Libya 1.39 2022 up 71.6% rising
156 Denmark 1.38 2022 up 16.9% rising
157 Japan 1.36 2022 up 30.8% rising
158 Singapore 1.31 2022 down 23.4% falling
159 Sweden 1.26 2022 down 6.7% falling
160 United Arab Emirates 1.25 2022 up 150.0% rising
161 Austria 1.22 2022 up 2.5% rising
161 Brazil 1.22 2022 down 30.3% falling
163 Guyana 1.18 2022 down 56.9% falling
164 Kazakhstan 1.17 2022 up 64.8% rising
165 United States of America 1.1 2022 down 6.0% flat
166 Korea 1.05 2022 up 20.7% rising
167 Switzerland 1.03 2022 up 5.1% rising
168 Andorra 0.95 2022 up 9.2% rising
169 Belarus 0.79 2022 up 49.1% rising
170 Iraq 0.77 2022 up 20.3% rising
171 Equatorial Guinea 0.76 2022 up 68.9% rising
171 Paraguay 0.76 2022 up 15.2% rising
173 Kuwait 0.73 2022 up 43.1% rising
173 Qatar 0.73 2022 up 204.2% volatile
175 Luxembourg 0.46 2022 down 11.5% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase 2000 cigarettes of the most sold brand
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
177 places, 1,050 data points, 2012–2022
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