Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange rates by country
Countries reporting
185
Highest
21.13
Australia
Lowest
0.31
Paraguay
Median
2.77
Years covered
13
2008–2020
Data points
1,279
What the numbers show
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange rates is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 21.13 in Australia; the lowest is 0.31 in Paraguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.77, and the mean is 4.12.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 68.
Over the past decade 157 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 4,066.7%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (down 66.5%).
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 21.13 | 2020 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 2 | New Zealand | 20.04 | 2020 | up 176.8% | rising |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 16.38 | 2018 | up 245.6% | rising |
| 4 | Niue | 16 | 2020 | up 121.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 15.99 | 2020 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 6 | Norway | 14.24 | 2020 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.53 | 2020 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 8 | Naoero | 12.98 | 2020 | up 191.0% | rising |
| 9 | Cuba | 12.5 | 2018 | up 4,066.7% | volatile |
| 10 | France | 11.85 | 2020 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 11 | Iceland | 10.75 | 2020 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 12 | Finland | 10.25 | 2020 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 12 | Singapore | 10.25 | 2020 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 14 | Tonga | 10.12 | 2020 | up 167.0% | rising |
| 15 | Bahamas | 10 | 2020 | up 271.7% | rising |
| 16 | Israel | 9.98 | 2020 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 17 | Denmark | 9.71 | 2020 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 18 | Switzerland | 9.69 | 2020 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 19 | Canada | 9.59 | 2020 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 20 | Netherlands | 9.48 | 2020 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 21 | Turkmenistan | 8.57 | 2020 | up 620.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Germany | 8.29 | 2020 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 23 | Jamaica | 8.27 | 2020 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 24 | Fiji | 8.2 | 2020 | up 214.2% | rising |
| 25 | Belgium | 8.06 | 2020 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 26 | Sweden | 7.83 | 2020 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 7.47 | 2020 | up 299.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Barbados | 7.33 | 2018 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 28 | United States of America | 7.33 | 2020 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 30 | Seychelles | 7.12 | 2020 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 7 | 2020 | up 107.1% | rising |
| 31 | Palau | 7 | 2020 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 33 | Italy | 6.99 | 2020 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 34 | Austria | 6.75 | 2020 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 35 | Malta | 6.52 | 2020 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 36 | Eritrea | 6.5 | 2018 | up 298.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Maldives | 6.49 | 2020 | up 338.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Vanuatu | 6.49 | 2020 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 39 | Palestine, State of | 6.46 | 2020 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 40 | Luxembourg | 6.4 | 2020 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 41 | Bahrain | 6.12 | 2020 | up 229.0% | rising |
| 42 | Qatar | 6.04 | 2020 | up 266.1% | rising |
| 43 | Spain | 5.92 | 2020 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 5.76 | 2020 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 5.72 | 2020 | up 199.5% | rising |
| 45 | Oman | 5.72 | 2020 | up 238.5% | rising |
| 47 | Ecuador | 5.7 | 2020 | up 235.3% | rising |
| 48 | Greece | 5.51 | 2020 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 49 | Samoa | 5.41 | 2020 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 50 | Cyprus | 5.33 | 2020 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 51 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.22 | 2020 | up 116.6% | rising |
| 52 | Portugal | 5.21 | 2020 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 5.13 | 2020 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 54 | Hungary | 5.11 | 2020 | up 82.5% | rising |
| 55 | Romania | 5.03 | 2020 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 56 | Lithuania | 4.92 | 2020 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 57 | Czechia | 4.89 | 2020 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 58 | Japan | 4.88 | 2020 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 59 | Estonia | 4.74 | 2020 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 60 | Slovenia | 4.5 | 2020 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.45 | 2020 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 62 | Poland | 4.44 | 2020 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 63 | Latvia | 4.38 | 2020 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 64 | Kiribati | 4.33 | 2020 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 65 | Andorra | 4.32 | 2020 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 66 | Botswana | 4.31 | 2020 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 66 | Tuvalu | 4.31 | 2020 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 68 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.29 | 2020 | up 832.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Slovakia | 4.15 | 2020 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 70 | Malaysia | 4.1 | 2020 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 71 | Chile | 4.03 | 2020 | up 77.5% | rising |
| 72 | Panama | 4 | 2020 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 73 | Croatia | 3.92 | 2020 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 74 | Uruguay | 3.89 | 2020 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 75 | Korea | 3.78 | 2020 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 3.76 | 2020 | up 142.6% | rising |
| 77 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.75 | 2020 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 77 | Mauritius | 3.75 | 2020 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.6 | 2020 | up 135.3% | rising |
| 80 | Namibia | 3.58 | 2020 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 3.56 | 2020 | up 173.8% | rising |
| 82 | Peru | 3.48 | 2020 | up 118.9% | rising |
| 83 | Saint Lucia | 3.31 | 2020 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 84 | Grenada | 3.3 | 2018 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 85 | Jordan | 3.17 | 2020 | up 136.6% | rising |
| 85 | El Salvador | 3.17 | 2020 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 3.03 | 2020 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 88 | Mexico | 3 | 2020 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 89 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.96 | 2018 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.96 | 2020 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 91 | Serbia | 2.83 | 2020 | up 207.6% | rising |
| 92 | Kuwait | 2.78 | 2020 | up 1,885.7% | rising |
| 93 | Lesotho | 2.77 | 2020 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 94 | Belize | 2.75 | 2020 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 95 | Montenegro | 2.73 | 2020 | up 221.2% | rising |
| 96 | Cape Verde | 2.66 | 2020 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 96 | Guatemala | 2.66 | 2020 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 96 | Türkiye | 2.66 | 2020 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 99 | South Africa | 2.62 | 2020 | down 22.7% | flat |
| 100 | Eswatini | 2.57 | 2020 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 101 | India | 2.54 | 2020 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 102 | Libya | 2.53 | 2020 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 103 | Marshall Islands | 2.5 | 2020 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 104 | Yemen | 2.4 | 2020 | up 220.0% | rising |
| 105 | Albania | 2.37 | 2020 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 106 | Algeria | 2.34 | 2020 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 107 | Kenya | 2.32 | 2020 | up 85.6% | rising |
| 107 | Nepal | 2.32 | 2020 | up 103.5% | rising |
| 109 | Morocco | 2.24 | 2020 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 110 | Honduras | 2.23 | 2020 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 111 | China | 2.19 | 2020 | up 95.5% | rising |
| 112 | Russian Federation | 2.15 | 2020 | up 108.7% | rising |
| 113 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 2.14 | 2020 | up 1,428.6% | rising |
| 114 | Indonesia | 2.09 | 2020 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 115 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2.07 | 2020 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Philippines | 2.03 | 2020 | up 576.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Timor-Leste | 2 | 2020 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 118 | Republic of Moldova | 1.97 | 2020 | up 169.9% | rising |
| 119 | Argentina | 1.95 | 2020 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 120 | Thailand | 1.92 | 2020 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 121 | Dominica | 1.85 | 2020 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 122 | Guyana | 1.82 | 2020 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 123 | Gabon | 1.81 | 2020 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 1.8 | 2020 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 125 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.74 | 2020 | up 104.7% | rising |
| 125 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.74 | 2020 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 127 | Lebanon | 1.66 | 2020 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 128 | Georgia | 1.63 | 2020 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 129 | Angola | 1.56 | 2020 | up 132.8% | rising |
| 130 | Ukraine | 1.48 | 2020 | up 111.4% | rising |
| 131 | Armenia | 1.44 | 2020 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 131 | Mali | 1.44 | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 133 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.42 | 2020 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 134 | Liberia | 1.41 | 2020 | up 104.3% | rising |
| 135 | Colombia | 1.38 | 2020 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 136 | Burkina Faso | 1.35 | 2020 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 136 | Congo | 1.35 | 2020 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 136 | Gambia | 1.35 | 2020 | up 285.7% | rising |
| 139 | Tunisia | 1.27 | 2020 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 140 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.26 | 2020 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 140 | Cameroon | 1.26 | 2020 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 140 | Senegal | 1.26 | 2020 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 140 | Togo | 1.26 | 2020 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 144 | Zimbabwe | 1.24 | 2020 | up 148.0% | rising |
| 145 | Zambia | 1.16 | 2020 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 146 | Ethiopia | 1.15 | 2020 | up 109.1% | rising |
| 147 | Djibouti | 1.13 | 2016 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 148 | Bangladesh | 1.12 | 2020 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Sudan | 1.09 | 2020 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 149 | Uganda | 1.09 | 2020 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 151 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.08 | 2020 | up 120.4% | rising |
| 152 | Egypt | 1.07 | 2020 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 152 | Mauritania | 1.07 | 2020 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 154 | Azerbaijan | 1.06 | 2020 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 154 | Rwanda | 1.06 | 2020 | up 24.7% | flat |
| 156 | Kazakhstan | 1.05 | 2020 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 156 | Madagascar | 1.05 | 2020 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 156 | Nigeria | 1.05 | 2020 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 159 | Burundi | 1.04 | 2020 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 160 | Brazil | 1.01 | 2020 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 161 | Comoros | 0.96 | 2020 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 162 | Viet Nam | 0.93 | 2020 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 163 | Myanmar | 0.91 | 2020 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 164 | Benin | 0.9 | 2020 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 164 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.9 | 2020 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 164 | Niger | 0.9 | 2020 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 164 | Chad | 0.9 | 2020 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.89 | 2018 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 169 | Ghana | 0.88 | 2020 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 170 | Tajikistan | 0.87 | 2020 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 171 | Mozambique | 0.85 | 2020 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 172 | Uzbekistan | 0.83 | 2020 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 173 | Mongolia | 0.81 | 2020 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 174 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.77 | 2020 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 175 | Sierra Leone | 0.62 | 2020 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 176 | Belarus | 0.52 | 2020 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 176 | Guinea | 0.52 | 2020 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 178 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.51 | 2020 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 178 | Cambodia | 0.51 | 2020 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 180 | Somalia | 0.49 | 2020 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 181 | Pakistan | 0.48 | 2020 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 182 | Iraq | 0.42 | 2020 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 183 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.4 | 2020 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 0.39 | 2020 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 185 | Paraguay | 0.31 | 2020 | up 14.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.