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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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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
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange rates
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
187 places, 1,279 data points, 2008–2020
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