Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 35.0% to 10.9% in Nigeria in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Nigeria reached an all time high of 29.7% in 2008 and an all time low of 10.9% in 2016. When compared to Nigeria's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Benin amounted to 13.2%, 13.2% in Cameroon, 19.8% in Chad and 13.2% in Niger in 2016.
Nigeria has been ranked 148th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price.
| Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Algeria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.9% | 18.5% | 17.1% | 17.2% | 17.3% | ||||
| Benin | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.3% | 16.4% | 15.5% | 15.9% | 16.4% | ||||
| Burkina Faso | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.3% | 16.4% | 15.5% | 15.9% | 16.4% | ||||
| Cameroon | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.3% | 16.4% | 15.5% | 15.9% | 16.4% | ||||
| Central African Republic | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.8% | 12.7% | 14.8% | 15.4% | 16.4% | ... | ... | ||
| Chad | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.3% | 16.4% | 15.5% | 19.3% | 23.0% | ||||
| Gabon | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.8% | 32.7% | 30.8% | 31.8% | 32.7% | ||||
| Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.9% | 21.1% | 19.4% | 28.9% | 38.2% | ||||
| Mali | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.3% | 22.9% | 21.6% | 22.3% | 23.0% | ||||
| Niger | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.8% | 13.1% | 12.4% | 14.4% | 16.4% | ||||
| Nigeria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23.6% | 22.2% | 20.9% | 21.9% | 22.8% | ||||
| Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44.2% | 36.9% | 30.0% | 34.8% | 39.5% | ||||
| Togo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.1% | 12.7% | 12.4% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
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