Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 1.12% to 17.6% in Egypt in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Egypt reached an all time high of 18.0% in 2014 and an all time low of 10.7% in 2008. When compared to Egypt's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Israel amounted to 145%, 22.4% in Libya, 49.8% in Saudi Arabia and 51.8% in Sudan in 2016.
Egypt has been ranked 123rd 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% | ||||
| Chad | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.3% | 16.4% | 15.5% | 19.3% | 23.0% | ||||
| Egypt | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.2% | 14.3% | 16.3% | 17.2% | 18.0% | ||||
| Ethiopia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.62% | 8.48% | 7.41% | 9.84% | 12.2% | ||||
| Iraq | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.2% | 9.08% | 7.08% | 6.99% | 6.90% | ||||
| Israel | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 97.2% | 95.9% | 94.7% | 118% | 140% | ||||
| Jordan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23.4% | 24.5% | 25.5% | 26.3% | 27.1% | ||||
| Lebanon | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.0% | 28.1% | 30.0% | 32.4% | 34.7% | ||||
| Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.9% | 21.1% | 19.4% | 28.9% | 38.2% | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.7% | 36.2% | 39.5% | 41.2% | 42.9% | ||||
| South Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44.2% | 36.9% | 30.0% | 34.8% | 39.5% | ||||
| Syria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.2% | 13.0% | 14.7% | 11.4% | 8.03% | ||||
| Tunisia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.7% | 22.8% | 22.9% | 23.3% | 23.8% | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.4% | 34.7% | 35.9% | 39.8% | 43.7% | ||||
| Yemen | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.1% | 16.3% | 19.3% | 20.1% | 20.9% |
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