Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 2.12% to 53.7% in the Czech Republic in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in the Czech Republic reached an all time high of 59.8% in 2008 and an all time low of 53.7% in 2016. When compared to Czech Republic's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Austria amounted to 86.5%, 63.6% in Hungary, 58.0% in Poland and 53.7% in Slovakia in 2016.
Czech Republic has been ranked 54th 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 |
| Austria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 91.1% | 91.3% | 91.6% | 98.5% | 105% | ||||
| Czechia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 57.9% | 56.1% | 54.5% | 55.3% | 56.0% | ||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 113% | 110% | 107% | 112% | 117% | ||||
| Hungary | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 49.0% | 52.0% | 54.9% | 62.0% | 68.9% | ||||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 84.3% | 93.2% | 102% | 105% | 107% | ||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45.3% | 51.3% | 57.0% | 64.0% | 70.8% | ||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.0% | 20.4% | 22.6% | 26.4% | 30.2% | ||||
| Slovakia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55.1% | 55.4% | 55.7% | 58.4% | 61.0% | ||||
| Switzerland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 121% | 127% | 133% | 141% | 148% | ||||
| Ukraine | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.2% | 13.9% | 15.5% | 13.7% | 11.9% |
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