Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 32.1% to 7.78% in Rwanda in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Rwanda reached an all time high of 19.4% in 2008 and an all time low of 7.78% in 2016. When compared to Rwanda's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Burundi amounted to 14.9%, 21.5% in Tanzania, 11.5% in Uganda and 13.2% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2016.
Rwanda has been ranked 157th 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 |
Angola | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.5% | 22.1% | 25.9% | 29.5% | 33.1% | ... | ... | ||
Burundi | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.4% | 10.2% | 9.06% | 12.8% | 16.5% | ||||
Central African Republic | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.8% | 12.7% | 14.8% | 15.4% | 16.4% | ... | ... | ||
Congo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.3% | 16.4% | 15.5% | 17.6% | 19.6% | ||||
Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.6% | 13.6% | 13.5% | 13.3% | 13.0% | ||||
Kenya | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.9% | 19.7% | 17.6% | 18.0% | 18.3% | ||||
Mozambique | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.44% | 12.0% | 14.5% | 15.1% | 15.7% | ||||
Rwanda | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.9% | 15.5% | 16.1% | 15.7% | 15.2% | ||||
South Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Tanzania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31.6% | 28.8% | 26.2% | 30.2% | 34.0% | ||||
Uganda | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.5% | 12.5% | 13.3% | 12.8% | 12.2% | ||||
Zambia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.7% | 27.6% | 26.5% | 25.0% | 23.6% |