Institutional Sign In

Go

Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) fell 32.1% to 7.78% in Rwanda in 2016

Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) (%), 2016
Tobacco | Rwanda | December 27, 2018
$2.99
Excel Sheet

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%