Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 12.7% to 9.18% in Ukraine in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Ukraine reached an all time high of 15.5% in 2012 and an all time low of 6.99% in 2008. When compared to Ukraine's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Poland amounted to 58.0%, 61.9% in Romania and 24.4% in Russia in 2016.
Ukraine has been ranked 153rd 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 |
| Bulgaria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47.9% | 47.8% | 47.6% | 49.6% | 51.5% | ||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.9% | 19.7% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | ||||
| 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% | ||||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60.7% | 74.0% | 86.5% | 76.7% | 67.1% | ||||
| Moldova | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.8% | 15.0% | 17.1% | 17.2% | 17.3% | ||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45.3% | 51.3% | 57.0% | 64.0% | 70.8% | ||||
| Romania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53.0% | 56.5% | 59.8% | 65.2% | 70.5% | ||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.0% | 20.4% | 22.6% | 26.4% | 30.2% | ||||
| USA | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.2% | 13.9% | 15.5% | 13.7% | 11.9% |
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