Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price rose 4.84% to 25.5% in Mongolia in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Mongolia reached an all time high of 25.5% in 2016 and an all time low of 8.52% in 2008. When compared to Mongolia's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in China amounted to 23.3%, 12.8% in Kazakhstan, 12.6% in Kyrgyzstan and 24.4% in Russia in 2016.
Mongolia has been ranked 100th 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 |
China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.9% | 19.7% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | ||||
Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 113% | 110% | 107% | 112% | 117% | ||||
India | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.4% | 27.7% | 29.0% | 32.9% | 36.8% | ||||
Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60.7% | 74.0% | 86.5% | 76.7% | 67.1% | ||||
Kazakhstan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.9% | 13.1% | 14.3% | 16.4% | 18.5% | ||||
Kyrgyzstan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.57% | 8.48% | 8.40% | 9.67% | 10.9% | ||||
Mongolia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.3% | 10.0% | 9.72% | 16.5% | 23.1% | ||||
Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.0% | 20.4% | 22.6% | 26.4% | 30.2% | ||||
Tajikistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.9% | 11.1% | 10.4% | 13.3% | 16.2% | ||||
USA | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.1% | 13.4% | 14.7% | 14.9% | 15.1% |