Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price rose 0.394% to 48.1% in Costa Rica in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 48.1% in 2016 and an all time low of 27.1% in 2010. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Guatemala amounted to 33.9%, 29.9% in Honduras, 27.1% in Nicaragua and 66.1% in Panama in 2016.
Costa Rica has been ranked 64th 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 |
Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43.7% | 42.4% | 41.2% | 40.7% | 40.1% | ||||
Colombia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.8% | 19.4% | 20.9% | 21.1% | 21.2% | ||||
Costa Rica | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.1% | 35.2% | 42.8% | 45.3% | 47.7% | ||||
El Salvador | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.6% | 31.4% | 32.1% | 32.1% | 32.1% | ||||
Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.7% | 29.6% | 29.5% | 31.2% | 32.9% | ||||
Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.0% | 27.1% | 29.0% | 28.3% | 27.6% | ||||
Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41.4% | 45.6% | 49.6% | 52.5% | 55.4% | ||||
Nicaragua | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.7% | 21.0% | 19.4% | 21.8% | 24.1% | ||||
Panama | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56.8% | 59.2% | 61.4% | 64.9% | 68.2% | ||||
USA | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |