Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price rose 7.33% to 49.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Saudi Arabia reached an all time high of 49.8% in 2016 and an all time low of 32.7% in 2010. When compared to Saudi Arabia's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Iraq amounted to 13.2%, 30.6% in Jordan, 46.7% in United Arab Emirates and 25.3% in Yemen in 2016.
Saudi Arabia has been ranked 60th 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 |
| Bahrain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.5% | 38.1% | 43.3% | 43.0% | 42.7% | ||||
| Djibouti | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.8% | 19.2% | 18.6% | 18.4% | 18.1% | ||||
| Eritrea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.1% | 38.6% | 42.8% | 52.8% | 62.6% | ||||
| Iran | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.04% | 12.2% | 16.1% | 12.6% | 9.15% | ||||
| Iraq | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.2% | 9.08% | 7.08% | 6.99% | 6.90% | ||||
| Israel | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 97.2% | 95.9% | 94.7% | 118% | 140% | ||||
| Jordan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23.4% | 24.5% | 25.5% | 26.3% | 27.1% | ||||
| Kuwait | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.45% | 20.9% | 38.2% | 40.4% | 42.5% | ||||
| Oman | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.5% | 34.4% | 39.0% | 38.3% | 37.6% | ||||
| Qatar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.8% | 34.9% | 40.7% | 42.4% | 44.1% | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.7% | 36.2% | 39.5% | 41.2% | 42.9% | ||||
| Syria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.2% | 13.0% | 14.7% | 11.4% | 8.03% | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.4% | 34.7% | 35.9% | 39.8% | 43.7% | ||||
| Yemen | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.1% | 16.3% | 19.3% | 20.1% | 20.9% |
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