Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) rose 22.7% to 62.5% in South Korea in 2016

Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price rose 22.7% to 62.5% in South Korea in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in South Korea reached an all time high of 62.5% in 2016 and an all time low of 36.4% in 2012. When compared to South Korea's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in China amounted to 23.3%, 31.1% in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 65.8% in Japan and 14.2% in Vietnam in 2016.

South Korea has been ranked 44th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price.