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Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) rose 3.77% to 65.2% in Malaysia in 2016

Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) (%), 2016
Tobacco | Malaysia | December 27, 2018
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Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price rose 3.77% to 65.2% in Malaysia in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Malaysia reached an all time high of 65.2% in 2016 and an all time low of 52.4% in 2012. When compared to Malaysia's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Cambodia amounted to 7.62%, 150% in Singapore, 38.4% in Thailand and 14.2% in Vietnam in 2016.

Malaysia has been ranked 42nd 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
Cambodia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5.77% 6.36% 6.92% 6.99% 7.06%
China % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12.9% 19.7% 26.0% 26.0% 26.0%
Indonesia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 25.7% 27.4% 29.0% 27.2% 25.4%
Laos % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10.7% 11.5% 12.4% 14.1% 15.9%
Malaysia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 54.9% 53.6% 52.4% 56.4% 60.4%
Myanmar % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12.2% 11.5% 10.8%
Philippines % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5.24% 5.60% 5.93% 7.97% 9.95%
Singapore % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 149% 153% 157% 162% 168%
Thailand % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31.5% 30.9% 30.3% 31.5% 32.6%
Vietnam % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13.1% 12.5% 11.9% 13.0% 14.1%