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Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) rose 9.66% to 6.84% in Afghanistan in 2016

Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) (%), 2016
Tobacco | Afghanistan | December 27, 2018
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Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price rose 9.66% to 6.84% in Afghanistan in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Afghanistan reached an all time high of 6.84% in 2016 and an all time low of 3.71% in 2008. When compared to Afghanistan's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Iran amounted to 9.02%, 9.95% in Pakistan, 10.9% in Tajikistan and 84.4% in Turkmenistan in 2016.

Afghanistan has been ranked 161st 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
Afghanistan % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3.85% 4.33% 4.78% 5.20% 5.62%
China % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12.9% 19.7% 26.0% 26.0% 26.0%
India % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26.4% 27.7% 29.0% 32.9% 36.8%
Iran % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8.04% 12.2% 16.1% 12.6% 9.15%
Iraq % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11.2% 9.08% 7.08% 6.99% 6.90%
Kazakhstan % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11.9% 13.1% 14.3% 16.4% 18.5%
Kyrgyzstan % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8.57% 8.48% 8.40% 9.67% 10.9%
Pakistan % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5.77% 5.77% 5.77% 6.75% 7.70%
Tajikistan % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11.9% 11.1% 10.4% 13.3% 16.2%
Turkmenistan % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20.8% 36.9% 52.1% 58.9% 65.7%
Uzbekistan % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12.1% 13.4% 14.7% 14.9% 15.1%