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Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) rose 23.4% to 80.9% in Ecuador in 2016

Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) (%), 2016
Tobacco | Ecuador | December 27, 2018
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Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price rose 23.4% to 80.9% in Ecuador in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Ecuador reached an all time high of 80.9% in 2016 and an all time low of 29.7% in 2010. When compared to Ecuador's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Brazil amounted to 29.7%, 13.7% in Colombia, 66.1% in Panama and 48.7% in Peru in 2016.

Ecuador has been ranked 35th 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
Bolivia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14.9% 17.0% 19.1% 21.2% 23.3%
Brazil % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32.2% 33.2% 34.1% 37.5% 40.8%
Chile % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 39.7% 48.0% 55.8% 51.8% 47.8%
Colombia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17.8% 19.4% 20.9% 21.1% 21.2%
Costa Rica % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 27.1% 35.2% 42.8% 45.3% 47.7%
Ecuador % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 29.7% 36.5% 42.8% 46.3% 49.8%
Honduras % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 25.0% 27.1% 29.0% 28.3% 27.6%
Nicaragua % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22.7% 21.0% 19.4% 21.8% 24.1%
Panama % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 56.8% 59.2% 61.4% 64.9% 68.2%
Peru % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 27.8% 30.3% 32.6% 34.1% 35.6%
Venezuela % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 108% 112% 115% 173% 230% ... ...