Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes by country

Countries reporting
178
Highest
350,000
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Lowest
0.85
Kuwait
Median
50.98
Years covered
17
2008–2024
Data points
1,572

What the numbers show

Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 350,000 in Iran, Islamic Republic of; the lowest is 0.85 in Kuwait.

The median across all reporting countries is 50.98, and the mean is 3,476.

Over the past decade 123 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 318.8%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 67.6%).

Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iran, Islamic Republic of 350,000 2024 up 104.0% volatile
2 Lebanon 68,250 2024 down 67.6% falling
3 Indonesia 40,000 2024 up 57.0% rising
4 Viet Nam 21,115 2024 down 14.7% falling
5 Uzbekistan 16,000 2024 up 139.2% rising
6 Somalia 12,000 2024 down 40.6% falling
7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10,000 2024 down 47.3% falling
8 Colombia 8,534 2024 up 96.4% rising
9 Guinea 6,000 2024 down 33.7% falling
10 Madagascar 5,000 2024 down 16.7% rising
10 Uganda 5,000 2024 up 35.3% rising
12 Korea 4,500 2024 up 48.5% rising
13 Tanzania, United Republic of 4,400 2024 down 16.2% falling
14 Chile 3,750 2024 up 41.6% rising
15 Paraguay 3,500 2024 up 54.4% rising
16 Sudan 3,434 2022 down 63.9% falling
17 Burundi 3,000 2024 down 28.8% rising
17 Sri Lanka 3,000 2024 up 112.3% rising
19 Argentina 2,910 2024 up 3.4% flat
20 Costa Rica 2,400 2024 up 26.3% rising
21 Hungary 2,300 2024 up 39.3% rising
21 Mongolia 2,300 2024 down 26.1% rising
23 Cambodia 2,083 2024 down 10.2% rising
24 Gabon 2,000 2024 up 59.1% rising
24 Iraq 2,000 2024 up 226.3% volatile
26 Malawi 1,900 2024 down 50.8% falling
27 Iceland 1,759 2024 down 3.2% rising
28 Myanmar 1,700 2024 down 19.7% falling
29 Yemen 1,680 2024 down 28.1% falling
30 Angola 1,500 2024 up 6.3% rising
30 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,500 2024 down 44.0% falling
30 Rwanda 1,500 2024 up 32.4% rising
33 Jamaica 1,463 2024 up 10.9% rising
34 Armenia 1,000 2024 up 28.8% rising
34 Burkina Faso 1,000 2024 up 54.4% rising
34 Côte d'Ivoire 1,000 2024 up 13.5% falling
34 Senegal 1,000 2024 up 55.6% rising
34 Vanuatu 1,000 2024 down 7.0% falling
39 Congo 900 2024 up 20.6% rising
40 Kazakhstan 885 2024 up 74.1% rising
41 Cameroon 800 2024 up 18.7% rising
41 Mali 800 2024 down 6.0% falling
41 Nigeria 800 2024 down 24.2% falling
44 Togo 700 2024 up 34.9% rising
45 Japan 600 2024 up 25.3% rising
46 Guyana 560 2024 up 48.6% rising
47 Benin 500 2024 down 10.4% falling
47 Central African Republic 500 2024 down 27.0% falling
47 Comoros 500 2024 down 27.9% falling
47 Guinea-Bissau 500 2024 up 26.6% rising
47 Equatorial Guinea 500 2024 down 19.2% falling
47 Niger 500 2024 down 21.8% flat
47 Chad 500 2024 down 21.3% falling
54 Cape Verde 400 2024 up 88.3% rising
54 Kenya 400 2024 up 119.3% rising
56 Serbia 360 2024 up 38.5% rising
57 Algeria 350 2024 up 36.6% rising
57 Nepal 350 2024 up 47.9% rising
59 Dominican Republic 349 2024 up 57.6% rising
60 Albania 290 2024 up 12.4% rising
61 Liberia 280 2024 up 39.6% rising
62 Djibouti 250 2024 up 5.1% falling
63 Russian Federation 233 2024 up 75.2% rising
64 Pakistan 230 2024 up 80.2% rising
65 Mauritius 210 2024 up 16.6% rising
65 Uruguay 210 2024 up 28.0% rising
67 India 190 2024 down 15.1% rising
68 Norway 167 2024 up 24.9% rising
69 Gambia 160 2024 up 128.2% volatile
70 Philippines 156 2024 up 318.8% volatile
71 Czechia 148 2024 up 35.3% rising
72 Kyrgyzstan 144 2024 up 130.3% rising
73 Seychelles 134 2024 up 41.2% rising
74 North Macedonia 130 2024 up 55.7% rising
75 Ethiopia 120 2024 up 44.8% rising
76 Ukraine 109.95 2024 up 224.4% volatile
77 Maldives 108 2024 up 151.4% rising
78 Bangladesh 104 2024 up 84.6% rising
79 Honduras 85 2024 up 49.6% rising
79 Mozambique 85 2024 up 39.6% rising
81 Mexico 79.98 2024 up 12.0% rising
82 Sweden 78 2024 up 1.9% rising
83 Türkiye 73 2024 down 6.4% rising
84 Thailand 70 2024 down 2.2% rising
85 Denmark 62 2024 up 18.0% rising
85 Lesotho 62 2024 up 2.9% rising
87 Namibia 59 2024 down 6.1% rising
88 Turkmenistan 55 2024 up 126.8% volatile
89 Eswatini 51.95 2024 down 6.9% falling
90 Botswana 50 2024 up 19.5% rising
90 Republic of Moldova 50 2024 up 48.2% rising
92 South Africa 47.7 2024 down 7.6% rising
93 Egypt 40 2024 up 21.0% rising
93 Mauritania 40 2024 down 41.6% falling
93 Sao Tome and Principe 40 2024 down 25.1% falling
93 Zambia 40 2024 up 37.0% rising
97 Israel 39 2024 up 14.1% rising
98 New Zealand 38.5 2024 up 73.0% rising
99 Australia 37.56 2024 up 68.4% rising
100 Solomon Islands 32 2024 down 16.0% falling
101 Morocco 28 2024 up 16.4% rising
101 Saudi Arabia 28 2024 up 139.7% rising
103 Romania 27.5 2024 up 23.1% rising
104 Ghana 26 2024 up 109.3% rising
105 Qatar 25 2024 up 121.6% rising
106 Tonga 24 2024 up 88.4% rising
107 United Arab Emirates 22 2024 up 90.3% rising
107 Trinidad and Tobago 22 2024 down 25.3% rising
109 Guatemala 20 2024 down 26.4% flat
109 Papua New Guinea 20 2024 down 18.5% falling
111 Fiji 19.8 2024 up 102.5% rising
112 Poland 19.5 2024 down 5.1% rising
113 Barbados 18.19 2024 up 7.2% rising
114 Naoero 18 2024 up 22.3% rising
115 China 17.99 2024 up 32.5% rising
116 Saint Lucia 17.78 2024 up 123.4% rising
117 Malaysia 17.7 2024 up 22.7% rising
118 Ireland 17.05 2024 up 48.8% rising
119 Peru 16.3 2024 up 85.4% rising
120 Singapore 15.6 2024 up 2.6% flat
120 Samoa 15.6 2024 up 20.7% rising
122 Tuvalu 14.09 2022 up 47.1% rising
123 Canada 13.74 2024 up 15.7% rising
124 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.4 2024 up 33.2% rising
125 Bahamas 13 2024 up 52.8% rising
125 Tajikistan 13 2024 up 42.7% rising
127 France 12.5 2024 up 44.7% rising
127 Netherlands 12.5 2024 up 49.7% rising
129 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12 2024 down 6.8% rising
130 Grenada 11.9 2024 up 42.9% rising
131 Belgium 11.5 2024 up 50.1% rising
132 Antigua and Barbuda 11.14 2024 up 6.8% rising
133 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.5 2024 up 26.8% rising
134 Finland 10.1 2024 up 53.5% rising
135 Kiribati 10 2024 up 66.1% rising
135 Sierra Leone 10 2024 down 49.9% flat
137 Switzerland 9.2 2024 up 3.1% rising
138 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.99 2024 up 25.4% rising
139 United States of America 8.91 2024 up 8.0% rising
140 Germany 8.7 2024 up 22.4% rising
141 Brazil 8.5 2024 down 15.9% flat
141 Dominica 8.5 2024 up 70.0% rising
143 Georgia 7.6 2024 up 113.5% rising
144 Belize 7.5 2024 up 24.8% rising
145 Palau 7.25 2024 down 0.4% rising
146 Austria 6.5 2024 down 2.0% rising
146 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.5 2024 up 41.3% rising
146 Luxembourg 6.5 2024 up 4.2% rising
149 Ecuador 6.2 2024 up 75.6% rising
149 Italy 6.2 2024 up 1.3% rising
151 San Marino 5.8 2024 up 8.6% rising
152 Panama 5.75 2024 up 25.8% rising
153 Malta 5.7 2024 down 4.5% rising
154 Spain 5.6 2024 down 4.8% rising
155 Bulgaria 5.5 2024 down 8.2% rising
156 Slovakia 5.3 2024 up 30.5% rising
157 Estonia 5.1 2024 down 6.1% rising
157 Portugal 5.1 2024 down 7.6% rising
159 Lithuania 5 2024 up 22.5% rising
159 Marshall Islands 5 2024 up 104.1% rising
159 Slovenia 5 2024 up 14.4% rising
162 Latvia 4.9 2024 up 12.1% rising
163 Cyprus 4.7 2024 up 2.0% rising
164 Greece 4.6 2024 down 2.5% rising
165 Tunisia 4.5 2024 down 4.5% rising
166 Micronesia, Federated States of 4.48 2022 up 75.7% rising
167 Andorra 4.4 2024 up 4.3% rising
168 Belarus 3.55 2024 up 129.0% rising
169 El Salvador 3.5 2024 up 47.7% rising
170 Croatia 3.32 2024 down 16.4% rising
171 Montenegro 3.1 2024 up 72.2% rising
172 Azerbaijan 2.6 2024 down 3.3% rising
173 Libya 2.5 2024 down 62.1% flat
174 Bahrain 2.4 2024 up 116.2% rising
174 Jordan 2.4 2024 up 72.7% rising
174 Oman 2.4 2024 up 144.9% rising
177 Timor-Leste 1.5 2024 down 5.7% rising
178 Kuwait 0.85 2024 down 11.5% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
180 places, 1,572 data points, 2008–2024
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