Japan vs Sweden: Affordability of cigarettes

Japan
1.4%
in 2022
Sweden
1.3%
in 2022
Japan rank
158th
Sweden rank
160th

Affordability of cigarettes over time

  • Japan
  • Sweden
00.511.5201220172022

How they compare

Japan currently reports 1.4% against 1.3% in Sweden, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Sweden ahead.

Japan ranks 158th and Sweden ranks 160th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Affordability of cigarettes
Unit
%
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 1,044 data points, 2012–2022
Last refreshed

The price of 100 packs of cigarettes as a share of GDP per capita. This price is based on the most-sold brand of cigarettes in a given country and includes taxes. Lower values indicate that cigarettes are more affordable.