Japan vs United Arab Emirates: Affordability of cigarettes

Japan
1.4%
in 2022
United Arab Emirates
1.2%
in 2022
Japan rank
158th
United Arab Emirates rank
161st

Affordability of cigarettes over time

  • Japan
  • United Arab Emirates
0.50.7511.21.5201220172022

How they compare

Japan currently reports 1.4% against 1.2% in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times United Arab Emirates's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 158th and United Arab Emirates ranks 161st 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
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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.