Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands: Affordability of cigarettes

Papua New Guinea
16.9%
in 2022
Solomon Islands
17.6%
in 2022
Papua New Guinea rank
13th
Solomon Islands rank
12th

Affordability of cigarettes over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Solomon Islands
0102030201220172022

How they compare

Solomon Islands currently reports 17.6% against 16.9% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.8%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 13th and Solomon Islands ranks 12th 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.