Affordability of cigarettes by country
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.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
33.6%
Burundi
Lowest
0.7%
Qatar
Median
3.8%
Years covered
11
2012–2022
Data points
1,044
What the numbers show
Affordability of cigarettes is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 33.6% in Burundi; the lowest is 0.7% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.8%, and the mean is 6.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 46.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 442.7%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 81.0%).
Affordability of cigarettes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 33.6% | 2022 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 2 | Lesotho | 26.1% | 2022 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 3 | Mozambique | 25.8% | 2022 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 4 | Liberia | 24.8% | 2022 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 5 | Vanuatu | 24.6% | 2022 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 6 | Nepal | 22.3% | 2022 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 7 | Gambia | 21.5% | 2022 | up 240.6% | rising |
| 8 | Madagascar | 21.4% | 2022 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 9 | Kiribati | 21.2% | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 10 | Tonga | 20.2% | 2022 | up 95.2% | rising |
| 11 | Palestine | 18.6% | 2022 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 12 | Solomon Islands | 17.6% | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea | 16.9% | 2022 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 14 | Yemen | 15.7% | 2022 | up 91.4% | rising |
| 15 | Fiji | 15.6% | 2022 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 16 | Tuvalu | 15.4% | 2022 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 17 | Kenya | 15.2% | 2022 | up 99.1% | rising |
| 18 | Mali | 15.1% | 2022 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 15.0% | 2022 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 20 | Jamaica | 14.7% | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 14.7% | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 22 | Niger | 14.4% | 2022 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 23 | Samoa | 13.9% | 2022 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 24 | Tanzania | 13.9% | 2022 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 25 | Turkmenistan | 13.2% | 2022 | up 294.3% | rising |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 12.9% | 2022 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 27 | Uganda | 12.8% | 2022 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 28 | East Timor | 12.6% | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 12.0% | 2020 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 30 | Chad | 11.4% | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 31 | Rwanda | 10.5% | 2022 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 32 | Togo | 10.3% | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 33 | Sudan | 10.1% | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 34 | Micronesia (country) | 9.8% | 2022 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 35 | India | 9.8% | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 36 | Honduras | 9.4% | 2022 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 37 | Ecuador | 9.4% | 2022 | up 103.9% | rising |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 9.2% | 2022 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 39 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.8% | 2022 | up 106.3% | rising |
| 40 | Zambia | 8.6% | 2022 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 41 | Comoros | 8.3% | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 42 | Senegal | 8.3% | 2022 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 43 | Cape Verde | 8.0% | 2022 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 44 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.5% | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 45 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.5% | 2022 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 46 | Eswatini | 7.3% | 2022 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 47 | Cameroon | 7.1% | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 48 | Philippines | 7.1% | 2022 | up 442.7% | volatile |
| 49 | El Salvador | 7.1% | 2022 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 50 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.9% | 2022 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 51 | Myanmar | 6.9% | 2022 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 52 | Ethiopia | 6.8% | 2022 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 53 | Jordan | 6.8% | 2022 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 54 | Morocco | 6.7% | 2022 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 55 | Namibia | 6.5% | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 56 | Afghanistan | 6.4% | 2020 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 57 | Suriname | 6.2% | 2022 | up 135.9% | rising |
| 58 | Benin | 5.9% | 2022 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 59 | Angola | 5.9% | 2022 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 60 | Guatemala | 5.8% | 2022 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 5.8% | 2022 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 62 | Algeria | 5.8% | 2022 | up 194.4% | rising |
| 63 | Nigeria | 5.7% | 2022 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 64 | Bolivia | 5.5% | 2020 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 5.5% | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 66 | Ukraine | 5.4% | 2022 | up 122.3% | rising |
| 67 | Botswana | 5.3% | 2022 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 68 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.3% | 2022 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 68 | Palau | 5.3% | 2022 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 70 | Marshall Islands | 5.2% | 2022 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 71 | Indonesia | 5.0% | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 72 | Ghana | 4.9% | 2022 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.8% | 2022 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 74 | Belize | 4.8% | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 75 | Mauritania | 4.7% | 2022 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 4.7% | 2022 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 77 | Mauritius | 4.6% | 2022 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 78 | Seychelles | 4.5% | 2022 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 79 | Peru | 4.4% | 2022 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 80 | New Zealand | 4.3% | 2022 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 81 | Maldives | 4.3% | 2022 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 4.2% | 2022 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 83 | Barbados | 4.2% | 2022 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 84 | Congo | 4.1% | 2022 | up 93.0% | rising |
| 85 | South Africa | 3.9% | 2022 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | 3.9% | 2022 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 87 | Albania | 3.8% | 2022 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 88 | Lebanon | 3.8% | 2022 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 89 | Pakistan | 3.7% | 2022 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 90 | Bahamas | 3.7% | 2022 | up 123.2% | rising |
| 91 | Moldova | 3.6% | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 92 | Australia | 3.5% | 2022 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.5% | 2022 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 94 | Tunisia | 3.5% | 2022 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 95 | Malaysia | 3.4% | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 96 | Panama | 3.4% | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 97 | Dominica | 3.3% | 2022 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 98 | Romania | 3.2% | 2022 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 99 | Mexico | 3.2% | 2022 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 100 | Hungary | 3.1% | 2022 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 101 | Georgia | 3.1% | 2022 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 102 | Serbia | 3.1% | 2022 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 103 | Armenia | 3.0% | 2022 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 2.9% | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 105 | Montenegro | 2.9% | 2022 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 106 | Cambodia | 2.8% | 2022 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 107 | Egypt | 2.8% | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 107 | United Kingdom | 2.8% | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 109 | Colombia | 2.7% | 2022 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 110 | Saudi Arabia | 2.7% | 2022 | up 181.1% | rising |
| 110 | Thailand | 2.7% | 2022 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 112 | Oman | 2.6% | 2022 | up 173.2% | rising |
| 113 | Chile | 2.6% | 2022 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 114 | France | 2.6% | 2022 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 115 | Laos | 2.5% | 2022 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 116 | Vietnam | 2.4% | 2022 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 2.4% | 2022 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 118 | Greece | 2.3% | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 119 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.3% | 2022 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.3% | 2022 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 121 | Uruguay | 2.3% | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 122 | Bahrain | 2.2% | 2022 | up 111.4% | rising |
| 123 | Slovakia | 2.2% | 2022 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 2.2% | 2022 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 125 | Iran | 2.1% | 2022 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Cuba | 2.1% | 2022 | down 81.0% | falling |
| 127 | Canada | 2.0% | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 127 | Czechia | 2.0% | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 127 | Croatia | 2.0% | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 130 | Poland | 2.0% | 2022 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 131 | Israel | 2.0% | 2022 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 131 | Latvia | 2.0% | 2022 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 133 | Spain | 1.9% | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 133 | Lithuania | 1.9% | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 135 | Finland | 1.9% | 2022 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 135 | Portugal | 1.9% | 2022 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 137 | Azerbaijan | 1.9% | 2022 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 137 | Turkey | 1.9% | 2022 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 139 | Italy | 1.9% | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 140 | China | 1.9% | 2022 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.8% | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 142 | Mongolia | 1.8% | 2022 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 144 | Argentina | 1.7% | 2022 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 145 | Russia | 1.7% | 2022 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 146 | Norway | 1.7% | 2022 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 147 | Belgium | 1.7% | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 148 | Germany | 1.7% | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 150 | Cyprus | 1.6% | 2022 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 151 | Estonia | 1.6% | 2022 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 152 | Gabon | 1.6% | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 153 | Iceland | 1.6% | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 154 | Netherlands | 1.5% | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 154 | Slovenia | 1.5% | 2022 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 156 | Libya | 1.4% | 2022 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 157 | Denmark | 1.4% | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 158 | Japan | 1.4% | 2022 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 159 | Singapore | 1.3% | 2022 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 160 | Sweden | 1.3% | 2022 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 161 | United Arab Emirates | 1.2% | 2022 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 162 | Austria | 1.2% | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 162 | Brazil | 1.2% | 2022 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 164 | Guyana | 1.2% | 2022 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 165 | Kazakhstan | 1.2% | 2022 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 166 | United States | 1.1% | 2022 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 167 | South Korea | 1.1% | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 168 | Switzerland | 1.0% | 2022 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 169 | Andorra | 0.9% | 2022 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 170 | Belarus | 0.8% | 2022 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 171 | Iraq | 0.8% | 2022 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.8% | 2022 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 172 | Paraguay | 0.8% | 2022 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 174 | Kuwait | 0.7% | 2022 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 174 | Qatar | 0.7% | 2022 | up 204.2% | volatile |
About this data
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.