Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) fell 10.5% to 13.2% in Benin in 2016

Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) (%), 2016
Tobacco | Benin | December 27, 2018
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Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 10.5% to 13.2% in Benin in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Benin reached an all time high of 23.1% in 2008 and an all time low of 13.2% in 2016. When compared to Benin's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Burkina Faso amounted to 17.1%, 13.2% in Niger, 10.9% in Nigeria and 13.2% in Togo in 2016.

Benin has been ranked 141st within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price.

Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Algeria % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19.9% 18.5% 17.1% 17.2% 17.3%
Benin % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17.3% 16.4% 15.5% 15.9% 16.4%
Burkina Faso % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17.3% 16.4% 15.5% 15.9% 16.4%
Cameroon % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17.3% 16.4% 15.5% 15.9% 16.4%
Chad % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17.3% 16.4% 15.5% 19.3% 23.0%
Ghana % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 24.3% 20.8% 17.5% 15.3% 13.2%
Ivory Coast % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 24.3% 22.9% 21.6% 22.3% 23.0%
Libya % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22.9% 21.1% 19.4% 28.9% 38.2%
Mali % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 24.3% 22.9% 21.6% 22.3% 23.0%
Niger % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13.8% 13.1% 12.4% 14.4% 16.4%
Nigeria % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23.6% 22.2% 20.9% 21.9% 22.8%
Togo % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13.1% 12.7% 12.4% 12.8% 13.2%