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% |