Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 10.0% to 16.5% in Georgia in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Georgia reached an all time high of 23.6% in 2008 and an all time low of 16.5% in 2016. When compared to Georgia's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Armenia amounted to 19.6%, 27.5% in Azerbaijan, 24.4% in Russia and 69.7% in Turkey in 2016.
Georgia has been ranked 126th 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 |
| Armenia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.0% | 25.1% | 24.2% | 24.0% | 23.8% | ||||
| Azerbaijan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.2% | 19.2% | 22.9% | 25.9% | 28.7% | ||||
| Bulgaria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47.9% | 47.8% | 47.6% | 49.6% | 51.5% | ||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.9% | 19.7% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | ||||
| Georgia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.1% | 18.0% | 18.8% | 19.5% | 20.2% | ||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 113% | 110% | 107% | 112% | 117% | ||||
| Greece | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 72.9% | 74.1% | 75.3% | 80.7% | 85.9% | ||||
| Iran | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.04% | 12.2% | 16.1% | 12.6% | 9.15% | ||||
| Iraq | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.2% | 9.08% | 7.08% | 6.99% | 6.90% | ||||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60.7% | 74.0% | 86.5% | 76.7% | 67.1% | ||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.0% | 20.4% | 22.6% | 26.4% | 30.2% | ||||
| Turkey | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52.1% | 56.1% | 59.8% | 60.6% | 61.3% | ||||
| USA | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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