Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) fell 22.4% to 21.5% in Tanzania in 2016

Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) (%), 2016
Tobacco | Tanzania | December 27, 2018
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Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 22.4% to 21.5% in Tanzania in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Tanzania reached an all time high of 34.0% in 2014 and an all time low of 21.5% in 2016. When compared to Tanzania's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Kenya amounted to 19.9%, 7.93% in Mozambique, 11.5% in Uganda and 25.8% in Zambia in 2016.

Tanzania has been ranked 108th 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
Angola % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17.5% 22.1% 25.9% 29.5% 33.1% ... ...
Dem. Republic of the Congo % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13.6% 13.6% 13.5% 13.3% 13.0%
Ethiopia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9.62% 8.48% 7.41% 9.84% 12.2%
Kenya % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21.9% 19.7% 17.6% 18.0% 18.3%
Malawi % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26.2% 28.8% 30.0% 31.1% 32.3% ... ...
Mozambique % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9.44% 12.0% 14.5% 15.1% 15.7%
Rwanda % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14.9% 15.5% 16.1% 15.7% 15.2%
Somalia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5.24% 7.04% 8.73% 8.29% 8.03%
South Africa % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 52.4% 57.5% 62.3% 54.9% 47.7%
South Sudan % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Tanzania % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31.6% 28.8% 26.2% 30.2% 34.0%
Uganda % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11.5% 12.5% 13.3% 12.8% 12.2%
Zambia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 28.7% 27.6% 26.5% 25.0% 23.6%
Zimbabwe % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8.74% 12.7% 16.5% 18.7% 20.9%