Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) fell 10.8% to 22.4% in Mauritania in 2016

Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) (%), 2016
Tobacco | Mauritania | December 27, 2018
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Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 10.8% to 22.4% in Mauritania in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Mauritania reached an all time high of 29.5% in 2008 and an all time low of 21.7% in 2012. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Algeria amounted to 19.0%, 21.2% in Mali, 32.7% in Morocco and 13.2% in Senegal in 2016.

Mauritania has been ranked 107th 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%
Burkina Faso % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17.3% 16.4% 15.5% 15.9% 16.4%
Gambia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6.12% 6.87% 7.58% 9.51% 11.4%
Guinea % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6.82% 6.96% 7.08% 6.67% 6.42%
Libya % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22.9% 21.1% 19.4% 28.9% 38.2%
Mali % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 24.3% 22.9% 21.6% 22.3% 23.0%
Mauritania % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26.4% 24.0% 21.7% 24.9% 27.9%
Morocco % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 36.0% 34.1% 32.3% 35.0% 37.6%
Niger % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13.8% 13.1% 12.4% 14.4% 16.4%
Senegal % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13.8% 13.1% 12.4% 14.4% 16.4%
Spain % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 77.4% 84.7% 91.6% 97.4% 103%
Tunisia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22.7% 22.8% 22.9% 23.3% 23.8%