Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 6.88% to 32.7% in Morocco in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Morocco reached an all time high of 47.2% in 2008 and an all time low of 32.3% in 2012. When compared to Morocco's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Algeria amounted to 19.0%, 22.4% in Mauritania, 83.8% in Spain and 17.9% in Tunisia in 2016.
Morocco has been ranked 82nd 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% | ||||
France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 128% | 127% | 126% | 138% | 150% | ||||
Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 84.3% | 93.2% | 102% | 105% | 107% | ||||
Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.9% | 21.1% | 19.4% | 28.9% | 38.2% | ||||
Mali | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.3% | 22.9% | 21.6% | 22.3% | 23.0% | ||||
Malta | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 91.1% | 88.2% | 85.5% | 94.4% | 103% | ||||
Mauritania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.4% | 24.0% | 21.7% | 24.9% | 27.9% | ||||
Morocco | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36.0% | 34.1% | 32.3% | 35.0% | 37.6% | ||||
Portugal | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 79.7% | 82.7% | 85.5% | 91.1% | 96.6% | ||||
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% |