Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) fell 1.56% to 33.6% in Lebanon in 2016

Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) (%), 2016
Tobacco | Lebanon | December 27, 2018
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Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 1.56% to 33.6% in Lebanon in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Lebanon reached an all time high of 34.7% in 2014 and an all time low of 26.0% in 2010. When compared to Lebanon's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Cyprus amounted to 72.6%, 145% in Israel, 30.6% in Jordan and 4.20% in Syria in 2016.

Lebanon has been ranked 81st 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
Cyprus % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 64.2% 70.4% 76.3% 81.1% 85.9%
Egypt % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12.2% 14.3% 16.3% 17.2% 18.0%
Greece % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 72.9% 74.1% 75.3% 80.7% 85.9%
Iraq % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11.2% 9.08% 7.08% 6.99% 6.90%
Israel % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 97.2% 95.9% 94.7% 118% 140%
Jordan % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23.4% 24.5% 25.5% 26.3% 27.1%
Lebanon % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26.0% 28.1% 30.0% 32.4% 34.7%
Saudi Arabia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32.7% 36.2% 39.5% 41.2% 42.9%
Syria % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11.2% 13.0% 14.7% 11.4% 8.03%
Turkey % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 52.1% 56.1% 59.8% 60.6% 61.3%