Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) fell 8.62% to 43.2% in Bulgaria in 2016

Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) (%), 2016
Tobacco | Bulgaria | December 27, 2018
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Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 8.62% to 43.2% in Bulgaria in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Bulgaria reached an all time high of 51.5% in 2014 and an all time low of 43.2% in 2016. When compared to Bulgaria's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Greece amounted to 69.2%, 61.9% in Romania, 30.8% in Serbia and 69.7% in Turkey in 2016.

Bulgaria has been ranked 67th 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
Albania % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 28.0% 31.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26.7% 27.9% 29.0% 34.9% 40.6%
Bulgaria % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 47.9% 47.8% 47.6% 49.6% 51.5%
Croatia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 56.5% 55.1% 53.9% 59.4% 64.8%
Greece % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 72.9% 74.1% 75.3% 80.7% 85.9%
Hungary % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 49.0% 52.0% 54.9% 62.0% 68.9%
Iran % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8.04% 12.2% 16.1% 12.6% 9.15%
Iraq % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11.2% 9.08% 7.08% 6.99% 6.90%
Macedonia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19.4% 18.7% 18.0% 19.5% 21.0%
Moldova % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12.8% 15.0% 17.1% 17.2% 17.3%
Romania % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 53.0% 56.5% 59.8% 65.2% 70.5%
Serbia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16.1% 17.6% 18.9% 25.2% 31.3%
Turkey % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 52.1% 56.1% 59.8% 60.6% 61.3%
Ukraine % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12.2% 13.9% 15.5% 13.7% 11.9%