Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 10.6% to 69.2% in Greece in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Greece reached an all time high of 91.3% in 2008 and an all time low of 69.2% in 2016. When compared to Greece's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Albania amounted to 29.2%, 43.2% in Bulgaria, 18.7% in Macedonia and 69.7% in Turkey in 2016.
Greece has been ranked 38th 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% | ||||
Bulgaria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47.9% | 47.8% | 47.6% | 49.6% | 51.5% | ||||
Greece | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 72.9% | 74.1% | 75.3% | 80.7% | 85.9% | ||||
Iran | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.04% | 12.2% | 16.1% | 12.6% | 9.15% | ||||
Iraq | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.2% | 9.08% | 7.08% | 6.99% | 6.90% | ||||
Kosovo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Macedonia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.4% | 18.7% | 18.0% | 19.5% | 21.0% | ||||
Montenegro | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.9% | 17.6% | 20.3% | 24.1% | 27.9% | ||||
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% |