Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price fell 5.26% to 9.95% in Liberia in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Liberia reached an all time high of 17.0% in 2008 and an all time low of 9.95% in 2016. When compared to Liberia's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Ghana amounted to 19.6%, 6.07% in Guinea, 21.2% in Ivory Coast and 8.86% in Sierra Leone in 2016.
Liberia has been ranked 152nd 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 |
| Benin | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.3% | 16.4% | 15.5% | 15.9% | 16.4% | ||||
| Burkina Faso | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.3% | 16.4% | 15.5% | 15.9% | 16.4% | ||||
| Ghana | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.3% | 20.8% | 17.5% | 15.3% | 13.2% | ||||
| Guinea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.82% | 6.96% | 7.08% | 6.67% | 6.42% | ||||
| Ivory Coast | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.3% | 22.9% | 21.6% | 22.3% | 23.0% | ||||
| Liberia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.1% | 13.3% | 14.5% | 12.8% | 11.1% | ||||
| Mali | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.3% | 22.9% | 21.6% | 22.3% | 23.0% | ||||
| Senegal | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.8% | 13.1% | 12.4% | 14.4% | 16.4% | ||||
| Sierra Leone | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.17% | 8.14% | 9.06% | 10.8% | 12.5% | ||||
| Togo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.1% | 12.7% | 12.4% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
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