Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price rose 3.38% to 122% in Jamaica in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Jamaica reached an all time high of 122% in 2016 and an all time low of 110% in 2008. When compared to Jamaica's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Cayman Islands amounted to 0%, 109% in Cuba, 50.7% in Dominican Republic and 20.5% in Haiti in 2016.
Jamaica has been ranked 13th 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 |
| Bahamas | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47.0% | 65.2% | 82.4% | 97.6% | 112% | ||||
| Cayman Islands | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Cuba | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 122% | 119% | 115% | 114% | 112% | ||||
| Dominican Republic | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56.6% | 55.6% | 54.7% | 54.9% | 55.1% | ||||
| Haiti | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Jamaica | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 118% | 120% | 122% | 118% | 114% | ||||
| Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41.4% | 45.6% | 49.6% | 52.5% | 55.4% | ||||
| Puerto Rico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| USA | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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