Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) rose 0.095% to 14.2% in Vietnam in 2016

Price of Cigarettes (As % of Average U.S. Price) (%), 2016
Tobacco | Vietnam | December 27, 2018
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Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price rose 0.095% to 14.2% in Vietnam in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Vietnam reached an all time high of 14.2% in 2008 and an all time low of 11.9% in 2012. When compared to Vietnam's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Cambodia amounted to 7.62%, 23.3% in China, 13.4% in Laos and 38.4% in Thailand in 2016.

Vietnam has been ranked 131st 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
Cambodia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5.77% 6.36% 6.92% 6.99% 7.06%
China % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12.9% 19.7% 26.0% 26.0% 26.0%
India % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26.4% 27.7% 29.0% 32.9% 36.8%
Japan % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 60.7% 74.0% 86.5% 76.7% 67.1%
Laos % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10.7% 11.5% 12.4% 14.1% 15.9%
Malaysia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 54.9% 53.6% 52.4% 56.4% 60.4%
Myanmar % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12.2% 11.5% 10.8%
Russia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 18.0% 20.4% 22.6% 26.4% 30.2%
Thailand % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31.5% 30.9% 30.3% 31.5% 32.6%
USA % 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Vietnam % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13.1% 12.5% 11.9% 13.0% 14.1%