Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price rose 3.42% to 21.0% in Madagascar in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Madagascar reached an all time high of 21.0% in 2016 and an all time low of 14.5% in 2012. When compared to Madagascar's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Mozambique amounted to 7.93%, 36.2% in South Africa, 39.5% in Swaziland and 21.5% in Tanzania in 2016.
Madagascar has been ranked 111th 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 |
Botswana | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46.0% | 49.9% | 53.5% | 51.5% | 49.4% | ||||
Kenya | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.9% | 19.7% | 17.6% | 18.0% | 18.3% | ||||
Lesotho | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 66.8% | 65.6% | 64.4% | 58.4% | 52.5% | ... | ... | ||
Madagascar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.1% | 15.3% | 14.5% | 17.1% | 19.6% | ||||
Malawi | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.2% | 28.8% | 30.0% | 31.1% | 32.3% | ... | ... | ||
Mozambique | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.44% | 12.0% | 14.5% | 15.1% | 15.7% | ||||
Namibia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64.2% | 61.7% | 59.5% | 59.8% | 60.0% | ||||
South Africa | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52.4% | 57.5% | 62.3% | 54.9% | 47.7% | ||||
Swaziland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 65.6% | 61.1% | 57.7% | 55.3% | 52.5% | ||||
Tanzania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31.6% | 28.8% | 26.2% | 30.2% | 34.0% | ||||
Uganda | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.5% | 12.5% | 13.3% | 12.8% | 12.2% | ||||
Zambia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.7% | 27.6% | 26.5% | 25.0% | 23.6% |