Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price rose 5.74% to 27.1% in Nicaragua in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Nicaragua reached an all time high of 27.1% in 2016 and an all time low of 19.4% in 2012. When compared to Nicaragua's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Costa Rica amounted to 48.1%, 31.1% in El Salvador, 29.9% in Honduras and 39.0% in Mexico in 2016.
Nicaragua has been ranked 93rd 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 |
| Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43.7% | 42.4% | 41.2% | 40.7% | 40.1% | ||||
| Costa Rica | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.1% | 35.2% | 42.8% | 45.3% | 47.7% | ||||
| El Salvador | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.6% | 31.4% | 32.1% | 32.1% | 32.1% | ||||
| Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.7% | 29.6% | 29.5% | 31.2% | 32.9% | ||||
| Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.0% | 27.1% | 29.0% | 28.3% | 27.6% | ||||
| Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41.4% | 45.6% | 49.6% | 52.5% | 55.4% | ||||
| Nicaragua | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.7% | 21.0% | 19.4% | 21.8% | 24.1% | ||||
| Panama | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56.8% | 59.2% | 61.4% | 64.9% | 68.2% | ||||
| USA | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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