Price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price rose 12.3% to 84.4% in Turkmenistan in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Turkmenistan reached an all time high of 84.4% in 2016 and an all time low of 20.8% in 2010. When compared to Turkmenistan's main peers, price of cigarettes as a percentage of average U.S. price in Afghanistan amounted to 6.84%, 9.02% in Iran, 12.8% in Kazakhstan and 15.7% in Uzbekistan in 2016.
Turkmenistan has been ranked 32nd 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 |
| Afghanistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.85% | 4.33% | 4.78% | 5.20% | 5.62% | ||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.9% | 19.7% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | ||||
| Iran | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.04% | 12.2% | 16.1% | 12.6% | 9.15% | ||||
| Iraq | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.2% | 9.08% | 7.08% | 6.99% | 6.90% | ||||
| Kazakhstan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.9% | 13.1% | 14.3% | 16.4% | 18.5% | ||||
| Kyrgyzstan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.57% | 8.48% | 8.40% | 9.67% | 10.9% | ||||
| Pakistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.77% | 5.77% | 5.77% | 6.75% | 7.70% | ||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.0% | 20.4% | 22.6% | 26.4% | 30.2% | ||||
| Tajikistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.9% | 11.1% | 10.4% | 13.3% | 16.2% | ||||
| Turkmenistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.8% | 36.9% | 52.1% | 58.9% | 65.7% | ||||
| Uzbekistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.1% | 13.4% | 14.7% | 14.9% | 15.1% |
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