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. 2021 Apr 29;6:14. doi: 10.1186/s41256-021-00197-0

Table 1.

Mean smoking prevalence, tobacco taxation and pricing per country (2010–2016)

Country Smoking (%) Tax (%) Price (Int. US$ at PPP)
Algeria 15.357 48.703 3.211
Benin 6.8 8.933 2.289
Botswana 19.743 52.494 6.739
Burkina Faso 13.014 32.759 2.506
Cape Verde 9.643 23.84 3.794
Rep. of the Congo 20.229 38.2 2.448
Ethiopia 4.429 27.6 1.686
Gambia, The 16.186 47.586 2.098
Ghana 4.157 25.411 2.871
Kenya 11.614 52.746 2.684
Mali 12.357 26.661 3.434
Mauritius 22.171 72.059 6.745
Mozambique 17.571 28.123 1.584
Namibia 21.443 44.884 6.427
Niger 7.4 30.714 2.023
Nigeria 6.029 20.63 2.555
Rwanda 13.086 31.514 2.007
Senegal 8.557 33.286 1.98
Seychelles 22.214 71.465 11.276
South Africa 20.657 49.567 5.725
Togo 7.714 11.506 1.888
Uganda 11.057 44.831 2.174
Zambia 14.471 35.796 2.919
Zimbabwe 16.114 38.529 2.241

Smoking prevalence and tax are in percentages; price is in international dollars (at PPP)