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

Table 2.

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

Country Smoking (%) Tax (%) Price (Int. US$ at PPP)
2010 2016 2010 2016 2010 2016
Algeria 15.2 15.6 48.78 43.06 3.22 4.62
Benin 7.2 6.4 11.96 6.42 2.37 2.31
Botswana 19.7 20 55.41 49.72 4.95 8.83
Burkina Faso 13.6 12.5 32.2 34.81 2.45 3.06
Cape Verde 10.2 9.1 23.84 23.84 3.73 3.87
Rep. of the Congo 14.7 26.9 35.5 40.94 1.87 3.78
Ethiopia 4.5 4.4 39.23 18.77 1.67 1.8
Gambia, The 16.9 15.5 56.06 54.09 1.02 3.21
Ghana 4.4 3.9 22.23 28.1 3.19 3.61
Kenya 12.5 10.7 63.79 52.25 3.16 2.82
Mali 12.5 12.3 21.85 27.69 3.66 3.67
Mauritius 22.6 21.6 71.71 70.23 4.79 7.86
Mozambique 18.7 16.6 26.53 31.39 1.26 1.8
Namibia 21.5 21.4 46.22 43.13 5.88 7.3
Niger 7.1 7.7 29.62 35.27 1.85 2.27
Nigeria 6.3 5.8 20.63 20.63 2.89 2.26
Rwanda 13.9 12.3 29.44 54.73 2.02 1.36
Senegal 9 8.2 30.25 37.75 1.73 2.27
Seychelles 22.9 21.5 67.57 70.76 11.08 14.49
South Africa 21 20.3 52.94 52.4 4.81 5.68
Togo 8.1 7.4 10.73 10.58 1.86 2.19
Uganda 12.2 10 44.59 50.85 2 2.44
Zambia 15.2 13.8 36.29 37.32 2.09 4.81
Zimbabwe 16.4 15.8 51.69 35.9 1.01 3.49
Africa (average for all the 24 countries) 13.60 13.32 38.71 38.78 3.11 4.16

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