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. 2022 Oct 19;17(10):e0275111. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275111

Table 2. Fluoride Toothpaste Affordability Ratio (FTAR), and price per gram of the cheapest (top-three selling) FT, by country.

Included in Euromonitor (Database indicating top-three selling FT) Country WHO Region World Bank Income Group Fluoride Toothpaste Affordability Ratio (FTAR)/ Working days needed to buy the cheapest (top three selling) FT Price per gram of the cheapest top-three selling fluoride toothpaste (USD PPP rates, 2011)
No Albania EURO Upper-middle 0.5398 0.024
Yes Australia WPRO High 0.1206 0.013
Yes Austria EURO High 0.1851 0.023
No Bangladesh SEARO Lower middle 2.7546 0.039
Yes Belgium EURO High 0.1728 0.022
No Benin AFRO Lower middle 11.8159 0.032
Yes Brazil PAHO Upper-middle 1.3673 0.023
Yes Bulgaria EURO Upper-middle 0.7650 0.031
No Burkina Faso AFRO Low 2.7483 0.015
No Cambodia WPRO Lower middle 0.8276 0.027
Yes Canada PAHO High 0.0899 0.010
No Central African Republic AFRO Low 0.7821 0.020
Yes China WPRO Upper-middle 0.3951 0.010
Yes Colombia PAHO Upper-middle 0.9592 0.022
No Congo AFRO Lower middle 7.3898 0.031
No Costa Rica PAHO Upper-middle 0.7631 0.024
No Croatia EURO High 0.5438 0.031
No Cyprus EURO High 0.3557 0.029
Yes Czech Republic EURO High 0.1608 0.016
Yes Denmark EURO High 0.1506 0.020
No Ecuador PAHO Upper-middle 0.9902 0.018
Yes Egypt EMRO Lower middle 1.0906 0.055
No Estonia EURO High 0.1857 0.013
No Fiji WPRO Upper-middle 0.3413 0.016
Yes Finland EURO High 0.0883 0.012
Yes France EURO High 0.0846 0.009
Yes Germany EURO High 0.1181 0.015
No Ghana AFRO Lower middle 4.4733 0.045
Yes Greece EURO High 0.4938 0.030
Yes Hong Kong WPRO High 0.1230 0.018
No Iceland EURO High 0.1524 0.025
Yes Indonesia SEARO Lower middle 0.5074 0.013
Yes Ireland EURO High 0.1557 0.017
Yes Israel EURO High 0.2964 0.019
Yes Italy EURO High 0.1704 0.013
Yes Japan WPRO High 0.0582 0.011
No Jordan EMRO Upper-middle 2.0536 0.076
No Laos WPRO Lower middle 1.4869 0.027
No Latvia EURO High 0.2104 0.013
No Lebanon EMRO Upper-middle 0.5217 0.033
No Lesotho AFRO Lower middle 4.6939 0.022
No Lithuania EURO High 0.1459 0.010
Yes Malaysia WPRO Upper-middle 0.5008 0.027
No Mali AFRO Low 1.1564 0.009
No Malta EURO High 0.2644 0.024
No Mauritania AFRO Lower middle 2.8241 0.026
No Mauritius AFRO Upper-middle 0.3249 0.021
Yes Mexico PAHO Upper-middle 0.4794 0.019
No Mozambique AFRO Low 8.5889 0.023
No Myanmar SEARO Lower middle 0.7694 0.021
No Nepal SEARO Lower middle 1.7960 0.020
Yes Netherlands EURO High 0.1575 0.020
Yes New Zealand WPRO High 0.0279 0.011
Yes Nigeria AFRO Lower middle 1.7870 0.021
Yes Norway EURO High 0.1228 0.019
Yes Peru PAHO Upper-middle 0.7178 0.017
Yes Philippines WPRO Lower middle 1.1778 0.028
Yes Portugal EURO High 0.4158 0.031
Yes Romania EURO Upper-middle 0.4564 0.020
Yes Russia EURO Upper-middle 0.3377 0.022
No Saint Kitts and Nevis PAHO High 0.1605 0.036
No Senegal AFRO Lower middle 0.9108 0.012
No Serbia EURO Upper-middle 0.2407 0.013
No Sierra Leone AFRO Low 3.6790 0.025
Yes Singapore WPRO High 0.1205 0.024
No Solomon Islands WPRO Lower middle 0.9302 0.007
Yes South Africa AFRO Upper-middle 1.3809 0.016
Yes Spain EURO High 0.2766 0.019
Yes Sweden EURO High 0.1553 0.019
Yes Switzerland EURO High 0.0752 0.012
No Tanzania AFRO Lower middle 3.6763 0.026
Yes Thailand SEARO Upper-middle 0.5885 0.024
No Togo AFRO Low 1.5773 0.009
No Trinidad and Tobago PAHO High 0.1218 0.018
No Uganda AFRO Low 6.5530 0.032
Yes United Kingdom EURO High 0.0843 0.011
Yes United States of America PAHO High 0.1029 0.013
No Zimbabwe AFRO Lower middle 9.0038 0.074