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Table 2 Trend in smoking prevalence, tobacco taxation and pricing per country (2010–2016)

From: The effects of tobacco taxation and pricing on the prevalence of smoking in Africa

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

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