Minutes of labour required to buy cigarettes† 1991–2000
| Minutes of labour 2000 | Minutes of labour 1991 | Annual change 1991–2000 (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | City | Marlboro* | Local brand | Marlboro* | Local brand | Marlboro* | Local brand |
| *Marlboro or nearest equivalent international brand. | |||||||
| †Price divided by the weighted net hourly wage in 12 occupations | |||||||
| Source: UBS and Economist Intelligence Unit. | |||||||
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | 20.5 | 15.4 | 19.5 | 15.3 | 0.58 | 0.07 |
| Australia | Sydney | 28.4 | 24.0 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 8.77 | 7.28 |
| Austria | Vienna | 21.8 | 20.0 | 23.8 | 17.2 | −0.96 | 1.67 |
| Bahrain | Manama (Bahrain) | 17.6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Belgium | Brussels | 22.0 | 20.4 | 15.9 | 13.8 | 3.68 | 4.40 |
| Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | 21.8 | 18.4 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 11.05 | 12.69 |
| Sao Paulo | 17.2 | 17.2 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 8.93 | 9.51 | |
| Canada | Montréal | 19.4 | 15.5 | 22.2 | 22.6 | −1.48 | −4.06 |
| Toronto | 20.7 | 17.5 | 22.4 | 22.4 | −0.88 | −2.70 | |
| Chile | Santiago de Chile | 38.4 | 32.6 | – | – | – | – |
| China | Shanghai | 61.8 | 56.2 | – | – | – | – |
| “China, Province of Taiwan” | Taipei | 11.4 | 7.1 | 12.5 | 8.9 | −1.01 | −2.47 |
| “China, Hong Kong SAR” | Hong Kong | 27.4 | 27.4 | 17.2 | 12.5 | 5.29 | 9.08 |
| Colombia | Bogota | 24.9 | 16.0 | – | – | – | – |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | 23.0 | 23.0 | 24.4 | 23.9 | −0.65 | −0.45 |
| Finland | Helsinki | 28.7 | 26.7 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 4.31 | 3.96 |
| France | Paris | 20.5 | 18.2 | 14.3 | 9.6 | 4.07 | 7.34 |
| Germany | Berlin | 18.4 | 18.7 | – | – | – | – |
| Frankfurt | 17.3 | 17.3 | 15.7 | 14.9 | 1.14 | 1.69 | |
| Greece | Athens | 24.0 | 17.1 | 16.2 | 10.4 | 4.45 | 5.73 |
| Hungary | Budapest | 71.4 | 54.5 | – | – | – | – |
| India | Mumbai | 102.5 | 76.8 | 116.2 | 83.6 | −1.38 | −0.94 |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 61.7 | 61.7 | – | – | – | – |
| Ireland | Dublin | 30.6 | 30.3 | 27.4 | 26.8 | 1.25 | 1.36 |
| Israel | Tel Aviv | 29.3 | 17.4 | 24.2 | 12.1 | 2.15 | 4.16 |
| Italy | Milan | 26.0 | 18.6 | 17.8 | 11.6 | 4.31 | 5.40 |
| Japan | Tokyo | 8.9 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 8.2 | −0.14 | −0.43 |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 157.6 | 91.9 | 119.8 | 36.3 | 3.09 | 10.87 |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 12.0 | 10.2 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 3.89 | 1.27 |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 20.7 | 19.8 | 31.9 | 29.5 | −4.68 | −4.34 |
| Mexico | Mexico city | 49.4 | 39.5 | 30.0 | 26.0 | 5.69 | 4.76 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | 18.5 | 17.0 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 2.34 | 3.15 |
| New Zealand | Auckland | 35.3 | 33.4 | – | – | – | – |
| Norway | Oslo | 38.5 | 38.5 | 26.6 | 27.1 | 4.17 | 3.99 |
| Panama | Panama | 81.4 | 81.4 | 24.4 | 24.4 | 14.33 | 14.33 |
| Philippines | Manila | 41.8 | 32.0 | 73.0 | 34.9 | −6.02 | −0.95 |
| Poland | Warsaw | 55.7 | 40.2 | – | – | – | – |
| Portugal | Lisbon | 26.2 | 26.2 | 33.0 | 33.0 | −2.54 | −2.54 |
| Republic of Korea | Seoul | 26.6 | 16.6 | 12.0 | 7.5 | 9.24 | 9.24 |
| Russian Federation | Moscow | 71.3 | 42.8 | – | – | – | – |
| Singapore | Singapore | 42.6 | 39.9 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 1.44 | 0.71 |
| South Africa | Johannesburg | 19.5 | 19.5 | 15.0 | 9.5 | 2.97 | 8.34 |
| Spain | Barcelona | 21.1 | 10.9 | – | – | – | – |
| Madrid | 21.4 | 11.1 | 12.4 | 7.2 | 6.23 | 4.98 | |
| Sweden | Stockholm | 27.6 | 26.8 | 33.2 | 31.7 | −2.04 | −1.85 |
| Switzerland | Geneva | 12.5 | 12.5 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 5.43 | 5.43 |
| Zurich | 11.1 | 11.1 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 3.97 | 6.02 | |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 35.0 | 23.3 | – | – | – | – |
| Turkey | Istanbul | 30.0 | 22.3 | – | – | – | – |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 19.7 | 11.1 | – | – | – | – |
| UK | London | 39.7 | 39.7 | 24.6 | 24.6 | 5.46 | 5.46 |
| USA | Chicago | 18.0 | 18.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 4.46 | 4.46 |
| Houston | 16.9 | 14.6 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.25 | −1.36 | |
| Los Angeles | 20.0 | 20.0 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 7.55 | 7.55 | |
| New York | 17.6 | 17.6 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 4.90 | 5.26 | |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 28.5 | 28.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 9.16 | 9.16 |