Table 1

Average nominal and real price of cigarettes, in US$, 1990–2001

Year	Nominal price				Real price (2000 base)
	High income countries n = 29	Upper middle income countries n = 13	Lower middle income countries n = 18	Low income countries n = 12	High income countries n = 29	Upper middle income countries n = 13	Lower middle income countries n = 18	Low income countries n = 12
	Each asterisk indicates a missing or excluded observation from the number of observations indicated at the header of the table.
Sources: EIU¹³ and US Department of Labour.¹⁶
1990	2.21**	0.68*	0.73***	0.84**	2.91**	0.90*	0.96***	1.11**
1991	2.23*	0.92**	0.76**	0.90****	2.82*	1.16**	0.96**	1.14****
1992	2.46	0.97*	0.89***	0.80*	3.02	1.19*	1.09***	0.98*
1993	2.42*	0.95	0.92**	0.86*	2.88*	1.13	1.10**	1.02*
1994	2.57	0.92*	0.97*	0.84**	2.99	1.07*	1.13*	0.98**
1995	2.84	1.06	1.03	0.79	3.21	1.20	1.16	0.89
1996	2.90	1.07	1.22	0.85	3.18	1.17	1.34	0.93
1997	2.76	1.06	1.21*	0.82*	2.96	1.14	1.30*	0.88*
1998	2.91*	1.11	1.07*	0.72	3.07*	1.17	1.13*	0.76
1999	2.95	1.11	1.07*	0.67*	3.05	1.15	1.11*	0.69*
2000	2.79*	1.14	1.01	0.63**	2.79*	1.14	1.01	0.63**
2001	2.90	1.21*	1.02*	0.76*	2.82	1.18*	0.99*	0.74*