| Indicator | Unit | Measure | High-income countries | Upper middle-income countries | Lower middle-income countries | Low-income countries |
| Price | US$/pack (converted with market exchange rates) | Observations | 32 | 16 | 17 | 10 |
| Mean | $4.42 | $1.48 | $1.17 | $1.14 | ||
| Median | $4.27 | $1.33 | $1.19 | $1.10 | ||
| SD | $2.19 | $0.64 | $0.51 | $0.52 | ||
| CV | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.46 | ||
| Price | US$/pack (nominal, converted using PPP conversion factors) | Observations | 29 | 16 | 17 | 9 |
| Mean | $4.44 | $2.55 | $2.67 | $2.61 | ||
| Median | $3.98 | $2.23 | $2.72 | $2.49 | ||
| SD | $1.66 | $0.97 | $1.26 | $0.97 | ||
| CV | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.47 | 0.37 | ||
| Relative income price (RIP) | Percentage of per capita GDP to buy 100 packs | Observations | 28 | 16 | 17 | 10 |
| Mean | 1.39% | 2.31% | 6.06% | 15.43% | ||
| Median | 1.42% | 2.04% | 4.54% | 15.91% | ||
| SD | 0.45% | 0.95% | 4.85% | 6.02% | ||
| CV | 0.32 | 0.41 | 0.80 | 0.39 | ||
| Median minutes of labour | No. of working min to buy one pack of cigarettes | Observations | 29* | 13* | 6 | 4* |
| Mean | 25.4 min | 27.7 min | 33.9 min | 49.3 min | ||
| Median | 24.2 min | 28.4 min | 30.9 min | 49.6 min | ||
| SD | 11.6 min | 8.8 min | 12.5 min | 16.0 min | ||
| CV | 0.45 | 0.32 | 0.37 | 0.32 |
Sources: EIU,10 UBS12and World Bank.11
*Where data did not exist for 2006, data for 2003 or 2000 were used. Countries affected are Israel (2003), Panama (2000), Nigeria (2003) and Pakistan (2003).
CV, coefficient of variation; EIU, Economist Intelligence Unit; PPP, purchasing power parity; UBS, Union Bank of Switzerland.