Table 1

Total economic cost of smoking and secondhand smoke exposure by country, 2016

CountryTotal cost of smoking and SHSCost of SHS
US$
(million)
PPP$
(million)
Per capita PPP$% of GDP% of total cost
Bahrain4569516681.4125.4
Kuwait160942679851.4519.2
Oman63718184120.9722.9
Qatar89519357390.5924.3
KSA630917 1915410.9820.7
UAE440183529161.2318.5
All 14 307 34 514 643 1.04 20.4
  • GDP, gross domestic product; KSA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; PPP$, purchasing power parity dollars using international Monetary Fund 2016 conversion rates; SHS, secondhand smoke; UAE, United Arab Emirates; US$, US dollars.