Proportion of lowest price packs in the illicit market and tax per pack
| Source of lowest price as a share of illicit market | Country | Income group | Lowest price (% illicit market) | Tax/pack (cheapest) | Tax/pack (MSB)‡ |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Latvia | HIC | 53 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| Iglesias et al 18 (2017) | Brazil | LMIC | 95 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| van der Zee et al 25 (2020) | South Africa | LMIC | 22 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Median (all countries)† | USA | HIC | 33 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Sweden | HIC | 5 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| Median (all countries) | Canada | HIC | 33 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Bulgaria | LMIC | 13 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| Liber et al 28 (2015) | Malaysia | HIC | 92 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Median (all countries) | Chile | HIC | 33 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Poland | HIC | 35 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| Depocen31 (2019) | Vietnam | LMIC | 5 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Kaplan et al 32 (2018) | Turkey | LMIC | 84 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| Iglesias et al 18 (2017)* | Uruguay | LMIC | 95 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Heydari34 (2018) | Iran | LMIC | 5 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Ireland | HIC | 35 | 10.5 | 11.2 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | UK | HIC | 12 | 9.0 | 9.8 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Romania | LMIC | 22 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Czechia | HIC | 5 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
| Chisha et al 36 (2019) | Gambia | LMIC | 7 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Median (all countries) | Mexico | LMIC | 33 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| Median (all countries) | Indonesia | LMIC | 33 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Croatia | HIC | 5 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| Median (all countries) | Colombia | LMIC | 33 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Median (all countries) | Mongolia | LMIC | 33 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Median (all countries) | India | LMIC | 33 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Median (all countries) | Australia | HIC | 33 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Hungary | HIC | 5 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Albania | LMIC | 16 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Spain | HIC | 12 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| Median (all countries) | New Zealand | HIC | 33 | 13.2 | 13.4 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | France | HIC | 86 | 7.5 | 7.7 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Finland | HIC | 68 | 6.8 | 7.4 |
| Median (all countries) | Georgia | LMIC | 33 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Italy | HIC | 27 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Austria | HIC | 5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| Joossens et al 16 (2014) | Greece | HIC | 80 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
*Brazil used as a reference country for Uruguay rather than the median across all countries.
†Median: Authors estimates from countries with available data.
‡Tax/pack in US$ from GTCR 2018.
GTCR, Report Global Tobacco Epidemic; HIC, high income country; LMIC, low and middle income country.