Average price of a pack of cigarettes in the Netherlands 2005-2022

In the last 16 years, the price of a pack of cigarettes in the Netherlands increased by more than 250 percent, from just 3.15 euros in 2005 to 8.11 in 2022. In the period until 2021, the annual inflation rate was never above five percent, peaking in 2001 at 4.5 percent. This suggests that prices of cigarettes grew much faster than the CPI.

International comparison: the price of cigarettes in the Benelux region

   Of all the Benelux countries, the Dutch clearly paid the most for their cigarettes. A pack of 20 cigarettes in the Netherlands sold for 6.49 euros on average, whereas in Belgium for the same pack you would pay 6.40 euros in 2021. Cigarettes were cheapest in Luxembourg though: 20 cigarettes on average cost just 4.66 euros – the same price smokers in the Netherlands paid all the way back in 2005.

 Expenditure on cigarettes in the Netherlands 

  Consumer expenditure on tobacco products reached 5.4 billion euros in 2020. Roughly 3.6 billion of this came from the sales of cigarettes. On average, Dutch consumers spent just over 200 euros per capita on cigarettes.