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Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem excise by country

Countries reporting
127
Highest
0.7%
Cuba
Lowest
0.0%
Peru
Median
0.2%
Years covered
13
2008–2020
Data points
1,272

What the numbers show

Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem excise is currently reported for 127 countries. The highest value is 0.7% in Cuba; the lowest is 0.0% in Peru.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Cape Verde (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (down 100.0%).

Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cuba 0.7% 2018 — volatile
2 Türkiye 0.7% 2020 up 6.3% rising
2 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% 2020 down 1.5% flat
4 Madagascar 0.6% 2020 up 8.5% rising
5 Comoros 0.6% 2020 up 65.8% rising
6 Sudan 0.6% 2020 down 8.8% flat
7 Bangladesh 0.6% 2020 up 72.7% rising
8 Argentina 0.6% 2020 up 19.6% rising
9 France 0.5% 2020 down 6.9% falling
10 Finland 0.5% 2020 unchanged flat
11 Spain 0.5% 2020 down 10.5% falling
11 Italy 0.5% 2020 down 7.3% falling
13 Bahrain 0.5% 2020 — volatile
13 Egypt 0.5% 2020 up 25.0% rising
13 Myanmar 0.5% 2020 up 100.0% volatile
13 Oman 0.5% 2020 — volatile
13 Qatar 0.5% 2020 — volatile
18 United Arab Emirates 0.5% 2020 — volatile
19 Luxembourg 0.5% 2020 down 2.1% flat
19 Saudi Arabia 0.5% 2020 — volatile
21 Eritrea 0.5% 2018 unchanged flat
22 Panama 0.4% 2020 — rising
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4% 2020 unchanged flat
24 Belgium 0.4% 2020 down 23.1% falling
25 Israel 0.4% 2020 up 2.6% falling
26 Austria 0.4% 2020 down 11.6% falling
26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.4% 2020 up 171.4% volatile
26 Guatemala 0.4% 2020 down 7.3% falling
26 Mexico 0.4% 2020 down 17.4% falling
30 Rwanda 0.4% 2020 up 56.5% rising
31 China 0.3% 2020 up 20.7% rising
32 Cyprus 0.3% 2020 down 24.4% falling
32 Croatia 0.3% 2020 up 3.0% rising
32 Palestine, State of 0.3% 2020 down 5.6% falling
35 Serbia 0.3% 2020 down 5.7% flat
36 Poland 0.3% 2020 up 3.2% falling
37 Montenegro 0.3% 2020 down 11.4% flat
38 Chile 0.3% 2020 down 50.0% falling
38 Czechia 0.3% 2020 up 7.1% flat
38 Estonia 0.3% 2020 down 9.1% falling
38 Georgia 0.3% 2020 — volatile
38 Tunisia 0.3% 2020 up 114.3% rising
38 Viet Nam 0.3% 2020 up 20.0% rising
44 Grenada 0.3% 2018 — volatile
44 Turkmenistan 0.3% 2020 — volatile
46 Burkina Faso 0.3% 2020 up 64.7% rising
47 Greece 0.3% 2020 down 55.2% falling
48 Bulgaria 0.2% 2020 up 8.7% falling
48 Switzerland 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Lithuania 0.2% 2020 unchanged rising
48 Togo 0.2% 2020 up 316.7% volatile
52 Hungary 0.2% 2020 down 17.9% falling
52 Malta 0.2% 2020 down 54.0% falling
52 Senegal 0.2% 2020 — volatile
52 Slovakia 0.2% 2020 down 4.2% flat
56 Germany 0.2% 2020 down 12.0% falling
56 Slovenia 0.2% 2020 down 50.0% falling
58 Costa Rica 0.2% 2020 down 25.0% falling
58 Ethiopia 0.2% 2020 down 27.6% falling
58 El Salvador 0.2% 2020 up 16.7% flat
61 Latvia 0.2% 2020 down 42.9% falling
61 Syrian Arab Republic 0.2% 2020 up 33.3% rising
63 Thailand 0.2% 2020 down 67.2% falling
64 Liberia 0.2% 2020 up 63.6% rising
65 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2020 down 29.2% falling
65 Ghana 0.2% 2020 up 88.9% rising
67 Côte d'Ivoire 0.2% 2020 up 33.3% rising
67 Morocco 0.2% 2020 down 68.0% volatile
67 Nigeria 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
70 Cambodia 0.1% 2020 up 200.0% rising
70 Niger 0.1% 2020 up 15.4% rising
70 Russian Federation 0.1% 2020 up 114.3% rising
73 Portugal 0.1% 2020 down 39.1% falling
73 Romania 0.1% 2020 down 36.4% falling
73 Zimbabwe 0.1% 2020 down 64.1% volatile
76 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2020 up 8.3% rising
77 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1% 2020 down 33.3% falling
77 Chad 0.1% 2020 up 50.0% rising
79 Congo 0.1% 2020 down 31.2% falling
79 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2020 down 35.3% falling
79 Mali 0.1% 2020 up 57.1% rising
82 Brazil 0.1% 2020 — volatile
82 Colombia 0.1% 2020 unchanged rising
84 Djibouti 0.1% 2016 unchanged flat
84 Ireland 0.1% 2020 down 50.0% falling
84 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.1% 2020 — volatile
84 North Macedonia 0.1% 2020 down 74.3% volatile
84 Paraguay 0.1% 2020 up 50.0% rising
89 Benin 0.1% 2020 up 14.3% rising
89 Gabon 0.1% 2020 down 11.1% flat
89 Equatorial Guinea 0.1% 2020 up 14.3% rising
92 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2020 — volatile
93 Cameroon 0.1% 2020 down 14.3% falling
93 Algeria 0.1% 2020 — volatile
95 Cape Verde 0.1% 2020 up 400.0% rising
95 Netherlands 0.1% 2020 down 76.2% volatile
97 Angola 0.0% 2020 — volatile
97 Guinea 0.0% 2020 up 33.3% rising
97 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2018 up 100.0% rising
97 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2018 down 42.9% falling
97 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2020 — volatile
97 Ukraine 0.0% 2020 down 81.0% falling
103 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2020 up 50.0% rising
103 Tuvalu 0.0% 2020 down 72.7% volatile
105 India 0.0% 2020 — volatile
105 Mauritania 0.0% 2020 — volatile
107 Denmark 0.0% 2020 down 95.2% volatile
107 Sweden 0.0% 2020 down 97.4% volatile
109 Andorra 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
109 Burundi 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
109 Bahamas 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
109 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
109 Botswana 0.0% 2020 — volatile
109 Ecuador 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
109 Guyana 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
109 Honduras 0.0% 2020 — volatile
109 Indonesia 0.0% 2020 — volatile
109 Jordan 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
109 Kenya 0.0% 2020 — volatile
109 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2020 — volatile
109 Lebanon 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
109 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
109 Mozambique 0.0% 2020 — volatile
109 Malaysia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
109 Nicaragua 0.0% 2020 — volatile
109 Pakistan 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
109 Peru 0.0% 2020 — volatile

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Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem excise
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
186 places, 1,272 data points, 2008–2020
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