Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties by country

Countries reporting
51
Highest
0.6%
Maldives
Lowest
0.0%
Kyrgyzstan
Median
0.0%
Years covered
13
2008–2020
Data points
1,272

What the numbers show

Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 0.6% in Maldives; the lowest is 0.0% in Kyrgyzstan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.1%.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Tuvalu (up 1,550.0%), and the largest decrease in East Timor (down 100.0%).

Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 0.6% 2020 up 87.5% rising
2 Niue 0.5% 2020 up 9.5% rising
3 Nauru 0.4% 2020 unchanged rising
4 Marshall Islands 0.4% 2020 up 11.1% rising
5 Tuvalu 0.3% 2020 up 1,550.0% volatile
6 Micronesia (country) 0.3% 2020 down 42.6% falling
7 Afghanistan 0.2% 2020 up 425.0% volatile
8 Kuwait 0.2% 2020 down 47.2% falling
8 United Arab Emirates 0.2% 2020 down 34.5% falling
10 Qatar 0.2% 2020 down 45.5% falling
11 Bahrain 0.2% 2020 down 41.4% falling
12 Saudi Arabia 0.1% 2020 down 51.7% falling
12 Oman 0.1% 2020 down 54.8% falling
14 Equatorial Guinea 0.1% 2020 up 11.1% rising
15 Honduras 0.1% 2020 volatile
16 Gabon 0.1% 2020 up 14.3% rising
16 Iraq 0.1% 2020 up 700.0% volatile
18 Mali 0.1% 2020 up 40.0% rising
19 Angola 0.1% 2020 volatile
20 Cameroon 0.1% 2020 down 16.7% falling
20 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1% 2020 down 28.6% falling
20 Sierra Leone 0.1% 2020 volatile
23 Cape Verde 0.0% 2020 down 20.0% falling
23 Somalia 0.0% 2020 down 60.0% falling
25 Guinea 0.0% 2020 down 25.0% flat
26 Gambia 0.0% 2020 down 80.0% volatile
26 Georgia 0.0% 2020 volatile
26 Libya 0.0% 2020 volatile
26 Vanuatu 0.0% 2020 down 94.6% volatile
30 Liberia 0.0% 2020 down 50.0% falling
30 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2018 unchanged rising
30 Mauritania 0.0% 2020 down 80.0% volatile
30 Tonga 0.0% 2020 volatile
34 East Timor 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
34 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
34 Tajikistan 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
34 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% 2020 volatile
34 Albania 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
34 Comoros 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
34 Grenada 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
34 Palau 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
34 Panama 0.0% 2020 volatile
34 Andorra 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
34 Malaysia 0.0% 2020 volatile
34 Mongolia 0.0% 2020 volatile
34 Armenia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
34 Lebanon 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
34 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
34 Kiribati 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
34 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties
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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