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

Countries reporting
138
Highest
0.7%
Andorra
Lowest
0.0%
Turkmenistan
Median
0.3%
Years covered
13
2008–2020
Data points
1,272

What the numbers show

Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - specific excise is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 0.7% in Andorra; the lowest is 0.0% in Turkmenistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 0.3%.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra (up 7,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra 0.7% 2020 up 7,300.0% rising
2 Palau 0.7% 2020 — volatile
3 New Zealand 0.7% 2020 unchanged rising
4 Mauritius 0.7% 2020 up 15.3% rising
5 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2020 up 11.9% flat
6 Australia 0.7% 2020 up 18.2% rising
6 Korea 0.7% 2020 up 22.6% rising
6 Tonga 0.7% 2020 up 18.2% rising
9 Jordan 0.6% 2020 up 88.2% rising
10 Singapore 0.6% 2020 unchanged flat
11 Cook Islands 0.6% 2018 up 50.0% rising
12 Denmark 0.6% 2020 up 67.6% rising
13 Ecuador 0.6% 2020 — volatile
13 North Macedonia 0.6% 2020 up 1,300.0% volatile
13 Nicaragua 0.6% 2020 up 250.0% volatile
13 Seychelles 0.6% 2020 down 17.6% falling
17 Netherlands 0.6% 2020 up 52.8% rising
18 Canada 0.5% 2020 unchanged flat
19 Japan 0.5% 2020 down 1.9% flat
19 Peru 0.5% 2020 up 67.7% volatile
21 Ireland 0.5% 2020 up 18.6% rising
22 Albania 0.5% 2020 up 51.5% rising
23 Indonesia 0.5% 2020 up 4.3% rising
23 Uruguay 0.5% 2020 down 11.1% falling
25 Colombia 0.5% 2020 up 56.7% rising
25 Sweden 0.5% 2020 up 291.7% rising
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.5% 2020 up 21.1% rising
27 Malaysia 0.5% 2020 up 21.1% rising
27 Portugal 0.5% 2020 up 17.9% rising
30 Kazakhstan 0.5% 2020 up 181.2% rising
30 Philippines 0.5% 2020 up 150.0% rising
30 Palestine, State of 0.5% 2020 up 55.2% rising
33 Bulgaria 0.4% 2020 down 10.2% rising
33 Morocco 0.4% 2020 — volatile
33 Papua New Guinea 0.4% 2020 up 33.3% rising
33 Ukraine 0.4% 2020 up 33.3% rising
33 Vanuatu 0.4% 2020 up 266.7% rising
38 Latvia 0.4% 2020 up 43.3% rising
39 Kyrgyzstan 0.4% 2020 up 425.0% volatile
39 Norway 0.4% 2020 down 19.2% falling
41 Estonia 0.4% 2020 up 24.2% rising
41 Pakistan 0.4% 2020 up 10.8% rising
43 Romania 0.4% 2020 down 4.8% rising
43 Eswatini 0.4% 2020 up 21.2% rising
43 Thailand 0.4% 2020 — volatile
43 South Africa 0.4% 2020 up 11.1% rising
47 Belarus 0.4% 2020 up 225.0% rising
47 Saint Lucia 0.4% 2020 — volatile
47 Malta 0.4% 2020 up 254.5% rising
47 Slovenia 0.4% 2020 up 160.0% rising
51 Lesotho 0.4% 2020 up 18.8% rising
52 Slovakia 0.4% 2020 down 14.0% falling
53 Gambia 0.4% 2020 up 20.0% rising
53 Iceland 0.4% 2020 unchanged falling
53 Mongolia 0.4% 2020 down 12.2% rising
53 Uzbekistan 0.4% 2020 up 176.9% rising
53 Samoa 0.4% 2020 down 25.0% falling
58 Botswana 0.3% 2020 down 23.9% falling
58 Greece 0.3% 2020 up 288.9% volatile
58 Kiribati 0.3% 2020 — volatile
58 United States of America 0.3% 2020 down 12.5% flat
62 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2020 up 750.0% volatile
62 Chile 0.3% 2020 — volatile
62 Georgia 0.3% 2020 up 3.0% rising
65 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2020 up 3,200.0% volatile
66 Barbados 0.3% 2018 down 5.9% falling
66 Lithuania 0.3% 2020 down 8.6% falling
68 Bahamas 0.3% 2020 — volatile
68 Czechia 0.3% 2020 down 11.8% falling
68 Croatia 0.3% 2020 up 50.0% falling
71 Brazil 0.3% 2020 up 26.1% rising
71 Fiji 0.3% 2020 down 23.7% falling
71 Hungary 0.3% 2020 down 6.5% falling
71 India 0.3% 2020 up 3.6% rising
71 Israel 0.3% 2020 up 45.0% rising
71 Montenegro 0.3% 2020 up 93.3% rising
71 Namibia 0.3% 2020 down 12.1% falling
78 Armenia 0.3% 2020 up 55.6% rising
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3% 2020 up 115.4% rising
78 Germany 0.3% 2020 down 15.2% falling
78 Jamaica 0.3% 2020 down 22.2% falling
78 Liberia 0.3% 2020 — volatile
78 Poland 0.3% 2020 down 24.3% falling
78 Uganda 0.3% 2020 down 3.4% falling
85 Switzerland 0.3% 2020 down 10.0% falling
85 Serbia 0.3% 2020 up 17.4% rising
87 Tajikistan 0.3% 2020 up 766.7% volatile
88 Kenya 0.2% 2020 down 50.0% volatile
88 Russian Federation 0.2% 2020 up 92.3% rising
88 Zambia 0.2% 2020 up 8.7% falling
91 Belize 0.2% 2020 down 50.0% volatile
91 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2% 2020 — volatile
91 Cyprus 0.2% 2020 up 60.0% rising
91 Egypt 0.2% 2020 down 22.6% falling
95 Burundi 0.2% 2020 — volatile
95 Costa Rica 0.2% 2020 — volatile
97 Austria 0.2% 2020 up 53.8% rising
97 Belgium 0.2% 2020 up 185.7% rising
97 Ethiopia 0.2% 2020 — volatile
97 Chad 0.2% 2020 — volatile
101 Timor-Leste 0.2% 2020 down 36.7% falling
102 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2020 down 30.8% falling
102 Honduras 0.2% 2020 down 30.8% rising
104 Finland 0.2% 2020 up 112.5% rising
104 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2% 2020 — volatile
106 Mexico 0.1% 2020 up 400.0% volatile
106 Nigeria 0.1% 2020 — volatile
106 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2020 down 28.6% falling
106 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 36.4% rising
110 Cameroon 0.1% 2020 — volatile
110 Mozambique 0.1% 2020 up 16.7% rising
110 Nepal 0.1% 2020 down 17.6% flat
110 El Salvador 0.1% 2020 down 46.2% flat
114 France 0.1% 2020 up 116.7% rising
114 Guyana 0.1% 2020 — volatile
114 Rwanda 0.1% 2020 — volatile
114 Tunisia 0.1% 2020 down 72.3% volatile
118 Dominica 0.1% 2020 down 23.1% falling
118 Algeria 0.1% 2020 down 60.0% falling
118 Spain 0.1% 2020 up 66.7% rising
121 Cape Verde 0.1% 2020 — volatile
122 Italy 0.1% 2020 up 75.0% rising
122 Luxembourg 0.1% 2020 down 22.2% falling
122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1% 2020 up 250.0% volatile
125 Türkiye 0.0% 2020 — volatile
125 Yemen 0.0% 2020 down 50.0% falling
127 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2020 — volatile
128 China 0.0% 2020 unchanged flat
129 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
129 Congo 0.0% 2020 — volatile
129 Cuba 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
129 Ghana 0.0% 2020 — volatile
129 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0% 2020 — volatile
129 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
129 Myanmar 0.0% 2020 — volatile
129 Panama 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
129 Senegal 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
129 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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