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Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
0.9%
Palestine
Lowest
0.1%
Mauritania
Median
0.6%
Years covered
13
2008–2020
Data points
1,273

What the numbers show

Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Palestine; the lowest is 0.1% in Mauritania.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 0.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 78.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palestine 0.9% 2020 up 19.2% rising
2 Estonia 0.9% 2020 up 6.0% rising
2 Finland 0.9% 2020 up 11.4% rising
4 Bulgaria 0.8% 2020 down 4.5% flat
4 Turkey 0.8% 2020 up 9.0% rising
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8% 2020 up 16.7% rising
6 Croatia 0.8% 2020 up 16.7% rising
8 France 0.8% 2020 up 3.8% flat
8 Israel 0.8% 2020 up 15.3% rising
10 Brazil 0.8% 2020 up 39.0% rising
10 New Zealand 0.8% 2020 up 2.5% rising
12 Georgia 0.8% 2020 up 65.3% rising
12 Greece 0.8% 2020 down 5.8% flat
12 Mauritius 0.8% 2020 up 12.5% rising
15 Chile 0.8% 2020 up 5.3% rising
15 Latvia 0.8% 2020 down 1.2% rising
15 Madagascar 0.8% 2020 up 5.3% rising
15 North Macedonia 0.8% 2020 up 11.1% rising
19 Egypt 0.8% 2020 up 6.8% rising
19 United Kingdom 0.8% 2020 up 2.6% flat
19 Ireland 0.8% 2020 unchanged flat
19 Portugal 0.8% 2020 unchanged falling
19 Slovenia 0.8% 2020 up 3.9% flat
19 Thailand 0.8% 2020 up 14.5% rising
25 Andorra 0.8% 2020 up 34.5% rising
25 Denmark 0.8% 2020 up 4.0% flat
25 Spain 0.8% 2020 unchanged flat
25 Jordan 0.8% 2020 down 2.5% flat
25 Malta 0.8% 2020 up 2.6% flat
25 Poland 0.8% 2020 down 9.3% falling
31 Argentina 0.8% 2020 up 11.6% rising
31 Belgium 0.8% 2020 up 1.3% flat
31 Czechia 0.8% 2020 down 2.5% falling
31 Italy 0.8% 2020 up 2.7% flat
31 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2020 up 4.1% flat
31 Montenegro 0.8% 2020 up 18.5% rising
31 Netherlands 0.8% 2020 up 5.5% flat
31 Serbia 0.8% 2020 up 2.7% rising
39 Morocco 0.8% 2020 up 15.2% rising
39 Slovakia 0.8% 2020 down 8.4% falling
41 Austria 0.8% 2020 up 2.7% flat
42 Australia 0.7% 2020 up 15.6% rising
42 Comoros 0.7% 2020 up 45.1% rising
42 Cyprus 0.7% 2020 up 2.8% flat
42 South Korea 0.7% 2020 up 19.4% rising
42 Lithuania 0.7% 2020 down 3.9% flat
42 Saudi Arabia 0.7% 2020 up 155.2% volatile
48 United Arab Emirates 0.7% 2020 up 151.7% volatile
48 Bangladesh 0.7% 2020 up 52.1% rising
48 Colombia 0.7% 2020 up 46.0% rising
48 Hungary 0.7% 2020 down 7.6% falling
48 Sudan 0.7% 2020 up 7.4% rising
48 Venezuela 0.7% 2020 up 2.8% flat
54 Bahrain 0.7% 2020 up 148.3% volatile
55 Palau 0.7% 2020 up 24.6% rising
56 Cuba 0.7% 2018 down 6.7% falling
56 Romania 0.7% 2020 down 15.7% falling
56 Seychelles 0.7% 2020 up 2.9% flat
56 Tunisia 0.7% 2020 down 18.6% falling
56 Cook Islands 0.7% 2018 up 52.2% rising
61 Nicaragua 0.7% 2020 up 137.9% rising
61 Ukraine 0.7% 2020 down 1.4% rising
63 Luxembourg 0.7% 2020 down 2.9% flat
63 Mexico 0.7% 2020 up 7.9% rising
63 Peru 0.7% 2020 up 44.7% rising
63 Qatar 0.7% 2020 up 106.1% rising
63 Sweden 0.7% 2020 down 5.6% falling
68 Albania 0.7% 2020 up 26.4% rising
68 Ecuador 0.7% 2020 up 4.7% rising
68 Singapore 0.7% 2020 unchanged flat
68 Tonga 0.7% 2020 up 19.6% rising
72 Maldives 0.7% 2020 up 106.2% rising
72 Uruguay 0.7% 2020 down 8.3% flat
74 Germany 0.6% 2020 down 13.5% falling
74 Oman 0.6% 2020 up 106.5% rising
74 Rwanda 0.6% 2020 up 68.4% rising
77 Canada 0.6% 2020 unchanged flat
77 Indonesia 0.6% 2020 up 14.8% rising
77 Moldova 0.6% 2020 up 106.7% rising
77 Norway 0.6% 2020 down 13.9% falling
81 Japan 0.6% 2020 down 3.2% flat
81 Pakistan 0.6% 2020 up 10.9% rising
83 Switzerland 0.6% 2020 down 6.2% falling
84 India 0.6% 2020 up 28.9% rising
84 Niue 0.6% 2020 down 7.9% flat
86 Liberia 0.6% 2020 up 200.0% volatile
86 Panama 0.6% 2020 down 3.4% rising
88 Belarus 0.6% 2020 up 100.0% rising
88 Kazakhstan 0.6% 2020 up 107.4% rising
88 Philippines 0.6% 2020 up 100.0% rising
88 Russia 0.6% 2020 up 60.0% rising
88 Uzbekistan 0.6% 2020 up 86.7% rising
93 Eritrea 0.6% 2018 unchanged flat
93 Iceland 0.6% 2020 down 1.8% flat
95 China 0.5% 2020 up 10.2% rising
95 Costa Rica 0.5% 2020 up 28.6% rising
95 Marshall Islands 0.5% 2020 up 10.2% rising
95 Eswatini 0.5% 2020 up 20.0% rising
99 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% 2020 up 103.8% rising
99 Papua New Guinea 0.5% 2020 up 26.2% rising
99 Vanuatu 0.5% 2020 down 5.4% falling
99 South Africa 0.5% 2020 up 10.4% rising
103 Botswana 0.5% 2020 down 5.5% rising
103 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5% 2020 up 85.7% rising
103 Chad 0.5% 2020 up 108.0% rising
106 Ethiopia 0.5% 2020 up 30.8% rising
106 Saint Lucia 0.5% 2020 up 88.9% rising
106 Lesotho 0.5% 2020 up 13.3% rising
106 Malaysia 0.5% 2020 down 1.9% flat
106 Yemen 0.5% 2020 down 3.8% falling
111 Azerbaijan 0.5% 2020 up 138.1% rising
111 Myanmar 0.5% 2020 up 100.0% rising
113 Gambia 0.5% 2020 down 12.5% falling
113 Guatemala 0.5% 2020 down 5.8% falling
113 Samoa 0.5% 2020 down 19.7% falling
116 Barbados 0.5% 2018 down 2.1% falling
116 Micronesia (country) 0.5% 2020 down 29.9% falling
116 El Salvador 0.5% 2020 down 14.5% flat
119 Mongolia 0.5% 2020 down 10.0% rising
120 Armenia 0.4% 2020 up 83.3% rising
120 Burkina Faso 0.4% 2020 up 37.5% rising
120 Dominican Republic 0.4% 2020 down 22.8% falling
120 Grenada 0.4% 2018 up 7.3% flat
124 Bahamas 0.4% 2020 up 38.7% rising
124 Cameroon 0.4% 2020 up 38.7% rising
124 Honduras 0.4% 2020 up 10.3% flat
124 Jamaica 0.4% 2020 down 15.7% falling
128 Namibia 0.4% 2020 down 8.7% falling
128 Nauru 0.4% 2020 unchanged rising
128 Syria 0.4% 2020 up 27.3% rising
128 Tajikistan 0.4% 2020 up 40.0% rising
128 Turkmenistan 0.4% 2020 down 27.6% falling
133 Kiribati 0.4% 2020 down 34.9% falling
133 Togo 0.4% 2020 up 86.4% rising
135 United States 0.4% 2020 down 11.1% flat
136 Kenya 0.4% 2020 down 39.1% falling
136 Tuvalu 0.4% 2020 up 143.8% volatile
136 Vietnam 0.4% 2020 up 21.9% rising
136 Zambia 0.4% 2020 up 8.3% falling
140 Senegal 0.4% 2020 up 26.7% rising
141 Burundi 0.4% 2020 down 33.9% falling
141 Fiji 0.4% 2020 down 26.0% falling
141 Nigeria 0.4% 2020 up 76.2% rising
144 Bolivia 0.4% 2020 down 5.3% falling
145 Belize 0.3% 2020 down 40.7% falling
145 Cote d'Ivoire 0.3% 2020 up 40.0% rising
145 Algeria 0.3% 2020 down 28.6% falling
145 Uganda 0.3% 2020 down 22.2% falling
149 Sao Tome and Principe 0.3% 2020 up 36.0% rising
150 Ghana 0.3% 2020 up 45.5% rising
150 Niger 0.3% 2020 up 6.7% rising
152 Tanzania 0.3% 2020 up 15.4% flat
153 Djibouti 0.3% 2016 up 20.8% rising
153 Mozambique 0.3% 2020 up 7.4% falling
153 Zimbabwe 0.3% 2020 down 44.2% falling
156 Guyana 0.3% 2020 up 12.0% flat
156 Mali 0.3% 2020 up 27.3% rising
158 Congo 0.3% 2020 down 15.6% flat
158 Nepal 0.3% 2020 down 6.9% rising
160 Cambodia 0.3% 2020 up 52.9% rising
160 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3% 2020 down 23.5% falling
162 Equatorial Guinea 0.2% 2020 up 9.1% rising
163 Dominica 0.2% 2020 down 11.5% falling
163 Sierra Leone 0.2% 2020 up 76.9% rising
163 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2% 2020 up 53.3% rising
166 Gabon 0.2% 2020 up 10.0% rising
166 East Timor 0.2% 2020 — rising
168 Afghanistan 0.2% 2020 up 425.0% volatile
169 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2% 2018 up 11.1% rising
170 Cape Verde 0.2% 2020 up 90.0% rising
170 Kuwait 0.2% 2020 down 47.2% falling
172 Paraguay 0.2% 2020 up 12.5% rising
173 Iran 0.2% 2020 up 433.3% volatile
174 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1% 2020 down 13.3% falling
175 Angola 0.1% 2020 down 47.8% falling
175 Laos 0.1% 2020 down 14.3% rising
177 Benin 0.1% 2020 down 16.7% falling
177 Guinea 0.1% 2020 down 23.1% rising
177 Lebanon 0.1% 2020 down 78.7% falling
180 Libya 0.1% 2020 down 60.9% falling
181 Iraq 0.1% 2020 up 700.0% volatile
182 Guinea-Bissau 0.1% 2018 up 16.7% rising
182 Somalia 0.1% 2020 down 30.0% falling
184 Mauritania 0.1% 2020 down 14.3% rising

Regions and income groups

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 - total tax
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
186 places, 1,273 data points, 2008–2020
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