Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Canada
Canada: Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax was 0.6% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Canada, 2008–2020
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2020, most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Canada stood at 0.6%. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Canada peaked at 0.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2010.
Canada ranks 77th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.7% | — |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | -3.1% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.7%, 84% of the median. (60 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Canada
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Frequently asked questions
- What is most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Canada?
- Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Canada was 0.6% in 2020, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2010.
- How does Canada rank for most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax?
- Canada ranks 77th out of 184 countries with data for 2020.
- Is most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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