Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Egypt
Egypt: Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax was 0.8% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Egypt, 2008–2020
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Egypt is 0.8%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Egypt peaked at 0.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2008.
Egypt ranks 19th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.6% | — |
| 2010 | 0.7% | +25.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +2.6% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4%, 1.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.8% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.6%, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7884 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 946 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 7,225 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.3993 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0487 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.4524 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Egypt?
- Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax in Egypt was 0.8% 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2008.
- How does Egypt rank for most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax?
- Egypt ranks 19th 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 Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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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