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

Countries reporting
172
Highest
0.5%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Tonga
Median
0.1%
Years covered
13
2008–2020
Data points
1,272

What the numbers show

Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - value added tax is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 0.5% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Tonga.

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

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 47.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 325.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 91.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 0.5% 2020 unchanged flat
2 Brazil 0.3% 2020 up 28.0% rising
3 India 0.2% 2020 up 29.4% rising
4 Hungary 0.2% 2020 up 5.0% rising
5 Denmark 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
5 Micronesia (country) 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
5 Croatia 0.2% 2020 up 5.3% rising
5 Norway 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
5 Sweden 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
10 Finland 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
10 Greece 0.2% 2020 unchanged rising
10 Ireland 0.2% 2020 up 11.8% rising
10 Iceland 0.2% 2020 down 5.0% falling
10 Poland 0.2% 2020 up 5.6% rising
10 Portugal 0.2% 2020 up 11.8% rising
16 Italy 0.2% 2020 up 5.9% rising
16 Slovenia 0.2% 2020 up 5.9% rising
16 Uruguay 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
19 Albania 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
19 Armenia 0.2% 2020 up 325.0% volatile
19 Austria 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
19 Belgium 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
19 Bulgaria 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
19 Belarus 0.2% 2020 unchanged rising
19 Czechia 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
19 Spain 0.2% 2020 up 13.3% rising
19 Estonia 0.2% 2020 unchanged rising
19 France 0.2% 2020 up 6.2% rising
19 United Kingdom 0.2% 2020 up 13.3% rising
19 Lithuania 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
19 Latvia 0.2% 2020 unchanged rising
19 Moldova 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
19 Madagascar 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
19 Montenegro 0.2% 2020 up 13.3% rising
19 Netherlands 0.2% 2020 up 6.2% rising
19 Russia 0.2% 2020 up 13.3% rising
19 Serbia 0.2% 2020 up 13.3% rising
19 Slovakia 0.2% 2020 up 6.2% rising
19 Ukraine 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
40 Chile 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
40 Cameroon 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
40 Congo 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
40 Colombia 0.2% 2020 up 60.0% rising
40 Cyprus 0.2% 2020 up 23.1% rising
40 Morocco 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
40 Niger 0.2% 2020 unchanged flat
40 Romania 0.2% 2020 down 15.8% falling
48 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Burundi 0.1% 2020 unchanged rising
48 Burkina Faso 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Bangladesh 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Barbados 0.1% 2018 up 15.4% rising
48 Cote d'Ivoire 0.1% 2020 up 36.4% rising
48 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2020 up 7.1% rising
48 Algeria 0.1% 2020 up 15.4% rising
48 Georgia 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Ghana 0.1% 2020 up 15.4% rising
48 Honduras 0.1% 2020 up 15.4% rising
48 Israel 0.1% 2020 up 7.1% rising
48 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1% 2018 up 66.7% rising
48 Luxembourg 0.1% 2020 up 15.4% rising
48 North Macedonia 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Malta 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Mozambique 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 unchanged rising
48 Peru 0.1% 2020 down 6.2% falling
48 Rwanda 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Senegal 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Chad 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Togo 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Tajikistan 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Turkey 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
48 Tanzania 0.1% 2020 unchanged falling
75 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1% 2020 — volatile
75 Germany 0.1% 2020 down 12.5% falling
75 Jordan 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
75 Kenya 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
75 Mexico 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
75 Palestine 0.1% 2020 up 7.7% rising
75 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1% 2020 up 7.7% rising
75 Zambia 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
83 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
83 Dominica 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
83 Grenada 0.1% 2018 — rising
83 Jamaica 0.1% 2020 down 13.3% falling
83 Lesotho 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
83 Mauritius 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
83 Namibia 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
83 Nicaragua 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
83 New Zealand 0.1% 2020 up 18.2% rising
83 Panama 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
83 Saudi Arabia 0.1% 2020 — volatile
83 Sierra Leone 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
83 Eswatini 0.1% 2020 up 8.3% rising
83 Seychelles 0.1% 2020 — volatile
83 Turkmenistan 0.1% 2020 unchanged falling
83 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2020 down 23.5% falling
83 Samoa 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
83 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 8.3% rising
83 Zimbabwe 0.1% 2020 unchanged rising
102 Bolivia 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
102 China 0.1% 2020 down 20.0% falling
102 Guyana 0.1% 2020 down 14.3% falling
102 Nepal 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
102 El Salvador 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
107 Bahamas 0.1% 2020 — volatile
107 Belize 0.1% 2020 unchanged rising
107 Botswana 0.1% 2020 up 22.2% rising
107 Ecuador 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
107 Eritrea 0.1% 2018 unchanged flat
107 Guatemala 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
107 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
107 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 unchanged falling
107 Saint Lucia 0.1% 2020 — volatile
107 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2020 unchanged falling
107 Philippines 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
107 Sudan 0.1% 2020 — volatile
107 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2020 down 15.4% falling
107 Niue 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
121 Ethiopia 0.1% 2020 unchanged falling
121 Lebanon 0.1% 2020 up 11.1% rising
121 Tunisia 0.1% 2020 up 150.0% rising
121 Cook Islands 0.1% 2018 up 42.9% rising
125 Australia 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
125 Canada 0.1% 2020 unchanged rising
125 Comoros 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
125 Costa Rica 0.1% 2020 down 25.0% falling
125 Indonesia 0.1% 2020 up 12.5% rising
125 Japan 0.1% 2020 up 80.0% rising
125 Cambodia 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
125 South Korea 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
125 Laos 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
125 Liberia 0.1% 2020 up 28.6% rising
125 Mali 0.1% 2020 up 28.6% rising
125 Mongolia 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
125 Papua New Guinea 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
125 Paraguay 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
139 Fiji 0.1% 2020 down 27.3% falling
140 Switzerland 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
140 Gambia 0.1% 2020 down 46.2% falling
140 Nigeria 0.1% 2020 up 40.0% rising
140 Singapore 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
140 Thailand 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
140 Uganda 0.1% 2020 down 53.3% falling
140 Vietnam 0.1% 2020 up 16.7% rising
140 Vanuatu 0.1% 2020 unchanged rising
148 Equatorial Guinea 0.1% 2020 unchanged rising
148 Kiribati 0.1% 2020 — volatile
148 Maldives 0.1% 2020 — volatile
151 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2020 — volatile
151 Argentina 0.1% 2020 unchanged falling
151 Bahrain 0.1% 2020 — volatile
151 Gabon 0.1% 2020 up 25.0% rising
151 Malaysia 0.1% 2020 unchanged rising
151 United States 0.1% 2020 unchanged flat
151 Venezuela 0.1% 2020 up 66.7% rising
158 Andorra 0.0% 2020 up 300.0% rising
158 Iran 0.0% 2020 up 100.0% volatile
158 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2020 unchanged flat
161 Cape Verde 0.0% 2020 unchanged flat
161 Guinea 0.0% 2020 down 40.0% falling
161 Somalia 0.0% 2020 — volatile
161 Tuvalu 0.0% 2020 unchanged volatile
165 Angola 0.0% 2020 down 91.3% falling
165 Djibouti 0.0% 2016 — volatile
165 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2018 unchanged flat
165 Mauritania 0.0% 2020 unchanged falling
165 East Timor 0.0% 2020 unchanged flat
170 Benin 0.0% 2020 down 66.7% falling
170 Libya 0.0% 2020 unchanged falling
170 Tonga 0.0% 2020 down 50.0% falling

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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 - value added tax
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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