Taxes as a % of price: specific excise by country
Countries reporting
142
Highest
74.1%
Palau
Lowest
0.0%
Senegal
Median
31.9%
Years covered
15
2008–2022
Data points
1,467
What the numbers show
Taxes as a % of price: specific excise is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 74.1% in Palau; the lowest is 0.0% in Senegal.
The median across all reporting countries is 31.9%, and the mean is 31.5%.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 1,344.7%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 100.0%).
Taxes as a % of price: specific excise: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 74.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Andorra | 74.0% | 2022 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 3 | New Zealand | 69.7% | 2022 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 4 | Australia | 67.9% | 2022 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 5 | Tonga | 65.2% | 2022 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 6 | Mauritius | 65.1% | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 7 | South Korea | 64.8% | 2022 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 8 | Jordan | 64.2% | 2022 | up 120.8% | rising |
| 9 | Nicaragua | 62.7% | 2022 | up 290.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Cook Islands | 61.7% | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 60.5% | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 12 | Singapore | 59.7% | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | Vanuatu | 58.8% | 2022 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 14 | Peru | 58.1% | 2022 | up 115.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Indonesia | 57.3% | 2022 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 16 | Seychelles | 56.5% | 2022 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 17 | Papua New Guinea | 56.1% | 2022 | up 98.5% | rising |
| 18 | Netherlands | 54.6% | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 19 | Canada | 54.5% | 2022 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | 53.9% | 2022 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 21 | Ecuador | 53.3% | 2022 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 52.7% | 2022 | up 1,344.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Japan | 50.8% | 2022 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 50.6% | 2022 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 25 | Albania | 50.0% | 2022 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 26 | Latvia | 49.0% | 2022 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 27 | Ireland | 48.5% | 2022 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 28 | Uruguay | 47.5% | 2022 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 29 | South Africa | 47.0% | 2022 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 30 | Sweden | 46.9% | 2022 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 31 | Malaysia | 46.0% | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 32 | Portugal | 45.3% | 2022 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 33 | East Timor | 44.4% | 2022 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 34 | Iceland | 44.2% | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 35 | Kiribati | 44.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 43.6% | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 37 | Bahamas | 42.4% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Estonia | 41.5% | 2022 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 39 | Eswatini | 41.3% | 2022 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.5% | 2022 | up 386.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Belarus | 39.9% | 2022 | up 111.4% | rising |
| 42 | Philippines | 39.9% | 2022 | up 119.9% | rising |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 39.7% | 2022 | up 106.3% | rising |
| 44 | Lesotho | 39.6% | 2022 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 45 | Norway | 39.6% | 2022 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 46 | Colombia | 39.2% | 2022 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 47 | Romania | 39.1% | 2022 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 48 | Malta | 38.9% | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 49 | Botswana | 38.0% | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 37.9% | 2022 | up 1,004.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Thailand | 37.9% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Ukraine | 37.8% | 2022 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 53 | Namibia | 37.6% | 2022 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 54 | Slovenia | 37.4% | 2022 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 55 | Palestine | 37.1% | 2022 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 56 | Slovakia | 37.0% | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 57 | Myanmar | 36.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Greece | 35.9% | 2022 | up 225.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Moldova | 35.8% | 2022 | up 1,060.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 35.4% | 2022 | up 180.2% | rising |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 35.0% | 2022 | up 1,251.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Chile | 34.3% | 2022 | up 945.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Samoa | 34.2% | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 64 | Solomon Islands | 34.2% | 2022 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 65 | Lithuania | 33.8% | 2022 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 66 | Malawi | 33.7% | 2022 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 67 | Pakistan | 33.6% | 2022 | down 20.9% | flat |
| 68 | Montenegro | 32.6% | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 69 | United States | 32.2% | 2022 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 70 | Mongolia | 32.1% | 2022 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 71 | Croatia | 32.0% | 2022 | up 77.8% | flat |
| 72 | Armenia | 31.8% | 2022 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 73 | Saint Lucia | 31.3% | 2022 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Madagascar | 31.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Gambia | 30.0% | 2022 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 76 | India | 28.9% | 2022 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 77 | Germany | 28.6% | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 78 | Russia | 28.4% | 2022 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 79 | Czechia | 28.3% | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 80 | Barbados | 28.1% | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 81 | Poland | 27.6% | 2022 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27.5% | 2022 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 83 | Georgia | 27.4% | 2022 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 84 | Brazil | 27.3% | 2022 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 85 | Hungary | 27.2% | 2022 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 86 | Switzerland | 26.3% | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 87 | Fiji | 25.7% | 2022 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 25.5% | 2022 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Serbia | 25.4% | 2022 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 90 | Liberia | 24.5% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Cyprus | 24.4% | 2022 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 92 | Austria | 24.3% | 2022 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 93 | Jamaica | 24.3% | 2022 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 94 | Cape Verde | 23.3% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Israel | 22.7% | 2022 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 96 | Belgium | 22.5% | 2022 | up 264.2% | rising |
| 97 | Belize | 22.4% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Burundi | 22.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Uganda | 22.0% | 2022 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 100 | Ethiopia | 20.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Chad | 20.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Bolivia | 20.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Egypt | 19.5% | 2022 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 104 | Kenya | 19.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 18.4% | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 18.3% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Finland | 18.1% | 2022 | up 97.1% | rising |
| 108 | Nepal | 16.5% | 2022 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.4% | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 110 | Nigeria | 15.6% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Mexico | 15.6% | 2022 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Honduras | 15.4% | 2022 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 113 | Gabon | 15.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Tanzania | 14.7% | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 115 | Cameroon | 14.3% | 2022 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14.3% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 117 | El Salvador | 13.0% | 2022 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 118 | Rwanda | 13.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 119 | France | 12.1% | 2022 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 120 | Tunisia | 11.0% | 2022 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Algeria | 10.9% | 2022 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 122 | Guyana | 10.9% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Mozambique | 9.3% | 2022 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 124 | Spain | 9.2% | 2022 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 125 | Zambia | 8.9% | 2022 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 126 | Zimbabwe | 8.4% | 2022 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Morocco | 8.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Italy | 7.4% | 2022 | up 108.4% | rising |
| 129 | Luxembourg | 7.0% | 2022 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 130 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.9% | 2022 | up 244.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Dominica | 6.7% | 2022 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 132 | Turkey | 2.5% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Central African Republic | 1.2% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 134 | China | 1.0% | 2022 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 135 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Congo | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Iran | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Laos | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Panama | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sur 40.1%