Taxes as a % of price: specific excise in Lesotho
Lesotho: Taxes as a % of price: specific excise was 39.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
39.6%
Change on year
up 5.6%
World rank
44th
of 189 countries
All-time high
39.6%
in 2022
All-time low
15.5%
in 2008
Years of data
7
2008–2022
Taxes as a % of price: specific excise in Lesotho, 2008–2022
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 39.6% for taxes as a % of price: specific excise in 2022. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes as a % of price: specific excise in Lesotho peaked at 39.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 2008.
Lesotho ranks 44th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Taxes as a % of price: specific excise in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 15.5% | — |
| 2010 | 31.9% | +106.0% |
| 2012 | 32.2% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 33.1% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 37.9% | +14.2% |
| 2020 | 37.5% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 39.6% | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.5% | 15.5% | 15.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 33.8% | 31.9% | 37.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | 38.6% | 37.5% | 39.6% | 2 |
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More health data for Lesotho
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4669 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,227 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 382 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, annual growth rate -2.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per capita 0.0019 units per person (2025)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2020)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes as a % of price: specific excise in Lesotho?
- Taxes as a % of price: specific excise in Lesotho was 39.6% in 2022, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest taxes as a % of price: specific excise recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 39.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest taxes as a % of price: specific excise recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 2008.
- How does Lesotho rank for taxes as a % of price: specific excise?
- Lesotho ranks 44th out of 189 countries with data for 2022.
- Is taxes as a % of price: specific excise rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Taxes as a % of price: specific excise. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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