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Tobacco tax structure: Price dispersion: Share of cheapest brand price in premium brand price (%) (the higher the % the smaller the gap)

Compare tobacco tax structure: price dispersion: share of cheapest brand price in premium brand price (%) (the higher the % the smaller the gap) across 153 countries or territories using one fixed 2022 WHO reference slice.

Source: World Health Organization153 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
56.2%
Median: 60.3%
Countries Covered
153
with available data
Highest
Turkmenistan
100.0%
Lowest
Ghana
4.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Turkmenistan100.0%
2Iceland93.5%
3Finland91.4%
4France90.5%
5Central African Republic88.9%
By Region
Europe76.7%(31 countries)
Oceania71.4%(2 countries)
North America58.0%(3 countries)
South America57.5%(7 countries)
Other52.5%(83 countries)
Key Findings
  • 153 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite % observation in the fixed 2022 slice.
  • Turkmenistan has the highest published value (100 %).
  • Ghana has the lowest published value (4 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (4.0%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 56.2%)

Europe (31)
Oceania (2)
North America (3)
South America (7)
Other (83)
Asia (18)
Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Tobacco tax structure: Price dispersion: Share of cheapest brand price in premium brand price (%) (the higher the % the smaller the gap)

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2022 WHO slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Tobacco tax structure: Price dispersion: Share of cheapest brand price in premium brand price (%) (the higher the % the smaller the gap)

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Turkmenistan100.0%
2Iceland93.5%
3Finland91.4%
4France90.5%
5Central African Republic88.9%
6Bulgaria87.7%
7Senegal87.5%
8Lithuania86.8%
9Bosnia and Herzegovina86.7%
10Ecuador86.2%
11Malta85.5%
12Denmark85.2%
13Kazakhstan84.9%
14Ireland84.8%
15Uruguay84.2%
16Latvia83.3%
17Marshall Islands83.3%
18Netherlands82.9%
19Luxembourg81.8%
20Cyprus81.6%
21Cote d'Ivoire81.3%
22Slovenia79.8%
23Slovakia79.2%
24Sweden78.9%
25Barbados78.9%
26Montenegro78.8%
27Greece78.3%
28Dominican Republic78.1%
29Palau77.2%
30Romania76.6%
31Tonga76.0%
32Poland75.7%
33Czech Republic75.0%
34Burkina Faso75.0%
35New Zealand74.3%
36Spain73.8%
37Portugal73.7%
38Estonia72.9%
39Belgium72.5%
40Singapore72.0%
41Japan71.7%
42Costa Rica71.7%
43South Korea71.4%
44United Kingdom71.2%
45Hungary71.1%
46El Salvador70.8%
47Nicaragua70.5%
48San Marino70.0%
49Andorra69.9%
50Norway69.8%
51Uzbekistan69.7%
52Canada69.7%
53Australia68.5%
54Germany68.4%
55Austria68.4%
56Serbia68.3%
57Burundi66.7%
58Chad66.7%
59Italy66.7%
60Jordan66.7%
61Kenya66.7%
62Peru66.7%
63Chile65.7%
64The Republic of North Macedonia65.6%
65Panama65.2%
66Saint Kitts and Nevis64.9%
67Guatemala64.5%
68Antigua and Barbuda63.8%
69Qatar63.6%
70Türkiye63.5%
71Saint Lucia63.4%
72Israel62.8%
73Kiribati62.5%
74Gabon61.5%
75Switzerland61.1%
76Eswatini60.7%
77Kyrgyzstan60.3%
78Philippines60.3%
79Moldova, Republic of60.0%
80Albania60.0%
81Namibia58.4%
82Oman58.3%
83Bahrain58.3%
84Morocco57.9%
85Russian Federation56.3%
86Trinidad and Tobago56.3%
87Georgia55.9%
88Azerbaijan55.6%
89Mauritius54.6%
90Guyana53.9%
91Brazil52.6%
92Belize50.4%
93Cameroon50.0%
94Cape Verde50.0%
95Republic of the Congo50.0%
96Sudan50.0%
97Bolivia50.0%
98Suriname49.9%
99Algeria48.6%
100Armenia48.2%
101Croatia45.7%
102Malawi45.0%
103Lesotho44.6%
104Pakistan44.0%
105Venezuela43.4%
106Grenada42.2%
107Ethiopia41.7%
108Sao Tome and Principe41.2%
109Uganda40.0%
110Botswana40.0%
111Mexico39.7%
112Tajikistan38.9%
113India38.8%
114Egypt38.7%
115Thailand38.2%
116United Arab Emirates38.2%
117Madagascar37.9%
118South Sudan37.8%
119Mauritania37.5%
120United Republic of Tanzania36.0%
121Dominica35.1%
122Haiti34.9%
123Democratic Republic of the Congo34.8%
124Mozambique34.6%
125Colombia34.1%
126Mongolia33.8%
127Papua New Guinea33.5%
128Comoros33.3%
129Niger33.3%
130Zimbabwe33.3%
131Mali31.3%
132Guinea-Bissau31.3%
133Jamaica30.0%
134Togo30.0%
135Nigeria29.6%
136South Africa28.8%
137State of Palestine28.6%
138Angola25.0%
139Bangladesh25.0%
140Belarus24.0%
141Paraguay23.1%
142Lao People's Democratic Republic20.0%
143Myanmar19.4%
144Vietnam17.6%
145Iraq16.7%
146Cambodia15.4%
147Libya15.0%
148Argentina13.4%
149Yemen12.0%
150Zambia10.0%
151Islamic Republic of Iran8.5%
152People's Republic of China6.0%
153Ghana4.0%
Showing 153 of 153 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Health Organization (2022).

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