Democratic Republic of the Congo
Overall Score, 2022
0.88
out of
5
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
DownloadOverall Score
2022
Democratic Republic of the Congo overall score is lower than the average score of its region, income group, and the global average. There is ample room for improvement in its cigarette tax system.
Component Score
2022
Democratic Republic of the Congo scores poorly in cigarette price, affordability change, tax share and tax structure. It would greatly benefit from higher cigarette prices, reducing the cigarette affordability, increasing the tax share of price, and improving the tax structure.
Scores Over Time
Democratic Republic of Congo's overall score slightly increased from 2014 to 2022. There was an increase in tax share score between 2016 and 2020.
