Barbados
Overall Score, 2022
1.88
out of
5
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
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2022
Barbados 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
Barbados scores poorly in affordability change and tax share, and in the mid-range in cigarette price and tax structure. It would greatly benefit from reducing the cigarette affordability, increasing the tax share of price, higher cigarette prices, and improving the tax structure.
Scores Over Time
Barbados' overall score saw a decrease between 2014 and 2022. There is no data available on cigarette price, tax share, and tax structure to compute the overall scores for 2020.
