Bangladesh
Overall Score, 2022
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
DownloadOverall Score
2022
Bangladesh 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
Bangladesh 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
Bangladesh's overall score increased before falling again between 2014 and 2022. The main reason for the score decrease in 2022 is a sharp reduction in the affordability change score. Other component scores remained unchanged in 2022.
