Central African Republic
Overall Score, 2022
1.13
out of
5
Overall Score
2022
Central African Republic 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
Central African Republic scores poorly in cigarette price, affordability change, and tax share, and in the mid-range in 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
Central African Republic's overall score increased slightly between 2014 and 2022. The overall score cannot be reported in 2016 and 2020 because there was no data available for the cigarette price, tax share, and tax structure in those years.