Dominican Republic
Overall Score, 2022
2.38
out of
5
Overall Score
2022
Dominican Republic scores better than the average scores of countries in its region and income group, and higher than the global average, yet there is ample room for improvement relative to top performing countries.
Component Score
2022
Dominican Republic scores well in cigarette price but scores poorly in affordability change and tax share, and in the mid-range in tax structure. It would greatly benefit from reducing the cigarette affordability, increasing the tax share of price, and improving the tax structure.
Scores Over Time
Dominican Republic's overall score stayed constant from 2014 and 2022. There was a drop in the tax share score between 2016 and 2020 while the cigarette price score increased.