Egypt
Overall Score, 2020
1.75
out of
5
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
DownloadOverall Score
2020
Egypt scores below the average score of countries in its region, income group, and global average, which suggests that Egypt would greatly benefit from improvements to its cigarette tax system.
Component Score
2020
Egypt scores well in the tax share component, but has significant room for improvement in cigarette price, affordability change, and tax structure. Egypt would benefit from increasing cigarette prices, reducing affordability, and improving tax structure.
Scores Over Time
Egypt's overall scores decreased from 2014 to 2020 due to a failure to reduce the affordability over time.
