India
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
India scores lower than the average score of countries in its region, income group, and the global average, which suggests that India would greatly benefit from improving its cigarette tax system.
Component Score
2020
India scores well in cigarette price, but scores lower in the affordability change, tax share, and tax structure components. India would benefit from reducing cigarette affordability, increasing the tax share of price, and improving tax structure.
Scores Over Time
India's overall scores fluctuated from 2014 to 2020, largely due to fluctuations in the affordability change score and an increase in the tax share of price.
