Japan
Overall Score, 2022
3.50
out of
5
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
Coming soonOverall Score
2022
Japan 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
Japan scores in the mid-range 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
Japan's overall score increased from 2016 to 2022 due to an increase in the affordability change and the cigarette price scores in 2022.
