Kazakhstan
Overall Score, 2022
1.63
out of
5
Overall Score
2022
Kazakhstan 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
Kazakhstan 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
Kazakhstan's overall score decreased from 2018 to 2022 due to a significant reduction in the affordability change score, and a decrease in the tax share score.