Lao People's Democratic Republic
Overall Score, 2022
0.25
out of
5
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
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2022
Lao People's Democratic Republic 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
Lao People's Democratic Republic scores poorly 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
Lao People's Democratic Republic's overall score decreased from 2016 to 2022 due to a reduction in the cigarette price score and tax structure score during the period.
