Maldives
Overall Score, 2020
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
DownloadOverall Score
2020
Maldives scores slightly better than the average score of countries in its region, but below countries in its income group and the global average. Maldives would benefit significantly from improving its cigarette tax system.
Component Score
2020
Maldives scores well in the cigarette price component, scores mid-range in tax share, and scores poorly in affordability change and tax structure components. Improvements can be made by reducing cigarette affordability, increasing tax share of price, and improving the tax structure.
Scores Over Time
Maldives's overall scores increased from 2014 to 2020. In that time, the cigarette price and affordability change score increased, while the tax share of price fluctuated.
