Nigeria
Overall Score, 2020
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
DownloadOverall Score
2020
Nigeria does not score well compared to the average score of countries in its region, income group, or the global average. Nigeria would benefit from making significant improvements to its cigarette tax system.
Component Score
2020
Nigeria scores in the mid-range in tax structure, but scores poorly in cigarette price, affordability change, and tax share. Improvements can be made by increasing cigarette prices, reducing cigarette affordability, increasing tax share of price, and improving the tax structure.
Scores Over Time
Nigeria's overall scores increased from 2014 to 2020. In that time, the tax share of price of price increased and the tax structure improved, while cigarette prices fluctuated.
