Nauru
Overall Score, 2022
1.63
out of
5
Overall Score
2022
Nauru 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
Nauru scores well in cigarette price but scores poorly in affordability change, tax share, and tax structure. It would greatly benefit from reducing the cigarette affordability, increasing the tax share of price and improving the tax structure.
Scores Over Time
Nauru's overall score increased slightly from 2016 to 2022 due to an increase in the cigarette price and a reduction in the cigarette affordability in 2020. During the time, there was no improvement in the tax structure and a decrease in the tax share score was seen in 2020.