Romania
Overall Score, 2020
3.13
out of
5
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
DownloadOverall Score
2020
Romania scores higher than the average score of countries in its region, income group, and the global average, but there is still room for improvement relative to top performing countries.
Component Score
2020
Romania scores well in cigarette price and tax structure components, mid-range in tax share, and poorly in affordability change. Improvements can be made by reducing affordability over time and increasing the tax share of price.
Scores Over Time
Romania's overall scores fluctuated from 2014 to 2020. In that time, there was a failure to reduce affordability of cigarettes and the tax share scores of price decreased, while the tax structure score fluctuated.
