Barbados
Overall Score, 2024
1.88
out of
5
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
DownloadOverall Score
2024
Barbados 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
2024
Barbados scores well in tax structure, mid-range in price, and poorly in affordability change and tax share. Barbados would greatly benefit from reducing cigarette affordability and increasing tax share of price.
Scores Over Time
Barbados's overall score saw a decrease between 2014 and 2024. There was no data available on cigarette price, tax share, and tax structure to compute the overall scores for 2020. The country has not been able to reduce the cigarette affordability since 2020.
