Democratic Republic of the Congo
Overall Score, 2024
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
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2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo's 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
Democratic Republic of the Congo scores poorly in price, affordability change, tax share, and tax structure. Democratic Republic of the Congo would greatly benefit from increasing cigarette prices, reducing cigarette affordability, increasing the tax share of price, and improving tax structure.
Scores Over Time
Democratic Republic of Congo's overall score slightly increased in 2020 and since then it remained unchanged. During the 10-year period, there was an increase in tax share score between 2016 and 2020. The country has not been able to reduce cigarette affordability over time.
