Dominican Republic
Overall Score, 2024
2.38
out of
5
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
Coming soonOverall Score
2024
Dominican Republic scores better than the average scores of countries in its region and income group, and higher than the global average, yet there is ample room for improvement relative to top performing countries.
Component Score
2024
Dominican Republic scores well in price and tax structure, but poorly in affordability change and tax share. Dominican Republic would greatly benefit from reducing cigarette affordability and increasing tax share of price.
Scores Over Time
Dominican Republic's overall score stayed constant from 2016 and 2022. There was a drop in the tax share score between 2016 and 2020, while the cigarette price score increased.
