Gambia
Overall Score, 2022
Overall Score
2022
Gambia 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
2022
Gambia scores poorly in cigarette price, and tax share, and in the mid-range in affordability change and tax structure. It would greatly benefit from higher cigarette prices, increasing the tax share of price, reducing the cigarette affordability, and improving the tax structure.
Scores Over Time
Gambia's overall score remained relatively constant between 2014 and 2022 with a modest increase in 2020. In 2022, the affordability change score dropped.