Iraq
Overall Score, 2024
0.25
out of
5
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
Coming soonOverall Score
2024
Iraq'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
Iraq scores poorly in price, affordability change, tax share, and tax structure. Iraq would greatly benefit from increasing cigarette prices, reducing cigarette affordability, increasing tax share of price, and improving tax structure.
Scores Over Time
Iraq's overall score and all component score remained unchanged until 2022, before rising slightly in 2024 due to increase in cigarette prices. The country has not been able to reduce the cigarette affordability over time.
