Lao People's Democratic Republic
Overall Score, 2024
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
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2024
Lao People's Democratic Republic'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
Lao People's Democratic Republic scores poorly in price, affordability change, tax share, and tax structure. Lao People's Democratic Republic would greatly benefit from increasing cigarette prices, reducing cigarette affordability, increasing tax share of price, and improving tax structure.
Scores Over Time
Lao People's Democratic Republic's overall score decreased between 2016 and 2022. Then it increased slightly in 2024 due to better tax structure. The country has not been able to reduce the cigarette affordability over time.
