Mozambique
Overall Score, 2024
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
DownloadOverall Score
2024
Mozambique scores better than the average score of countries in its region and income group, but below the global average and top performing countries. This suggests significant room for improvement in their cigarette tax system.
Component Score
2024
Mozambique scores well in tax structure, but poorly in price, affordability change, and tax share. Mozambique would greatly benefit from increasing cigarette prices and the tax share of price, as well as reducing cigarette affordability.
Scores Over Time
Mozambique's overall score increased between 2016 and 2022. However, in 2024, the country saw a sharp decline in the affordability change score, indicating that cigarettes became more affordable.
