Sierra Leone
Overall Score, 2024
1.00
out of
5
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
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2024
Sierra Leone 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
Sierra Leone scores well in tax structure, but poorly in price, affordability change, and tax share. Sierra Leone would greatly benefit from increasing cigarette prices, reducing cigarette affordability, and increasing the tax share of price.
Scores Over Time
Sierra Leone's overall score increased between 2014 and 2024 due to an improvement in the tax structure. Available data shows that the country has not been able to reduce the cigarette affordability over time.
