Trinidad and Tobago
Overall Score, 2024
1.63
out of
5
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
Coming soonOverall Score
2024
Trinidad and Tobago'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
Trinidad and Tobago scores well in tax structure, but poorly in price, affordability change, and tax share of price. Trinidad and Tobago would greatly benefit from increasing cigarette prices and the tax share of price, as well as reducing cigarette affordability.
Scores Over Time
Trinidad and Tobago's overall scores increased between 2014 and 2020, then it dropped in 2022, followed by a slight increase in 2024. The country has not been able to reduce cigarette affordability since 2022.
