Zambia
Overall Score, 2024
0.75
out of
5
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Country-specific presentation slides display the findings from the Cigarette Tax Scorecard.
DownloadOverall Score
2024
Zambia'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
Zambia scores poorly in price, affordability change, tax share, and tax structure. Zambia would greatly benefit from increasing cigarette prices, reducing cigarette affordability, increasing tax share of price, and improving its tax structure.
Scores Over Time
Zambia's overall score decreased between 2016 and 2022, followed by a slight increase in 2024. The country saw a sharp decline in tax structure score in 2022, and it has not been able to reduce cigarette affordability over time.
