Table 5.
Excise tax share in the price of a pack* of the most-sold brand of cigarettes between 2008 and 2016, by WHO region
| Region | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 |
| AFRO | (n=36) | (n=39) | (n=39) | (n=42) | (n=40) |
| Mean | 23% | 24% | 21% | 23% | 24% |
| Median | 16% | 17% | 16% | 18% | 20% |
| IQR | 23% | 25% | 24% | 20% | 19% |
| AMRO | (n=26) | (n=28) | (n=29) | (n=30) | (n=30) |
| Mean | 32% | 33% | 32% | 32% | 34% |
| Median | 30% | 34% | 30% | 31% | 33% |
| IQR | 26% | 24% | 35% | 31% | 27% |
| EMRO | (n=17) | (n=19) | (n=19) | (n=18) | (n=19) |
| Mean | 19% | 22% | 23% | 21% | 26% |
| Median | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| IQR | 33% | 39% | 52% | 43% | 44% |
| EURO | (n=43) | (n=46) | (n=49) | (n=50) | (n=50) |
| Mean | 49% | 52% | 51% | 51% | 51% |
| Median | 57% | 59% | 58% | 57% | 58% |
| IQR | 19% | 11% | 12% | 16% | 13% |
| SEARO | (n=7) | (n=7) | (n=8) | (n=9) | (n=9) |
| Mean | 34% | 36% | 38% | 34% | 31% |
| Median | 29% | 29% | 40% | 30% | 26% |
| IQR | 36% | 37% | 35% | 43% | 37% |
| WPRO | (n=25) | (n=24) | (n=26) | (n=25) | (n=26) |
| Mean | 28% | 29% | 32% | 36% | 36% |
| Median | 30% | 28% | 29% | 42% | 37% |
| IQR | 47% | 50% | 42% | 34% | 35% |
| Global | (n=154) | (n=164) | (n=170) | (n=174) | (n=174) |
| Mean | 33% | 34% | 34% | 35% | 36% |
| Median | 32% | 34% | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| IQR | 44% | 45% | 45% | 43% | 41% |
Source, estimates constructed from data contained in the individual tobacco control ‘country profiles’ of FCTC ratifying countries published by WHO in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017.
*20 pieces; all percentages rounded to the nearest whole number; EURO region does not include the European Union.
FCTC, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.