The Global Health Observatory

Explore a world of health data

Global Health Observatory
Table
Indicator name:
Tobacco MPOWER Raise tobacco taxes: tobacco products annual tax revenue
Short name:
Tobacco products annual revenue
Topic:
Risk factors
Rationale:
The Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development 2015 affirmed that “price and tax measures on tobacco can be an effective and important means to reduce tobacco consumption and health-care costs and represent a revenue stream for financing for development in many countries”.
Definition:

Total revenues

The sum of all reported indirect tax revenues collected on tobacco products. Countries are surveyed every two years and asked to report annual tax revenues at the national/federal level from all tobacco products (or at a minimum, cigarettes) for the most recent year available.

Total excise

The total reported tobacco excise tax revenues. Countries are surveyed every two years and asked to report annual tax revenues at the national/federal level from all tobacco products for the most recent year available.

VAT and other sales tax

The reported value added tax (or other sales tax) revenues collected on tobacco products. Countries are surveyed every two years and asked to report annual tax revenues at the national/federal level from all tobacco products for the most recent year available.

Import duties

The portion of the reported tax revenues contributed by customs duties collected on imported tobacco products Countries are surveyed every two years and asked to report annual tax revenues at the national/federal level from all tobacco products (or at a minimum, cigarettes) for the most recent year

Other taxes

The portion of the reported tax revenues contributed by any other indirect taxes collected on tobacco products. Other taxes take different forms, including but not limited to tobacco levies, surtaxes, environmental levies, insurance levies and development surcharges. Countries are surveyed every two years and asked to report annual tax revenues at the national/federal level from all tobacco products (or at a minimum, cigarettes) for the most recent year.

Year reported

Latest Calendar year or financial year the reported tax revenues refer to. Countries are surveyed every two years and asked to report annual tax revenues at the national/federal level from all tobacco products in the most recent year available, as well as the previous year with data available. The year shown in the field “YEAR” is reporting year to WHO and may differ.

Tobacco product types included

 The type of tobacco products included when the country reported annual tax revenues. If data cannot be provided on “all tobacco products", the alternative is "cigarettes only". Countries are surveyed every two years and asked to report annual tax revenues at the national/federal level from all tobacco products for the most recent year available.

Disaggregation:
Tobacco product type
Method of measurement
Country reported data
Unit of Measure:
Currency
Expected frequency of data dissemination:
Biennial
Expected frequency of data collection:
Biennial
Contact person email:
perucica@who.int
Name:
Anne-Marie Perucic
IMRID:
346
Indicator Metadata Registry List
If you have any feedback, you are welcome to write it here.
If you need to access the old Global Health Observatory data, you can do it here. But before you leave, please provide us your feedback about our new data portal.