Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Weighted mean most favored nations tariff is the average of most favored nation rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups and import weights. Import weights were calculated using the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrate

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Burundi 38.48 2020
2 Tanzania 28.63 2020
3 Sudan 25.00 2020
4 Rwanda 24.71 2020
5 Uganda 23.47 2020
6 Kenya 22.55 2020
7 Equatorial Guinea 21.37 2007
8 Egypt 21.09 2019
9 Central African Republic 20.22 2017
10 The Gambia 18.90 2020
11 Cameroon 18.44 2019
12 Sierra Leone 17.86 2020
13 Liberia 17.82 2020
14 Chad 17.53 2016
15 Congo 17.25 2015
16 Guinea-Bissau 16.27 2020
17 Guinea 16.20 2020
18 Togo 15.81 2020
19 Cabo Verde 15.66 2020
20 Gabon 15.48 2019
21 Malawi 15.23 2020
22 Seychelles 15.17 2020
23 Niger 14.44 2020
24 Angola 14.18 2020
25 Djibouti 14.08 2014
26 Mali 14.05 2020
27 Ghana 13.77 2020
28 Benin 13.70 2020
29 Botswana 12.88 2020
30 Morocco 12.30 2020
31 Nigeria 11.83 2020
32 Algeria 11.70 2020
33 Burkina Faso 10.68 2020
34 Mauritania 10.40 2020
35 Zimbabwe 10.23 2016
36 Senegal 10.04 2020
37 Lesotho 9.59 2020
38 Zambia 9.44 2020
39 São Tomé and Principe 9.20 2019
40 Tunisia 9.07 2016
41 Madagascar 8.78 2020
42 Ethiopia 8.76 2018
43 Dem. Rep. Congo 8.45 2020
44 Eswatini 7.68 2020
45 Mozambique 7.55 2020
46 Côte d'Ivoire 6.74 2020
47 South Africa 5.02 2020
48 Comoros 4.63 2020
49 Namibia 4.43 2020
50 Libya 4.38 2020
51 Eritrea 4.05 2006
52 Mauritius 1.81 2020

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Periodicity: Annual