Botswana vs South Africa: Tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, primary products
Botswana
1.4%
in 2009
South Africa
1.5%
in 2009
Botswana rank
5th
South Africa rank
4th
Tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, primary products over time
- Botswana
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 1.5% against 1.4% in Botswana, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 5th and South Africa ranks 4th of 37 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, primary products, Botswana or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 1.5% against 1.4% in Botswana as of 2009.
- What is the difference in tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, primary products between Botswana and South Africa?
- 0.1%, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and South Africa?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2009.
- How do Botswana and South Africa rank globally for tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, primary products?
- Botswana ranks 5th and South Africa ranks 4th of 37 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNCTAD TRAINS database through WITS until 2006, then ITC database, published as Tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, primary products (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This indicator is calculated as the coefficient of variation of the applied tariff rates including preferential rates that a country applies to its trading partners available at HS 6-digit product level in a country’s customs schedule. As calculated by the World Bank Institute WTI 2008 team.