Tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, all products (%) by country
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.
What the numbers show
Tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, all products (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 4.7% in Egypt; the lowest is 0.5% in Congo, Democratic Republic of the.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.7%, and the mean is 1.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 330.3%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 62.2%).
Tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, all products: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 4.7% | 2009 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 2 | Mauritius | 3.8% | 2009 | up 330.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 2.2% | 2008 | up 117.6% | rising |
| 4 | South Africa | 1.6% | 2009 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 5 | Eswatini | 1.5% | 2009 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 5 | Botswana | 1.5% | 2009 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 5 | Lesotho | 1.5% | 2009 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 8 | Namibia | 1.5% | 2009 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 9 | Morocco | 1.4% | 2009 | up 86.6% | rising |
| 10 | Kenya | 1.0% | 2009 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 1.0% | 2009 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 12 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.9% | 2009 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 13 | Angola | 0.9% | 2009 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 14 | Tunisia | 0.8% | 2008 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 15 | Zambia | 0.8% | 2009 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 16 | Mozambique | 0.8% | 2009 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 17 | Malawi | 0.8% | 2008 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 18 | Nigeria | 0.7% | 2009 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 0.7% | 2009 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 19 | Algeria | 0.7% | 2009 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 21 | Madagascar | 0.6% | 2008 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 22 | Mali | 0.6% | 2009 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 22 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.6% | 2009 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 22 | Niger | 0.6% | 2009 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 22 | Senegal | 0.6% | 2009 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 0.6% | 2009 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.6% | 2009 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 0.6% | 2008 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 22 | Benin | 0.6% | 2009 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 30 | Gabon | 0.6% | 2009 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 31 | Chad | 0.6% | 2009 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 31 | Cameroon | 0.6% | 2009 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 33 | Congo | 0.6% | 2007 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 0.6% | 2007 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 35 | Ghana | 0.5% | 2009 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.5% | 2009 | up 1.2% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.9%
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.