Tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, manufactured 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, manufactured products (%) is currently reported for 37 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 1.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 537.2%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 65.4%).
Tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, manufactured products: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 4.7% | 2009 | up 537.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Mauritius | 2.6% | 2008 | up 190.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 2.2% | 2008 | up 119.8% | rising |
| 4 | South Africa | 1.6% | 2009 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 5 | Eswatini | 1.5% | 2009 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 5 | Botswana | 1.5% | 2009 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 5 | Namibia | 1.5% | 2008 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 5 | Lesotho | 1.5% | 2008 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 9 | Morocco | 1.4% | 2009 | up 131.3% | rising |
| 10 | Kenya | 1.0% | 2008 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 1.0% | 2009 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 12 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.9% | 2009 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 13 | Angola | 0.9% | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Tunisia | 0.8% | 2008 | up 89.6% | rising |
| 15 | Zambia | 0.8% | 2009 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 16 | Malawi | 0.8% | 2008 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 17 | Nigeria | 0.7% | 2008 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Mozambique | 0.7% | 2007 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 0.7% | 2008 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 19 | Algeria | 0.7% | 2009 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 21 | Madagascar | 0.6% | 2008 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.6% | 2009 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 23 | Mali | 0.6% | 2008 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.6% | 2008 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 23 | Niger | 0.6% | 2008 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 23 | Senegal | 0.6% | 2008 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 23 | Togo | 0.6% | 2009 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 0.6% | 2008 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 23 | Benin | 0.6% | 2009 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 30 | Gabon | 0.6% | 2008 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 31 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.6% | 2007 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 31 | Congo | 0.6% | 2007 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 31 | Central African Republic | 0.6% | 2007 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 34 | Chad | 0.6% | 2009 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 34 | Cameroon | 0.6% | 2009 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 36 | Ghana | 0.5% | 2008 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.5% | 2009 | up 6.0% | rising |
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.