Tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, primary 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, primary products (%) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 4.8% in Egypt; the lowest is 0.3% in Ghana.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 0.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 255.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 59.8%).
Tariff barriers, dispersion around the mean, primary products: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 4.8% | 2009 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Mauritius | 3.4% | 2008 | up 255.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Namibia | 1.7% | 2008 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 4 | South Africa | 1.5% | 2009 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 5 | Lesotho | 1.4% | 2009 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 5 | Eswatini | 1.4% | 2009 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 5 | Botswana | 1.4% | 2009 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 8 | Morocco | 1.2% | 2009 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 9 | Mozambique | 0.8% | 2007 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 10 | Malawi | 0.8% | 2008 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 0.7% | 2008 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 12 | Kenya | 0.7% | 2009 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 13 | Uganda | 0.7% | 2009 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 0.7% | 2008 | down 37.3% | flat |
| 13 | Angola | 0.7% | 2009 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 16 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.7% | 2009 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 16 | Madagascar | 0.7% | 2008 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 18 | Congo | 0.6% | 2007 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 18 | Central African Republic | 0.6% | 2007 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.6% | 2007 | up 109.5% | rising |
| 21 | Mali | 0.6% | 2008 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 21 | Niger | 0.6% | 2008 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 21 | Senegal | 0.6% | 2008 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 24 | Zambia | 0.5% | 2009 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 24 | Algeria | 0.5% | 2009 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 24 | Tunisia | 0.5% | 2008 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5% | 2009 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 27 | Benin | 0.5% | 2009 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 0.5% | 2009 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.5% | 2009 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 27 | Togo | 0.5% | 2009 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 27 | Gabon | 0.5% | 2009 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 33 | Chad | 0.5% | 2009 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 0.5% | 2009 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 35 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.5% | 2009 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 36 | Cameroon | 0.5% | 2009 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 37 | Ghana | 0.3% | 2009 | down 30.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.8%
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.