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Tariff barriers, share of lines bound, all products (%) by country

This indicator reflects the total share of lines in the country’s tariff schedule bound subject to WTO Negotiation Agreements. Expressed as a percentage of total lines. As calculated by the World Bank Institute WTI 2008 team.

Countries reporting
37
Highest
100.0%
Rwanda
Lowest
13.3%
Cameroon
Median
39.3%
Years covered
11
1999–2009
Data points
281

What the numbers show

Tariff barriers, share of lines bound, all products (%) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Rwanda; the lowest is 13.3% in Cameroon.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.3%, and the mean is 55.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 40.0%), and the largest decrease in Mauritania (down 19.2%).

Tariff barriers, share of lines bound, all products: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Rwanda 100.0% 2009 unchanged flat
1 Senegal 100.0% 2009 unchanged flat
1 Morocco 100.0% 2009 up 0.0% flat
1 Lesotho 100.0% 2009 unchanged flat
1 Gabon 100.0% 2009 unchanged flat
1 Angola 100.0% 2009 unchanged flat
1 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 100.0% 2009 unchanged flat
1 Djibouti 100.0% 2009 unchanged flat
9 Egypt 99.3% 2009 up 0.3% flat
10 Guinea-Bissau 97.8% 2009 up 2.5% flat
11 Niger 96.8% 2009 up 0.2% flat
12 South Africa 96.6% 2009 down 0.6% flat
12 Botswana 96.6% 2009 down 0.2% flat
12 Eswatini 96.6% 2009 down 0.1% flat
12 Namibia 96.6% 2009 down 0.1% flat
16 Central African Republic 62.5% 2009 down 13.3% falling
17 Tunisia 57.6% 2009 down 0.8% flat
18 Mali 40.6% 2009 down 9.4% falling
19 Mauritania 39.3% 2009 down 19.2% falling
19 Benin 39.3% 2009 down 11.9% falling
21 Burkina Faso 39.2% 2009 down 7.2% falling
22 Côte d'Ivoire 33.1% 2009 down 4.6% falling
23 Malawi 31.2% 2009 up 18.0% rising
24 Madagascar 29.7% 2009 up 8.4% rising
25 Burundi 21.8% 2009 up 3.2% flat
26 Zimbabwe 21.0% 2009 up 11.4% rising
27 Nigeria 19.2% 2009 up 13.6% rising
28 Mauritius 17.8% 2009 up 0.3% flat
29 Zambia 16.7% 2009 up 10.3% rising
30 Congo 16.1% 2009 up 15.9% rising
31 Uganda 15.8% 2009 up 22.9% rising
32 Kenya 14.6% 2009 up 18.8% rising
33 Togo 14.0% 2009 up 15.8% rising
34 Mozambique 13.6% 2009 up 0.8% flat
35 Chad 13.5% 2009 up 40.0% rising
36 Tanzania, United Republic of 13.4% 2009 up 11.0% rising
37 Cameroon 13.3% 2009 up 14.7% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Tariff barriers, share of lines bound, all products (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNCTAD TRAINS database through WITS until 2006, then ITC database
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
39 places, 281 data points, 1999–2009
Last refreshed

This indicator reflects the total share of lines in the country’s tariff schedule bound subject to WTO Negotiation Agreements. Expressed as a percentage of total lines. As calculated by the World Bank Institute WTI 2008 team.