Tariff barriers, share of lines bound, manufactured 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.
What the numbers show
Tariff barriers, share of lines bound, manufactured products (%) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Angola; the lowest is 0.1% in Cameroon.
The median across all reporting countries is 30.1%, and the mean is 47.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,000.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Cameroon (up 233.3%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 73.0%).
Tariff barriers, share of lines bound, manufactured products: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 100.0% | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 100.0% | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gabon | 100.0% | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 100.0% | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Egypt | 99.2% | 2009 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 97.4% | 2009 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 11 | Niger | 96.3% | 2009 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | Eswatini | 96.1% | 2009 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | South Africa | 96.1% | 2009 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 12 | Botswana | 96.1% | 2009 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 12 | Namibia | 96.1% | 2009 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 56.8% | 2009 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 17 | Tunisia | 51.1% | 2009 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 18 | Mali | 31.6% | 2009 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 19 | Mauritania | 30.1% | 2009 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 19 | Benin | 30.1% | 2009 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 29.9% | 2009 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 22.9% | 2009 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 23 | Malawi | 20.7% | 2009 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 24 | Madagascar | 18.9% | 2009 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 25 | Burundi | 9.9% | 2009 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 9.0% | 2009 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 27 | Nigeria | 6.9% | 2009 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 28 | Mauritius | 5.3% | 2009 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 29 | Zambia | 4.0% | 2009 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 30 | Congo | 3.3% | 2009 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Uganda | 2.9% | 2009 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 32 | Kenya | 1.6% | 2009 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 33 | Ghana | 1.2% | 2009 | unchanged | volatile |
| 34 | Togo | 0.8% | 2009 | up 207.7% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 0.4% | 2009 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 36 | Chad | 0.2% | 2009 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Tanzania | 0.1% | 2009 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 37 | Cameroon | 0.1% | 2009 | up 233.3% | 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 43.1%
About this data
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.