Tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products in Kenya
Kenya: Tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products was 0.5% in 2011. ▲ Rising
Tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products in Kenya, 1994–2011
Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) and the World Trade Organization. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products in Kenya is 0.5%, measured in 2011.
The figure is down 30.8% on the previous year and up 42.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products in Kenya peaked at 0.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1994.
That places Kenya 15th out of 43 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.0% | — |
| 2000 | 0.4% | — |
| 2001 | 0.4% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -8.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | +98.7% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | -28.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | +47.4% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | -11.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | +32.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -8.9% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | -30.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 2 |
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- 18 Benin 0.0%
- 18 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 18 Cameroon 0.0%
- 18 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 18 Chad 0.0%
- 18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0%
- 18 Congo 0.0%
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- 18 Djibouti 0.0% compare
- 18 Equatorial Guinea 0.0%
- 18 Ethiopia 0.0%
- 18 Gabon 0.0%
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- 18 Guinea-Bissau 0.0%
- 18 Madagascar 0.0% compare
- 18 Malawi 0.0% compare
- 18 Mali 0.0%
- 18 Mozambique 0.0% compare
- 18 Niger 0.0%
- 18 Nigeria 0.0% compare
- 18 Senegal 0.0%
- 18 Sudan 0.0% compare
- 18 Togo 0.0%
- 18 Tunisia 0.0% compare
- 18 Zambia 0.0%
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products in Kenya?
- Tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products in Kenya was 0.5% in 2011, according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) and the World Trade Organization.
- What is the highest tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1994.
- How does Kenya rank for tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products?
- Kenya ranks 15th out of 43 countries with data for 2011.
- Is tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) and the World Trade Organization, published as part of Tariff barriers, share of lines domestic peaks, all products (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This indicator reflects the total share of lines in the country’s MFN tariff schedule with the value above 3 times the simple average tariff. Expressed as a percentage of total lines. These shares are also reported disaggregated for agricultural goods and non-agricultural goods.