Canada vs China: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products over time
- Canada
- China
How they compare
Canada currently reports 3.0% against 2.9% in China, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1993 it was China ahead.
Canada ranks 142nd and China ranks 144th of 184 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.1% | 19.2% | 14.1% | China |
| 2000s | 3.7% | 7.3% | 3.5% | China |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 5.0% | 1.5% | China |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 3.1% | 0.0% | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products, Canada or China?
- Canada, at 3.0% against 2.9% in China as of 2022.
- What is the difference in tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products between Canada and China?
- 0.1%, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and China?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2022.
- How do Canada and China rank globally for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Canada ranks 142nd and China ranks 144th of 184 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, published as Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Weighted mean most favored nations tariff is the average of most favored nation rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups and import weights. Import weights were calculated using the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database.