Japan vs Singapore: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products over time
- Japan
- Singapore
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2.4% against 0.1% in Singapore, a difference of 2.3%.
That makes Japan's figure about 22.0 times Singapore's.
Across all 29 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 178th and Singapore ranks 181st of 184 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.0% | 3.3% | 1.8% | Japan |
| 1990s | 5.4% | 0.1% | 5.3% | Japan |
| 2000s | 4.3% | 0.1% | 4.2% | Japan |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 0.4% | 3.2% | Japan |
| 2020s | 2.8% | 0.1% | 2.6% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products, Japan or Singapore?
- Japan, at 2.4% against 0.1% in Singapore as of 2022.
- What is the difference in tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products between Japan and Singapore?
- 2.3%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Singapore?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Singapore rank globally for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Japan ranks 178th and Singapore ranks 181st 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.