Japan vs Switzerland: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products over time
- Japan
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 2.2% against 1.6% in Japan, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.4 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Switzerland ahead.
Japan ranks 176th and Switzerland ranks 173rd of 184 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.5% | 4.4% | 0.9% | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 2.2% | 2.5% | 0.3% | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 2.3% | 0.2% | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 2.6% | 0.9% | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products, Japan or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 2.2% against 1.6% in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products between Japan and Switzerland?
- 0.6%, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Switzerland?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Switzerland rank globally for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products?
- Japan ranks 176th and Switzerland ranks 173rd of 184 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, published as Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured 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. Manufactured products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 5-8 excluding division 68.