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Bound rate, simple mean, all products (%) by country

Simple mean bound rate is the unweighted average of all the lines in the tariff schedule in which bound rates have been set. Bound rates result from trade negotiations incorporated into a country's schedule of concessions and are thus enforceable.

Countries reporting
155
Highest
158.9%
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.0%
Macao
Median
24.3%
Years covered
28
1995–2022
Data points
3,133

What the numbers show

Bound rate, simple mean, all products (%) is currently reported for 155 countries. The highest value is 158.9% in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.0% in Macao.

The median across all reporting countries is 24.3%, and the mean is 33.3%.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 7.6%), and the largest decrease in Switzerland (down 100.0%).

Bound rate, simple mean, all products: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 158.9% 2022 up 0.5% flat
2 Nigeria 121.3% 2021 up 2.7% rising
3 Tanzania 120.0% 2021 unchanged flat
4 Zambia 107.6% 2021 up 1.4% flat
5 Gambia 103.5% 2021 up 1.5% rising
6 Kuwait 98.2% 2022 down 0.0% flat
7 Mozambique 97.7% 2021 up 0.2% flat
8 Democratic Republic of Congo 96.1% 2020 up 0.0% flat
9 Kenya 94.7% 2021 down 0.5% flat
10 Ghana 92.8% 2021 up 0.3% flat
11 Zimbabwe 89.6% 2021 down 0.6% flat
12 Rwanda 89.2% 2021 down 0.3% flat
13 Mauritius 85.9% 2021 up 3.1% rising
14 Myanmar 84.3% 2022 up 1.2% rising
15 Lesotho 80.2% 2021 up 2.4% flat
16 Togo 80.0% 2021 unchanged flat
17 Chad 79.9% 2016 down 0.0% flat
18 Cameroon 79.9% 2019 up 0.0% flat
19 Solomon Islands 79.1% 2021 up 0.2% flat
20 Barbados 78.9% 2022 up 0.9% flat
21 Saint Kitts and Nevis 76.5% 2020 up 0.7% flat
22 Malawi 75.8% 2021 up 1.7% flat
23 Uganda 73.2% 2021 up 0.3% flat
24 Burundi 69.4% 2021 up 4.7% rising
25 Saint Lucia 64.5% 2020 up 3.7% flat
26 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 63.0% 2022 unchanged flat
27 Pakistan 60.9% 2021 up 1.4% flat
28 Dominica 59.8% 2020 up 1.8% flat
29 Belize 59.3% 2021 up 1.7% flat
30 Angola 59.1% 2022 down 0.2% flat
31 Tunisia 58.9% 2016 up 1.7% flat
32 Antigua and Barbuda 58.8% 2021 up 0.1% flat
33 Guyana 57.2% 2022 up 1.2% flat
34 Grenada 56.6% 2022 unchanged flat
35 Trinidad and Tobago 56.0% 2022 up 0.4% flat
36 India 52.0% 2021 up 1.0% rising
37 Jamaica 50.6% 2021 up 1.9% flat
38 Guinea-Bissau 48.5% 2021 down 0.3% flat
39 Sierra Leone 47.3% 2021 down 0.2% flat
40 Niger 45.2% 2021 up 1.2% flat
41 Burkina Faso 44.3% 2021 up 5.0% rising
42 Costa Rica 43.0% 2021 up 0.1% flat
43 Colombia 42.8% 2022 up 2.0% flat
44 Guatemala 41.7% 2021 up 1.1% flat
45 Morocco 41.3% 2021 up 0.3% flat
46 Djibouti 41.3% 2014 up 0.6% flat
47 Nicaragua 41.1% 2021 up 0.2% flat
48 Fiji 40.1% 2021 down 4.6% flat
49 Vanuatu 40.1% 2021 up 1.1% flat
50 Bolivia 40.0% 2022 unchanged flat
51 Indonesia 37.3% 2021 up 0.3% flat
52 El Salvador 36.9% 2021 up 0.7% flat
53 Venezuela 36.7% 2022 up 0.7% flat
54 Egypt 36.6% 2019 down 0.7% flat
55 Maldives 36.6% 2021 down 0.1% flat
56 Central African Republic 35.9% 2017 down 0.7% flat
57 Mexico 35.0% 2022 up 1.0% flat
58 Bahrain 34.7% 2021 up 0.1% flat
59 Dominican Republic 34.5% 2021 up 0.6% flat
60 Paraguay 33.5% 2022 up 0.1% flat
61 Papua New Guinea 32.5% 2021 down 2.1% flat
62 Honduras 32.1% 2021 up 0.4% flat
63 Argentina 31.8% 2022 up 0.1% flat
64 Sri Lanka 31.7% 2021 up 4.7% rising
65 Uruguay 31.7% 2022 up 0.4% flat
66 Brazil 31.5% 2022 up 0.3% flat
67 Turkey 30.1% 2021 up 4.4% rising
68 Senegal 30.0% 2021 unchanged flat
69 Mali 29.6% 2021 up 3.9% flat
70 Benin 29.5% 2021 up 4.0% flat
71 Peru 29.5% 2022 up 0.1% flat
72 Madagascar 27.5% 2021 up 0.7% flat
73 Congo 27.4% 2015 up 1.4% flat
74 Nepal 26.3% 2021 up 1.3% flat
75 Philippines 25.8% 2022 up 1.1% flat
76 Thailand 25.4% 2021 down 8.9% flat
77 Chile 25.1% 2022 unchanged flat
78 Brunei 24.3% 2022 down 8.1% flat
79 Israel 23.2% 2022 up 1.0% flat
80 Panama 23.0% 2021 up 0.3% flat
81 Gabon 22.8% 2019 unchanged flat
82 Ecuador 21.9% 2022 up 0.7% flat
83 Cuba 21.8% 2022 up 4.1% rising
84 Samoa 21.3% 2020 down 2.9% flat
85 Guinea 20.9% 2021 up 3.0% flat
86 Mauritania 20.8% 2022 up 7.6% rising
87 Cambodia 19.4% 2021 up 1.5% flat
88 Namibia 19.4% 2021 up 1.4% flat
88 South Africa 19.4% 2021 up 1.4% flat
90 Eswatini 19.2% 2021 up 0.6% flat
91 Botswana 19.0% 2021 up 1.2% flat
92 Laos 19.0% 2022 down 0.1% flat
93 Suriname 18.2% 2022 unchanged flat
94 Haiti 17.8% 2020 down 2.0% flat
95 Tonga 17.6% 2022 up 0.5% flat
96 Mongolia 17.6% 2021 up 0.6% flat
97 South Korea 16.6% 2021 down 1.5% rising
98 Jordan 16.4% 2022 up 0.1% flat
99 Cape Verde 15.9% 2022 up 1.1% flat
100 Qatar 15.8% 2021 up 0.7% flat
101 United Arab Emirates 14.7% 2021 up 1.5% flat
102 Malaysia 14.5% 2021 down 55.7% rising
103 Oman 14.1% 2021 up 0.3% flat
104 Iceland 13.8% 2021 down 43.1% rising
105 Vietnam 11.4% 2022 up 0.2% flat
106 Cote d'Ivoire 11.2% 2022 up 1.5% flat
107 Saudi Arabia 10.7% 2020 down 5.3% flat
108 China 10.0% 2021 up 0.7% flat
109 Seychelles 9.9% 2022 up 4.7% rising
110 Australia 9.6% 2021 down 3.7% flat
111 New Zealand 9.4% 2021 down 15.5% flat
112 Armenia 8.7% 2021 up 2.7% flat
113 Tajikistan 7.9% 2021 down 1.9% flat
114 Kyrgyzstan 7.6% 2021 up 1.9% flat
115 Russia 7.4% 2021 up 1.1% flat
116 Georgia 7.1% 2022 down 1.7% flat
117 Singapore 6.9% 2022 down 45.3% rising
118 North Macedonia 6.9% 2021 down 1.9% flat
119 Albania 6.8% 2021 down 1.0% flat
120 Moldova 6.8% 2022 down 1.3% flat
121 Kazakhstan 6.0% 2021 up 0.3% flat
122 Ukraine 5.8% 2022 up 1.4% flat
123 Montenegro 5.3% 2021 up 0.2% flat
124 Canada 4.9% 2021 down 19.2% flat
125 Austria 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Belgium 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Bulgaria 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Cyprus 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Czechia 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Germany 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Denmark 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Spain 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Estonia 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Finland 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 France 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 United Kingdom 4.4% 2019 down 25.6% falling
125 Greece 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Croatia 4.4% 2021 down 25.8% falling
125 Hungary 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Italy 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Lithuania 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Latvia 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Netherlands 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Poland 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Portugal 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Romania 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Slovakia 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Slovenia 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
125 Sweden 4.4% 2021 down 24.7% falling
152 United States 3.6% 2021 up 0.8% flat
153 Japan 3.1% 2021 down 54.2% flat
154 Norway 2.8% 2021 down 86.8% volatile
155 Switzerland 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
155 Hong Kong 0.0% 2021 — flat
155 Macao 0.0% 2021 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Bound rate, simple mean, all products (%)
Unit
%
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
158 places, 3,133 data points, 1995–2022
Last refreshed

Simple mean bound rate is the unweighted average of all the lines in the tariff schedule in which bound rates have been set. Bound rates result from trade negotiations incorporated into a country's schedule of concessions and are thus enforceable.