Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products was 12.1% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Burkina Faso, 1993–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 12.1% for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in 2022.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Burkina Faso peaked at 12.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1993.
Burkina Faso ranks 39th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5.0% | — |
| 2001 | 12.0% | +139.8% |
| 2002 | 11.9% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 12.0% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 12.0% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 12.0% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 12.0% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 11.9% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11.9% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12.2% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 12.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12.2% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12.1% | -0.4% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 12.1% is above the median for low income countries, which is 12.1%, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 12.1% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12.1%, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Burkina Faso changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +139.8% | 5.0% | 12.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.2% | 12.1% | 12.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 36 Malawi 12.4% compare
- 37 Ecuador 12.4% compare
- 38 Côte d'Ivoire 12.2% compare
- 39 Benin 12.1% compare
- 39 Gambia 12.1% compare
- 39 Ghana 12.1% compare
- 39 Guinea 12.1% compare
- 39 Guinea-Bissau 12.1% compare
- 39 Liberia 12.1% compare
- 39 Mali 12.1% compare
- 39 Niger 12.1% compare
- 39 Nigeria 12.1% compare
- 39 Senegal 12.1% compare
- 39 Sierra Leone 12.1% compare
- 39 Togo 12.1% compare
More private sector data for Burkina Faso
- Merchandise trade 67.5% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 7.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 2.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 460.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4009 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 96.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Burkina Faso?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Burkina Faso was 12.1% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 12.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 1993.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products?
- Burkina Faso ranks 39th out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, published as part of Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Simple mean most favored nation tariff rate is the unweighted average of most favored nation rates for all products subject to tariffs calculated for all traded goods. 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.