Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ecuador
Ecuador: Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products was 12.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ecuador, 1993–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 12.4% for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in 2022.
That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and up 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ecuador peaked at 17.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 1993.
That places Ecuador 37th out of 186 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 9.7% | — |
| 1994 | 12.4% | +27.9% |
| 1995 | 12.9% | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 11.9% | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 11.9% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 13.8% | +16.0% |
| 2000 | 11.9% | -13.7% |
| 2001 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 11.9% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 11.7% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 11.9% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 11.7% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 11.7% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11.7% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11.3% | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 11.2% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 11.2% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | -10.2% |
| 2012 | 10.1% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 10.2% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 13.5% | +31.9% |
| 2016 | 13.9% | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 13.9% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 13.9% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 17.3% | +24.2% |
| 2020 | 13.9% | -19.8% |
| 2021 | 12.9% | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 12.4% | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.1% | 9.7% | 13.8% | 7 |
| 2000s | 11.7% | 11.2% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.7% | 10.1% | 17.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 13.0% | 12.4% | 13.9% | 3 |
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More private sector data for Ecuador
- Merchandise trade 53.6% (2025)
- Food imports 12.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 32.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 53.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 4.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 37.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,031 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2851 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ecuador?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ecuador was 12.4% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 17.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 1993.
- How does Ecuador rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products?
- Ecuador ranks 37th out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.