Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ghana
Ghana: Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products was 12.1% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ghana, 1993–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ghana is 12.1%, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ghana peaked at 14.9% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 12.1%, in 2017.
Ghana ranks 39th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 14.9% | — |
| 2000 | 14.6% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 13.1% | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 13.1% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 13.1% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 13.1% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12.9% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 12.2% | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 12.1% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 12.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12.2% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 12.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12.1% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.9% | 14.9% | 14.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 13.2% | 13.0% | 14.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 12.4% | 12.1% | 13.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 12.2% | 12.1% | 12.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 36 Malawi 12.4% compare
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- 39 Benin 12.1% compare
- 39 Burkina Faso 12.1% compare
- 39 Gambia 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 Ghana
- Merchandise trade 42.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 17.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.1% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 31.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 887.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2724 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ghana?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Ghana was 12.1% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 14.9% in 1993.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.1% in 2017.
- How does Ghana rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products?
- Ghana ranks 39th out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana 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.