Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) in Malawi
Malawi: Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) was 12.4% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Malawi, 1994–2021
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Malawi stood at 12.4%.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Malawi peaked at 30.7% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 12.4%, in 2016.
Malawi ranks 36th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 30.7% | — |
| 1996 | 26.7% | -13.3% |
| 1997 | 25.3% | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 20.0% | -20.9% |
| 2000 | 13.4% | -33.0% |
| 2001 | 13.1% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 13.1% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 13.3% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 13.0% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 12.9% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 12.7% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 13.2% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 12.7% | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 12.4% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 12.6% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 12.6% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 12.4% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 12.4% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 12.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12.4% | -0.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 12.4% is above the median for low income countries, which is 12.1%, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 12.4% 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 Malawi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -33.0% | 20.0% | 13.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.7% | 20.0% | 30.7% | 4 |
| 2000s | 13.1% | 12.9% | 13.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 12.4% | 13.2% | 8 |
| 2020s | 12.4% | 12.4% | 12.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 33 Rwanda 13.4% compare
- 34 Argentina 13.1% compare
- 35 Nepal 12.8% compare
- 37 Ecuador 12.4% compare
- 38 Cote d'Ivoire 12.2% compare
- 39 Benin 12.1% compare
- 39 Burkina Faso 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 Malawi
- Merchandise trade 30.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 64.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 3.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 93.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 5.1% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 947.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 483.71 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 42.63 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Malawi?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Malawi was 12.4% in 2021, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 30.7% in 1994.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.4% in 2016.
- How does Malawi rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products?
- Malawi ranks 36th out of 186 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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.