Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) in Maldives
Maldives: Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) was 11.8% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Maldives, 2000–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Maldives stood at 11.8%.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Maldives peaked at 20.4% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 2012.
That places Maldives 57th out of 186 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.2% | — |
| 2001 | 20.2% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 20.2% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 20.2% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 20.2% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 20.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 20.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 20.4% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 20.4% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 20.3% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 20.4% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 10.1% | -50.4% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10.1% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 12.9% | +27.7% |
| 2016 | 12.9% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 13.0% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 13.0% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 13.2% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 13.0% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 11.4% | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 11.8% | +2.7% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 11.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.0%, 1.5× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 11.8% is below the median for South Asia, which is 12.3%, 96% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) in Maldives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | -50.4% | 20.4% | 10.1% |
| 2015 | +27.7% | 10.1% | 12.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.3% | 20.2% | 20.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 13.6% | 10.1% | 20.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.1% | 11.4% | 13.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More private sector data for Maldives
- Merchandise trade 52.5% (2025)
- Food imports 22.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 53.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 3.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 97.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 0.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 5.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 838.25 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Maldives?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Maldives was 11.8% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 20.4% in 2008.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 2012.
- How does Maldives rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products?
- Maldives ranks 57th out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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.