Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) in Turkey
Turkey: Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) was 17.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Turkey, 1993–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Turkey stood at 17.0%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 57.4% on the previous year and up 76.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Turkey peaked at 17.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 1993.
That places Turkey 17th out of 186 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 9.3% | — |
| 1995 | 9.4% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 10.5% | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 9.8% | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 10.2% | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 11.3% | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 10.4% | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 10.1% | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 10.2% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 9.9% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 9.7% | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 9.6% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 9.6% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 10.0% | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 9.7% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 9.5% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 9.9% | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 9.6% | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 10.8% | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 11.4% | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 10.8% | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 10.9% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 10.6% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 11.2% | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 10.7% | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 10.8% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 17.0% | +57.4% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 17.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.0%, 2.1× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 17.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5.2%, 3.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) in Turkey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +57.4% | 10.8% | 17.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.1% | 9.3% | 11.3% | 6 |
| 2000s | 9.9% | 9.5% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.7% | 9.6% | 11.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 12.8% | 10.7% | 17.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More private sector data for Turkey
- Merchandise trade 40.0% (2025)
- Food imports 7.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 60.5% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 365.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 58.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 74.5% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 273.36 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 122.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,183 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Turkey?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in Turkey was 17.0% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 17.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 1993.
- How does Turkey rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products?
- Turkey ranks 17th out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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.