Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in United States of America
United States of America: Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products was 3.5% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in United States of America, 1989–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in United States of America stood at 3.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in United States of America peaked at 10.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 2020.
That places United States of America 174th out of 186 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in United States of America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5.8% | — |
| 1990 | 5.7% | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 5.7% | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 5.7% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 5.8% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 5.3% | -7.3% |
| 1996 | 5.1% | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 5.0% | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 4.5% | -9.6% |
| 1999 | 4.2% | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 4.2% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 4.1% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 4.0% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 3.9% | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 3.7% | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 3.6% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 3.6% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 3.5% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 3.5% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 3.6% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 4.0% | +11.2% |
| 2018 | 4.2% | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 10.2% | +142.1% |
| 2020 | 3.5% | -65.4% |
| 2021 | 3.6% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 3.5% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.8% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 5.2% | 4.2% | 5.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 3.8% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.5% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3 |
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More private sector data for United States of America
- Merchandise trade 18.5% (2025)
- Food imports 6.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 78.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.51 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 55.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,394 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.071 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in United States of America?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products in United States of America was 3.5% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2020.
- How does United States of America rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products?
- United States of America ranks 174th out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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.