Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products was 11.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products in Burkina Faso, 1993–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products in Burkina Faso stood at 11.7%.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products in Burkina Faso peaked at 12.0% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1993.
That places Burkina Faso 34th out of 186 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5.0% | — |
| 2001 | 12.0% | +140.8% |
| 2002 | 12.0% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 12.0% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 12.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12.0% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 12.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11.9% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11.9% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 11.8% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 11.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11.8% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 11.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 11.8% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 11.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 11.7% | -0.6% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 11.7% is above the median for low income countries, which is 11.7%, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 11.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11.7%, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.8% | 11.8% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.8% | 11.7% | 11.8% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 31 Côte d'Ivoire 11.8% compare
- 32 Burundi 11.8% compare
- 32 Mauritania 11.8% compare
- 34 Benin 11.7% compare
- 34 Gambia 11.7% compare
- 34 Ghana 11.7% compare
- 34 Guinea 11.7% compare
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 11.7% compare
- 34 Liberia 11.7% compare
- 34 Mali 11.7% compare
- 34 Niger 11.7% compare
- 34 Nigeria 11.7% compare
- 34 Senegal 11.7% compare
- 34 Sierra Leone 11.7% compare
- 34 Togo 11.7% compare
More private sector data for Burkina Faso
- Merchandise trade 67.5% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 7.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 2.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 460.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4009 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 96.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products in Burkina Faso?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products in Burkina Faso was 11.7% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 12.0% in 2001.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 1993.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products?
- Burkina Faso ranks 34th out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, published as part of Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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. Manufactured products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 5-8 excluding division 68.