Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Benin
Benin: Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products was 13.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Benin, 2001–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Benin is 13.3%, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Benin peaked at 13.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 11.8%, in 2001.
Benin ranks 53rd of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Benin, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11.8% | — |
| 2002 | 11.8% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 11.8% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 11.8% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 11.8% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 11.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12.0% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 12.0% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 12.0% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 12.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12.0% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 12.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 12.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13.3% | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13.3% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13.3% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.9% | 11.8% | 12.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 12.0% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.3% | 13.3% | 13.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.4% compare
- 51 Madagascar 13.6% compare
- 51 Samoa 13.6% compare
- 53 Burkina Faso 13.3% compare
- 53 Gambia 13.3% compare
- 53 Ghana 13.3% compare
- 53 Guinea 13.3% compare
- 53 Guinea-Bissau 13.3% compare
- 53 Liberia 13.3% compare
- 53 Mali 13.3% compare
- 53 Niger 13.3% compare
- 53 Nigeria 13.3% compare
- 53 Senegal 13.3% compare
- 53 Sierra Leone 13.3% compare
- 53 Togo 13.3% compare
More private sector data for Benin
- Merchandise trade 36.4% (2025)
- Food imports 33.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.8946 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Benin?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Benin was 13.3% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 13.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.8% in 2001.
- How does Benin rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products?
- Benin ranks 53rd out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, published as part of Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary 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. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).