Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Ghana
Ghana: Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products was 13.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Ghana, 1993–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 13.3% for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Ghana peaked at 17.1% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 13.3%, in 2020.
Ghana ranks 53rd of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 17.1% | — |
| 2000 | 17.0% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 14.9% | -12.0% |
| 2002 | 14.9% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 14.9% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 14.9% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 14.7% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 14.7% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14.7% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15.0% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 14.4% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 13.3% | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 13.3% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 13.3% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13.3% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.1% | 17.1% | 17.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 15.1% | 14.7% | 17.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 13.8% | 13.3% | 15.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 13.3% | 13.3% | 13.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.4% compare
- 51 Madagascar 13.6% compare
- 51 Samoa 13.6% compare
- 53 Benin 13.3% compare
- 53 Burkina Faso 13.3% compare
- 53 Gambia 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 Ghana
- Merchandise trade 42.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 17.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.1% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 31.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 887.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2724 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Ghana?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Ghana was 13.3% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 17.1% in 1993.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.3% in 2020.
- How does Ghana rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products?
- Ghana ranks 53rd out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 18 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. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).