Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Madagascar
Madagascar: Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products was 13.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Madagascar, 1995–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 13.6% for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Madagascar peaked at 16.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2004.
That places Madagascar 51st out of 186 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4.6% | — |
| 1996 | 4.2% | -8.6% |
| 1997 | 4.3% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 4.3% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 3.9% | -10.2% |
| 2001 | 3.9% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 3.8% | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 3.8% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3.8% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 16.4% | +335.1% |
| 2006 | 12.8% | -21.9% |
| 2007 | 12.8% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 12.8% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 12.7% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 12.8% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 12.7% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 13.4% | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 13.3% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13.5% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 13.3% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 13.2% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 13.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 13.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13.6% | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.4% | 4.2% | 4.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 8.7% | 3.8% | 16.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.2% | 12.7% | 13.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.4% | 13.2% | 13.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 48 Trinidad and Tobago 15.1% compare
- 49 Malawi 14.9% compare
- 50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.4% compare
- 51 Samoa 13.6% compare
- 53 Benin 13.3% 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 Madagascar
- Merchandise trade 39.4% (2025)
- Food imports 18.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 32.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 76.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1273 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -3.25 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Madagascar?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Madagascar was 13.6% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 16.4% in 2005.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2004.
- How does Madagascar rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products?
- Madagascar ranks 51st out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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).