Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Bahrain
Bahrain: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 4.8% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Bahrain, 1999–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Bahrain stood at 4.8%.
The figure is up 8.9% on the previous year and down 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Bahrain peaked at 10.7% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 2014.
Bahrain ranks 126th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 10.7% | — |
| 2000 | 10.4% | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 8.5% | -17.9% |
| 2002 | 5.8% | -32.0% |
| 2003 | 5.8% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 5.8% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.5% | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 5.4% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 5.7% | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 5.3% | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 5.3% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 5.2% | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 5.9% | +15.0% |
| 2012 | 5.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4.5% | -24.2% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 4.2% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 8.6% | +105.8% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | -27.9% |
| 2019 | 5.8% | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | -25.9% |
| 2021 | 4.4% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 4.8% | +8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.7% | 10.7% | 10.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 6.3% | 5.3% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 4.0% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 4.3% | 4.8% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
- 123 Viet Nam 5.0% compare
- 124 Palestine, State of 4.9% compare
- 125 Uzbekistan 4.9% compare
- 127 Republic of Moldova 4.8% compare
- 128 Mexico 4.8% compare
- 129 Sri Lanka 4.7% compare
More private sector data for Bahrain
- Merchandise trade 87.6% (2025)
- Food imports 15.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 57.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 16.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 26.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 26.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 16,531 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5403 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.97 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Bahrain?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Bahrain was 4.8% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 10.7% in 1999.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 2014.
- How does Bahrain rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Bahrain ranks 126th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, published as part of Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Weighted mean most favored nations tariff is the average of most favored nation rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country. 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 and import weights. Import weights were calculated using the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database.