Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 9.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burkina Faso, 1993–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burkina Faso is 9.6%, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burkina Faso peaked at 12.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1993.
That places Burkina Faso 59th out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5.0% | — |
| 2001 | 11.2% | +123.2% |
| 2002 | 11.4% | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 11.3% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 11.4% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 11.0% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 10.6% | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 10.4% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 10.4% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10.4% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10.6% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 10.2% | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 9.7% | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 9.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9.7% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9.3% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 9.6% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 9.1% | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 10.8% | +19.1% |
| 2019 | 12.0% | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 9.4% | -21.1% |
| 2021 | 9.7% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 9.6% | -1.2% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 9.6% is below the median for low income countries, which is 11.9%, 80% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 9.6% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11.2%, 85% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burkina Faso changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +123.2% | 5.0% | 11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 10.9% | 10.4% | 11.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 10.1% | 9.1% | 12.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.6% | 9.4% | 9.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
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, weighted mean, all products in Burkina Faso?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burkina Faso was 9.6% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 12.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all 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, weighted mean, all products?
- Burkina Faso ranks 59th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. 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, 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.