Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burundi
Burundi: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 16.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burundi, 2002–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burundi stood at 16.4%.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burundi peaked at 21.1% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 2016.
That places Burundi 17th out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burundi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 21.1% | — |
| 2003 | 20.8% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 21.1% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 17.5% | -17.1% |
| 2007 | 14.6% | -16.3% |
| 2008 | 13.4% | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 19.5% | +45.7% |
| 2010 | 19.5% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 15.5% | -20.7% |
| 2012 | 15.2% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 12.4% | -18.3% |
| 2014 | 13.0% | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 10.8% | -16.8% |
| 2016 | 10.2% | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 16.3% | +58.7% |
| 2019 | 15.8% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 17.2% | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 16.6% | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 16.4% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.3% | 13.4% | 21.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 14.3% | 10.2% | 19.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 16.4% | 17.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 14 Chad 16.8% compare
- 15 Gabon 16.6% compare
- 16 Guinea-Bissau 16.5% compare
- 18 Bahamas 16.3% compare
- 19 Antigua and Barbuda 14.7% compare
- 20 Central African Republic 14.5% compare
More private sector data for Burundi
- Merchandise trade 45.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 46.0% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 15.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 332.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 23.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0987 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 89.71 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burundi?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Burundi was 16.4% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 21.1% in 2002.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 2016.
- How does Burundi rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Burundi ranks 17th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi 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.