Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Canada
Canada: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 3.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Canada, 1989–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Canada stood at 3.0%.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Canada peaked at 8.1% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2011.
That places Canada 142nd out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Canada, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 8.1% | — |
| 1993 | 7.0% | -13.6% |
| 1995 | 6.9% | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 5.6% | -19.2% |
| 1997 | 5.2% | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 4.0% | -23.9% |
| 1999 | 3.7% | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 3.4% | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 3.6% | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 3.7% | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 6.1% | +66.5% |
| 2004 | 3.5% | -42.1% |
| 2005 | 3.4% | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 3.4% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 3.5% | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 3.4% | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 3.5% | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | -15.2% |
| 2011 | 2.8% | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 2.9% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 3.1% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 7.2% | +134.3% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | -56.4% |
| 2021 | 3.0% | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.1% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 5.4% | 3.7% | 7.0% | 6 |
| 2000s | 3.7% | 3.4% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.4% | 2.8% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More private sector data for Canada
- Merchandise trade 48.8% (2025)
- Food imports 9.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 75.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 577.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 42.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 554.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 13,317 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2391 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Canada?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Canada was 3.0% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 1989.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2011.
- How does Canada rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Canada ranks 142nd out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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.