Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Congo
Congo: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 18.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Congo, 1994–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Congo stood at 18.2%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Congo peaked at 18.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 11.8%, in 2003.
Congo ranks 8th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Congo, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 16.4% | — |
| 1997 | 15.2% | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 11.9% | -21.7% |
| 2002 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 11.8% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 11.8% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11.9% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 11.8% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 15.8% | +33.9% |
| 2008 | 15.8% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 15.8% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15.8% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 15.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 16.2% | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 16.1% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 11.8% | -26.8% |
| 2022 | 18.2% | +53.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.8% | 15.2% | 16.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.2% | 11.8% | 15.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 11.8% | 16.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 18.2% | 18.2% | 18.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More private sector data for Congo
- Merchandise trade 94.4% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 71.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 10.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,157 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4599 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.57 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Congo?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Congo was 18.2% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 18.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.8% in 2003.
- How does Congo rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Congo ranks 8th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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.