Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 12.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Ethiopia, 1995–2021
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Ethiopia is 12.7%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Ethiopia peaked at 18.1% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 10.0%, in 2012.
That places Ethiopia 31st out of 184 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 18.1% | — |
| 2001 | 12.1% | -33.3% |
| 2002 | 13.5% | +11.3% |
| 2006 | 12.0% | -10.8% |
| 2008 | 10.1% | -16.1% |
| 2009 | 10.4% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 10.3% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 10.5% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 10.0% | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 12.2% | +21.8% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12.7% | +4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.1% | 18.1% | 18.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 11.6% | 10.1% | 13.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 11.0% | 10.0% | 12.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 12.7% | 12.7% | 12.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More private sector data for Ethiopia
- Merchandise trade 24.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 69.2% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 23.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 80.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 55.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 38.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Ethiopia?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Ethiopia was 12.7% in 2021, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 18.1% in 1995.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.0% in 2012.
- How does Ethiopia rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Ethiopia ranks 31st out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.