Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) in Malawi
Malawi: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) was 10.0% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Malawi, 1994–2021
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Malawi is 10.0%, measured in 2021.
The figure is up 8.1% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Malawi peaked at 22.3% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 7.4%, in 2013.
Malawi ranks 53rd of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 22.3% | — |
| 1996 | 19.1% | -14.4% |
| 1997 | 20.8% | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 14.7% | -29.1% |
| 2000 | 12.4% | -15.8% |
| 2001 | 11.6% | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 11.1% | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 20.7% | +85.7% |
| 2008 | 8.0% | -61.2% |
| 2009 | 9.6% | +20.1% |
| 2010 | 8.8% | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 8.6% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 7.6% | -11.3% |
| 2013 | 7.4% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 7.9% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 8.2% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 9.0% | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 9.3% | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 10.0% | +8.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 10.0% is below the median for low income countries, which is 11.9%, 84% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 10.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11.2%, 89% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) in Malawi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +85.7% | 11.1% | 20.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.2% | 14.7% | 22.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 12.2% | 8.0% | 20.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 8.2% | 7.4% | 9.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 9.7% | 9.3% | 10.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More private sector data for Malawi
- Merchandise trade 30.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 64.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 3.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 93.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 5.1% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 947.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 483.71 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 42.63 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Malawi?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Malawi was 10.0% in 2021, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 22.3% in 1994.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4% in 2013.
- How does Malawi rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Malawi ranks 53rd out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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.