Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Malaysia
Malaysia: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 3.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Malaysia, 1988–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Malaysia stood at 3.4%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Malaysia peaked at 14.7% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 2022.
Malaysia ranks 136th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 14.7% | — |
| 1991 | 11.3% | -23.1% |
| 1993 | 9.7% | -13.6% |
| 1996 | 6.3% | -35.6% |
| 1997 | 6.2% | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 5.2% | -16.1% |
| 1999 | 5.1% | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 4.8% | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 5.5% | +14.6% |
| 2002 | 4.7% | -14.7% |
| 2003 | 5.3% | +12.6% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 4.3% | -20.5% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | +10.8% |
| 2008 | 5.1% | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 5.2% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | -15.8% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 4.4% | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 3.5% | -20.7% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | +14.2% |
| 2020 | 3.6% | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 3.6% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 3.4% | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.7% | 14.7% | 14.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 7.3% | 5.1% | 11.3% | 6 |
| 2000s | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 3.5% | 4.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 133 Kuwait 4.0% compare
- 134 Ukraine 3.7% compare
- 135 Papua New Guinea 3.6% compare
- 137 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.2% compare
- 138 Albania 3.2% compare
- 139 Seychelles 3.2% compare
More private sector data for Malaysia
- Merchandise trade 151.7% (2025)
- Food imports 8.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 72.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 340.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 72.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 376.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,452 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7964 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Malaysia?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Malaysia was 3.4% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.7% in 1988.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2022.
- How does Malaysia rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Malaysia ranks 136th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.