Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) in Namibia
Namibia: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) was 7.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Namibia, 2001–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 7.7% for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.9% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Namibia peaked at 11.2% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 2020.
Namibia ranks 83rd of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10.9% | — |
| 2002 | 9.2% | -15.5% |
| 2004 | 10.8% | +17.6% |
| 2005 | 11.2% | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 10.7% | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 9.5% | -11.2% |
| 2008 | 9.2% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 9.8% | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 9.6% | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 9.4% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 8.2% | -12.9% |
| 2013 | 7.7% | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 7.5% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 7.6% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 7.8% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 8.3% | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 6.8% | -18.6% |
| 2019 | 11.1% | +64.2% |
| 2020 | 6.3% | -43.6% |
| 2021 | 6.5% | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 7.7% | +17.9% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 7.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9.2%, 84% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 7.7% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11.2%, 69% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +64.2% | 6.8% | 11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.2% | 9.2% | 11.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 6.8% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.8% | 6.3% | 7.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 80 Paraguay 8.0% compare
- 81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.9% compare
- 82 El Salvador 7.8% compare
- 84 Turkey 7.6% compare
- 85 Cote d'Ivoire 7.6% compare
- 86 Trinidad and Tobago 7.5% compare
More private sector data for Namibia
- Merchandise trade 102.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.44 billion current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 28.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.25 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,271 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Namibia?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Namibia was 7.7% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 11.2% in 2005.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 2020.
- How does Namibia rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Namibia ranks 83rd out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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.