Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Philippines
Philippines: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 6.0% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Philippines, 1988–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 6.0% for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in 2022.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Philippines peaked at 22.5% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2003.
Philippines ranks 104th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Philippines, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 22.5% | — |
| 1989 | 22.5% | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14.8% | -34.3% |
| 1992 | 14.7% | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 15.6% | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 15.2% | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 14.7% | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 8.5% | -41.8% |
| 1997 | 7.6% | -11.4% |
| 1998 | 6.4% | -15.7% |
| 1999 | 6.1% | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 3.8% | -38.1% |
| 2001 | 3.5% | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 2.6% | -24.5% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 3.5% | +43.0% |
| 2005 | 3.8% | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 3.5% | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | +74.6% |
| 2009 | 6.1% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 6.1% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 5.7% | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 5.6% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 5.7% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 5.7% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 5.7% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 5.7% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 7.1% | +24.5% |
| 2019 | 6.0% | -16.4% |
| 2020 | 6.0% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 5.8% | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 6.0% | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 22.5% | 22.5% | 22.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 11.5% | 6.1% | 15.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 3.9% | 2.4% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 5.6% | 7.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 5.8% | 6.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More private sector data for Philippines
- Merchandise trade 46.2% (2025)
- Food imports 15.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 141.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 77.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 83.72 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 716.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1719 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 14.71 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Philippines?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Philippines was 6.0% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 22.5% in 1989.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2003.
- How does Philippines rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Philippines ranks 104th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Philippines 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 33 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.