Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Rwanda
Rwanda: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 18.1% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Rwanda, 1993–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Rwanda stood at 18.1%.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Rwanda peaked at 25.3% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 9.0%, in 2001.
That places Rwanda 10th out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Rwanda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 25.3% | — |
| 2000 | 9.0% | -64.4% |
| 2001 | 9.0% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 20.1% | +124.1% |
| 2003 | 10.2% | -49.1% |
| 2005 | 19.1% | +86.5% |
| 2006 | 18.1% | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 17.4% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 14.5% | -16.9% |
| 2010 | 16.3% | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 13.8% | -15.6% |
| 2012 | 14.9% | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 13.7% | -8.2% |
| 2014 | 13.9% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 16.0% | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 13.3% | -16.9% |
| 2018 | 15.3% | +14.9% |
| 2019 | 14.9% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 15.9% | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 18.6% | +17.2% |
| 2022 | 18.1% | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.3% | 25.3% | 25.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 14.7% | 9.0% | 20.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 14.7% | 13.3% | 16.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 17.6% | 15.9% | 18.6% | 3 |
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More private sector data for Rwanda
- Merchandise trade 45.9% (2025)
- Food imports 22.4% (2022)
- Manufactures imports 50.0% (2022)
- Merchandise imports 5.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.2% (2022)
- Manufactures exports 10.4% (2022)
- Merchandise exports 2.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 168.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1496 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -23.46 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Rwanda?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Rwanda was 18.1% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 25.3% in 1993.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.0% in 2001.
- How does Rwanda rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Rwanda ranks 10th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.