Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 10.2% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1996–2020
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Kitts and Nevis is 10.2%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 63.3% on the previous year and down 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 27.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 2020.
Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 52nd of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Kitts and Nevis, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 21.6% | — |
| 1999 | 17.9% | -17.2% |
| 2000 | 13.1% | -26.6% |
| 2001 | 12.6% | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 13.7% | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 13.7% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 13.9% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 14.0% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 15.2% | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 15.1% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 14.6% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 14.2% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 14.0% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 14.0% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 14.0% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 14.1% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 14.1% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 26.6% | +89.3% |
| 2018 | 26.8% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 27.9% | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 10.2% | -63.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.7% | 17.9% | 21.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.9% | 12.6% | 15.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 18.0% | 14.0% | 27.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 10.2% | 10.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 49 Syrian Arab Republic 10.4% compare
- 50 Samoa 10.4% compare
- 51 Argentina 10.3% compare
- 53 Malawi 10.0% compare
- 54 Sao Tome and Principe 10.0% compare
- 55 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 9.9% compare
More private sector data for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Merchandise trade 37.5% (2025)
- Food imports 25.4% (2017)
- Manufactures imports 71.1% (2017)
- Merchandise imports 410.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.5% (2017)
- Manufactures exports 86.4% (2017)
- Merchandise exports 34.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 724.61 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0287 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 10.2% in 2020, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 27.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 2020.
- How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 52nd out of 184 countries with data for 2020.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.