Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 13.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Lucia, 1996–2020
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Lucia is 13.2%, measured in 2020.
The figure is down 35.5% on the previous year and up 122.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Lucia peaked at 20.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5.8%, in 2011.
That places Saint Lucia 27th out of 184 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 18.5% | — |
| 1999 | 16.3% | -12.0% |
| 2000 | 16.3% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 12.2% | -25.2% |
| 2002 | 12.7% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 12.8% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 13.8% | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 12.0% | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 11.6% | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 5.9% | -48.8% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 7.0% | +20.7% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | +56.3% |
| 2014 | 11.4% | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 11.2% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 12.1% | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 20.4% | +69.0% |
| 2020 | 13.2% | -35.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.4% | 16.3% | 18.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.1% | 11.6% | 16.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 10.6% | 5.8% | 20.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 13.2% | 13.2% | 13.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More private sector data for Saint Lucia
- Merchandise trade 41.2% (2025)
- Food imports 27.6% (2020)
- Manufactures imports 57.0% (2020)
- Merchandise imports 1.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 41.6% (2020)
- Manufactures exports 45.9% (2020)
- Merchandise exports 85.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 471.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.032 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Lucia?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Saint Lucia was 13.2% in 2020, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 20.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8% in 2011.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Saint Lucia ranks 27th out of 184 countries with data for 2020.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.