Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Suriname
Suriname: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 9.8% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Suriname, 1996–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Suriname stood at 9.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Suriname peaked at 16.7% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 9.8%, in 2011.
That places Suriname 57th out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Suriname, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 16.7% | — |
| 1999 | 14.0% | -16.2% |
| 2000 | 12.2% | -13.1% |
| 2007 | 11.9% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 10.8% | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 10.8% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 10.9% | +11.0% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 11.8% | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 10.4% | -12.0% |
| 2020 | 10.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 9.8% | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.3% | 14.0% | 16.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.6% | 10.8% | 12.2% | 3 |
| 2010s | 10.7% | 9.8% | 11.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 9.8% | 10.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 54 Sao Tome and Principe 10.0% compare
- 55 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 9.9% compare
- 56 Dominica 9.9% compare
- 58 Aruba 9.7% compare
- 59 Burkina Faso 9.6% compare
- 60 Palau 9.5% compare
More private sector data for Suriname
- Merchandise trade 108.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 70.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 9.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,204 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 81.27 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Suriname?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Suriname was 9.8% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7% in 1996.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.8% in 2011.
- How does Suriname rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Suriname ranks 57th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname 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.