Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) in Tonga
Tonga: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) was 6.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Tonga, 2009–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 6.4% for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in 2022.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Tonga peaked at 6.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 2009.
That places Tonga 99th out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4.7% | — |
| 2010 | 5.1% | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 5.6% | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 5.5% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 5.7% | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 5.7% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 5.5% | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 6.6% | +18.6% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 6.4% | -3.6% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 6.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.0%, 91% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 6.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.8%, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 5.1% | 5.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 6.6% | 6.4% | 6.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More private sector data for Tonga
- Merchandise trade 39.5% (2025)
- Food imports 29.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 48.5% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 255.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 169.35 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 15.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 84.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 13.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 102.80 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 125.31 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Tonga?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Tonga was 6.4% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 6.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 2009.
- How does Tonga rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Tonga ranks 99th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga 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.