Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 5.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Viet Nam, 1994–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Viet Nam is 5.0%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Viet Nam peaked at 19.2% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 2012.
Viet Nam ranks 123rd of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 15.2% | — |
| 1999 | 19.2% | +26.4% |
| 2001 | 15.3% | -20.4% |
| 2002 | 15.1% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 12.7% | -15.9% |
| 2004 | 12.6% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 12.7% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 11.7% | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 11.4% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 6.1% | -46.3% |
| 2009 | 7.9% | +28.8% |
| 2010 | 6.5% | -17.9% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | -23.0% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 5.8% | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 9.0% | +52.6% |
| 2019 | 5.6% | -37.6% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 5.3% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 5.0% | -5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.2% | 15.2% | 19.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.7% | 6.1% | 15.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 5.0% | 9.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 5.2% | 5.0% | 5.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 120 North Macedonia 5.2% compare
- 121 Russian Federation 5.1% compare
- 122 Costa Rica 5.1% compare
- 124 Palestine, State of 4.9% compare
- 125 Uzbekistan 4.9% compare
- 126 Bahrain 4.8% compare
More private sector data for Viet Nam
- Merchandise trade 180.0% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 74.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 453.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 85.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 472.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,655 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9188 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Viet Nam?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Viet Nam was 5.0% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 19.2% in 1999.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 2012.
- How does Viet Nam rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Viet Nam ranks 123rd out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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.