Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Zambia
Zambia: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products was 8.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Zambia, 1993–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 8.7% for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in 2022.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Zambia peaked at 17.9% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 7.4%, in 2018.
Zambia ranks 72nd of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Zambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 17.9% | — |
| 1997 | 11.3% | -36.7% |
| 2001 | 14.3% | +26.0% |
| 2002 | 10.7% | -25.2% |
| 2003 | 11.0% | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 12.6% | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 10.4% | -16.9% |
| 2006 | 11.6% | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 9.6% | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 9.6% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 8.7% | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | -10.5% |
| 2011 | 8.5% | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 8.4% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 8.6% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 8.9% | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 16.9% | +88.8% |
| 2018 | 7.4% | -55.9% |
| 2020 | 9.4% | +26.2% |
| 2021 | 9.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.6% | 11.3% | 17.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.9% | 8.7% | 14.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 9.5% | 7.4% | 16.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 9.2% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 69 Angola 8.8% compare
- 70 Dominican Republic 8.8% compare
- 71 Mauritania 8.7% compare
- 72 Korea 8.7% compare
- 74 Fiji 8.5% compare
- 75 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.4% compare
More private sector data for Zambia
- Merchandise trade 91.7% (2025)
- Food imports 7.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 13.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 14.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 13.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 607.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.461 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 18.07 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Zambia?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Zambia was 8.7% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.9% in 1993.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4% in 2018.
- How does Zambia rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Zambia ranks 72nd out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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.