Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Benin
Benin: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products was 9.8% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Benin, 2001–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Benin stood at 9.8%.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Benin peaked at 13.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 2019.
Benin ranks 53rd of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Benin, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12.4% | — |
| 2002 | 12.5% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 13.6% | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 13.6% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13.5% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 13.6% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 11.4% | -15.7% |
| 2008 | 11.4% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11.4% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11.4% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11.4% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10.5% | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 11.5% | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 13.8% | +22.9% |
| 2018 | 12.9% | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | -24.4% |
| 2020 | 9.7% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10.1% | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 9.8% | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.6% | 11.4% | 13.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.5% | 9.7% | 13.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 9.7% | 10.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 50 Syrian Arab Republic 10.1% compare
- 51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.1% compare
- 52 French Polynesia 10.0% compare
- 54 Guyana 9.6% compare
- 55 Niger 9.6% compare
- 56 Burkina Faso 9.5% compare
- 56 Kenya 9.5% compare
More private sector data for Benin
- Merchandise trade 36.4% (2025)
- Food imports 33.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.8946 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Benin?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Benin was 9.8% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 13.8% in 2017.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 2019.
- How does Benin rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products?
- Benin ranks 53rd out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, published as part of Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured 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. Manufactured products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 5-8 excluding division 68.