Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Egypt
Egypt: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products was 16.4% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Egypt, 1995–2019
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Egypt stood at 16.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 26.6% on the previous year and up 79.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Egypt peaked at 28.2% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 2009.
That places Egypt 8th out of 184 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 22.4% | — |
| 1998 | 17.6% | -21.3% |
| 1999 | 20.0% | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 20.1% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 28.2% | +40.4% |
| 2003 | 17.7% | -37.4% |
| 2004 | 12.1% | -31.3% |
| 2005 | 11.6% | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 11.6% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9.8% | -15.0% |
| 2008 | 9.8% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 13.2% | +44.4% |
| 2011 | 12.3% | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 12.8% | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 12.6% | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 13.1% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 13.9% | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 12.8% | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 13.0% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 16.4% | +26.6% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 16.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9.2%, 1.8× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 16.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6.0%, 2.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.0% | 17.6% | 22.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 15.0% | 9.2% | 28.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.3% | 12.3% | 16.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More private sector data for Egypt
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 20.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 97.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 51.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 51.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 434.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1407 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Egypt?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Egypt was 16.4% in 2019, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 28.2% in 2002.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 2009.
- How does Egypt rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products?
- Egypt ranks 8th out of 184 countries with data for 2019.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 79.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.