Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Suriname
Suriname: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products was 8.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Suriname, 1996–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 8.0% for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Suriname peaked at 18.5% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 2022.
That places Suriname 78th out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Suriname, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 18.5% | — |
| 1999 | 14.0% | -24.5% |
| 2000 | 11.1% | -20.3% |
| 2007 | 9.4% | -15.6% |
| 2009 | 9.6% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9.5% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9.9% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 9.2% | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 8.5% | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 8.0% | -6.3% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 8.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.6%, 1.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 8.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9.3%, 86% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.2% | 14.0% | 18.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.0% | 9.4% | 11.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 9.6% | 9.2% | 9.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 8.6% | 8.0% | 9.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
More private sector data for Suriname
- Merchandise trade 108.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 70.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 9.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,204 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 81.27 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Suriname?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Suriname was 8.0% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 18.5% in 1996.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 2022.
- How does Suriname rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products?
- Suriname ranks 78th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname 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.