Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Tonga
Tonga: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products was 7.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Tonga, 2009–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 7.8% for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Tonga peaked at 8.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 2009.
Tonga ranks 81st of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6.3% | — |
| 2010 | 7.2% | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 7.6% | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 8.1% | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 8.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8.8% | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 8.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 8.6% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 8.2% | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 8.4% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 8.2% | 7.2% | 8.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 8.2% | 7.8% | 8.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More private sector data for Tonga
- Merchandise trade 39.5% (2025)
- Food imports 27.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 53.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 255.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 67.5% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 13.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 125.31 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0191 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 44.44 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Tonga?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in Tonga was 7.8% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 2009.
- How does Tonga rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products?
- Tonga ranks 81st out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga 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.