Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in United States of America
United States of America: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products was 2.5% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in United States of America, 1989–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 2.5% for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in 2022.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in United States of America peaked at 5.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2007.
That places United States of America 168th out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in United States of America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 4.8% | — |
| 1990 | 4.9% | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 4.9% | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 5.0% | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 4.9% | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 4.3% | -11.8% |
| 1996 | 4.1% | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 4.0% | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 3.5% | -11.3% |
| 1999 | 3.3% | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 3.1% | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 3.3% | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 3.1% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 2.9% | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 2.8% | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 2.8% | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 2.1% | -23.2% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | +21.2% |
| 2009 | 2.6% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 2.6% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 2.5% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 2.6% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.6% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 2.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.4% | -9.5% |
| 2018 | 2.6% | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | +26.2% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -24.5% |
| 2021 | 2.5% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 2.5% | +1.6% |
United States of America compared with similar countries
- United States of America's 2.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.2%, 79% of the median. (64 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in United States of America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +26.2% | 2.6% | 3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.8% | 4.8% | 4.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 4.3% | 3.3% | 5.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.9% | 2.1% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 165 New Zealand 2.8% compare
- 166 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.8% compare
- 167 Canada 2.6% compare
- 169 Timor-Leste 2.5% compare
- 170 Sri Lanka 2.4% compare
- 171 Peru 2.4% compare
More private sector data for United States of America
- Merchandise trade 18.5% (2025)
- Food imports 6.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 78.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.51 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 55.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,394 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.071 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in United States of America?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products in United States of America was 2.5% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 5.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2007.
- How does United States of America rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products?
- United States of America ranks 168th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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.