Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Cuba
Cuba: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products was 12.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Cuba, 1993–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 12.2% for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in 2022. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.3% on the previous year and up 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Cuba peaked at 12.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 2000.
That places Cuba 52nd out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Cuba, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 7.9% | — |
| 1996 | 6.4% | -19.4% |
| 1997 | 6.3% | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 6.4% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 6.4% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 5.5% | -14.4% |
| 2001 | 6.2% | +13.5% |
| 2002 | 6.0% | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 6.5% | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 6.2% | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 6.4% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 10.4% | +64.2% |
| 2007 | 10.3% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 10.3% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | -10.6% |
| 2010 | 10.1% | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 8.8% | -13.4% |
| 2012 | 8.7% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 8.0% | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 9.7% | +20.1% |
| 2016 | 8.3% | -14.2% |
| 2017 | 8.1% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | +19.9% |
| 2020 | 9.9% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 10.1% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 12.2% | +20.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.7% | 6.3% | 7.9% | 5 |
| 2000s | 7.7% | 5.5% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.9% | 8.0% | 10.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 9.9% | 12.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More private sector data for Cuba
- Merchandise trade 8.3% (2020)
- Food imports 25.2% (2022)
- Manufactures imports 38.3% (2022)
- Merchandise imports 8.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.7% (2022)
- Manufactures exports 7.8% (2022)
- Merchandise exports 1.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 148.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0159 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.809 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Cuba?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Cuba was 12.2% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 12.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 2000.
- How does Cuba rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products?
- Cuba ranks 52nd out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, published as part of Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary 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. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).