Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Norway
Norway: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products was 10.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Norway, 1988–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Norway recorded 10.2% for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in 2022.
That represents a change of down 30.7% on the previous year and down 41.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Norway peaked at 22.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 1988.
Norway ranks 66th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Norway, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1.7% | — |
| 1993 | 1.9% | +14.4% |
| 1995 | 11.1% | +480.1% |
| 1996 | 10.1% | -8.5% |
| 1997 | 11.3% | +11.9% |
| 1998 | 16.8% | +47.6% |
| 1999 | 12.4% | -26.1% |
| 2000 | 14.8% | +19.5% |
| 2001 | 16.6% | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 13.5% | -18.6% |
| 2003 | 12.6% | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 14.0% | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 14.6% | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 12.5% | -14.5% |
| 2007 | 12.4% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 13.0% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 14.4% | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 15.3% | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 17.5% | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 18.6% | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 19.4% | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 19.3% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 19.4% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 18.8% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | -14.1% |
| 2019 | 22.6% | +39.3% |
| 2020 | 16.3% | -27.7% |
| 2021 | 14.7% | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 10.2% | -30.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 10.6% | 1.9% | 16.8% | 6 |
| 2000s | 13.6% | 12.4% | 16.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.1% | 14.4% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.7% | 10.2% | 16.3% | 3 |
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- 63 Trinidad and Tobago 10.8% compare
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- 66 Dominican Republic 10.2% compare
- 68 Lesotho 10.1% compare
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More private sector data for Norway
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 11.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 73.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 107.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 17.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 170.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 30,399 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3214 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Norway?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Norway was 10.2% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 22.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 1988.
- How does Norway rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products?
- Norway ranks 66th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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).