Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) was 15.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Saint Lucia, 1996–2020
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 15.4% for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in 2020.
The figure is down 53.9% on the previous year and up 182.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Saint Lucia peaked at 33.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 2011.
That places Saint Lucia 34th out of 184 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 15.6% | — |
| 1999 | 14.6% | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 14.6% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 12.9% | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 13.0% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 13.3% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 14.2% | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 10.1% | -28.8% |
| 2007 | 8.3% | -17.7% |
| 2010 | 5.5% | -34.2% |
| 2011 | 5.3% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 6.2% | +16.3% |
| 2013 | 10.4% | +67.2% |
| 2014 | 11.8% | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 11.4% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 12.8% | +11.6% |
| 2019 | 33.5% | +162.1% |
| 2020 | 15.4% | -53.9% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 15.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.4%, 1.8× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 15.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10.9%, 1.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) in Saint Lucia 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 | +162.1% | 12.8% | 33.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.1% | 14.6% | 15.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.3% | 8.3% | 14.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 12.1% | 5.3% | 33.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 15.4% | 15.4% | 15.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More private sector data for Saint Lucia
- Merchandise trade 41.2% (2025)
- Food imports 27.6% (2020)
- Manufactures imports 57.0% (2020)
- Merchandise imports 1.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 671.73 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 41.6% (2020)
- Manufactures exports 45.9% (2020)
- Merchandise exports 85.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 471.83 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Saint Lucia?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products in Saint Lucia was 15.4% in 2020, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 33.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 2011.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products?
- Saint Lucia ranks 34th out of 184 countries with data for 2020.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 182.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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).