Lebanon: Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 0.66 percentage points from 3.03% in 2015. Since 1999 it is down 7.5 percentage points from 11.19% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 7 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2020, Lebanon's tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%) fell 0.79 percentage points on 2019 (from 4.48% to 3.69%).

Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2019), the average change was +4.72 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 50.83 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.51 percentage points in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Lebanon in the 2020 ranking

• St. Lucia — 2nd of 5: 8.43%
• Haiti — 3rd of 5: 7.34%
• Dominica — 4th of 5: 5.36%

What this measures

Weighted mean applied tariff is the average of effectively applied 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. To the extent possible, specific rates have been converted to their ad valorem equivalent rates and have been included in the calculation of weighted mean tariffs. Import weights were calculated using the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. Effectively applied tariff rates at the six- and eight-digit product level are averaged for products in each commodity group. When the effectively applied rate is unavailable, the most favored nation rate is used instead. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).

All 15 values

Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 7.95% (2022)
• Bahrain — 4.79% (2022)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 19.5% (2019)
• Israel — 5.13% (2022)
• Jordan — 3.71% (2022)
• Kuwait — 3.89% (2022)
• Malta — 0.84% (2022)
• Morocco — 7.37% (2021)
• Oman — 2.3% (2022)
• Pakistan

More trade data for Lebanon

• Import volume index (2015 = 100) — 66.7 (2024)
• Import value index (2015 = 100) — 91.1 (2024)
• Net barter terms of trade index (2015 = 100) — 96.9 (2024)
• Export volume index (2015 = 100) — 72.5 (2024)
• Export value index (2015 = 100) — 95.8 (2024)
• Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 3.78% (2020)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 4.74% (2020)
• Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) — 2.7% (2020)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) — 5.65% (2020)

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Questions people ask

What is Lebanon's tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%)?

3.69% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is down 7.5 percentage points from 11.19% in 1999. The highest value was 62.01% in 2002 and the lowest 0.76% in 2018.

Is the latest change in tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%) unusual for Lebanon?

In 2020, Lebanon's tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%) fell 0.79 percentage points on 2019 (from 4.48% to 3.69%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2019), the average change was +4.72 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.TAX.TCOM.WM.AR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates; World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS), World Bank (WB); Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS), UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Integrated Data Base (IDB), World Trade Organization (WTO); Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS), World Trade Organization… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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