Morocco's tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) was 13.32% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2.78 percentage points from 10.54% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 13.32% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 10.34% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 10.54% | 2011 |
| Highest | 55.71% | 1993 |
| Lowest | 9.65% | 2012 |
| Average since 2012 | 10.32% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 55.71% | 1993 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Morocco's tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) rose 3.45 percentage points on 2020 (from 9.87% to 13.32%).
Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was −0.99 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.97 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.45 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.49 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.23 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 34% of the movement over 8 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, Morocco had the 3rd highest value of the 21 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Morocco in the 2021 ranking
- Sudan — 1st of 21: 26.8%
- Antigua and Barbuda — 2nd of 21: 13.73%
- Ethiopia — 4th of 21: 12.88%
- Zimbabwe — 5th of 21: 12.38%
- French Polynesia — 6th of 21: 10.01%
What this measures
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.
All 21 values
| Year | Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 13.32 |
| 2020 | 9.87 |
| 2019 | 9.87 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | 9.88 |
| 2016 | 10.34 |
| 2015 | 9.82 |
| 2014 | 9.8 |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 9.65 |
| 2011 |
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) in nearby economies
More trade data for Morocco
- Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 5.48% (2021)
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 12.47% (2021)
- Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) — 3.07% (2021)
- Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%) — 5.73% (2021)
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) — 14.39% (2021)
- Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%) — 4.23% (2021)
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) — 13.72% (2021)
- Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, primary products (%) — 7.75% (2021)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Morocco's tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%)?
- 13.32% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1993?
- It is down 42.39 percentage points from 55.71% in 1993. The highest value was 55.71% in 1993 and the lowest 9.65% in 2012.
- How does Morocco rank?
- 3rd highest of 21 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) unusual for Morocco?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.TAX.MANF.WM.FN.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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