United Arab Emirates's tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) was 6.25% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.12 percentage points from 3.13% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 6.25% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 4.91% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.13% | 2011 |
| Highest | 20.39% | 2018 |
| Lowest | 3.13% | 2011 |
| Average since 2012 | 8.57% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 4% | 2005 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, United Arab Emirates' tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) rose 0.53 percentage points on 2020 (from 5.72% to 6.25%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2020), the average change was +0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above 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 11.9 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.78 percentage points in 2019. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 14% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, United Arab Emirates had the 18th 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 United Arab Emirates in the 2021 ranking
- Russian Federation — 15th of 21: 7.16%
- Belarus — 16th of 21: 6.8%
- Tajikistan — 17th of 21: 6.26%
- Uzbekistan — 19th of 21: 5.25%
- French Polynesia — 20th of 21: 4.59%
- Comoros — 21st of 21: 4.18%
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. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).
All 15 values
| Year | Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 6.25 |
| 2020 | 5.72 |
| 2019 | 12.61 |
| 2018 | 20.39 |
| 2017 | 16.81 |
| 2016 | 4.91 |
| 2015 | 5.3 |
| 2014 | 4.6 |
| 2013 | 4.8 |
| 2012 | 4.33 |
| 2011 |
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) in nearby economies
More trade data for United Arab Emirates
- Import volume index (2015 = 100) — 163.2 (2024)
- Import value index (2015 = 100) — 209.3 (2024)
- Net barter terms of trade index (2015 = 100) — 107.8 (2024)
- Export volume index (2015 = 100) — 145.8 (2024)
- Export value index (2015 = 100) — 201.6 (2024)
- Binding coverage, manufactured products (%) — 100% (2021)
- Bound rate, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 12.62% (2021)
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 4.64% (2021)
- Binding coverage, all products (%)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is United Arab Emirates's tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%)?
- 6.25% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is up 2.25 percentage points from 4% in 2005. The highest value was 20.39% in 2018 and the lowest 3.13% in 2011.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank?
- 18th highest of 21 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) unusual for United Arab Emirates?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.TAX.TCOM.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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