Zimbabwe: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 6.93 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.57 percentage points in 1997. 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.

How it compares

In 2021, Zimbabwe had the 5th 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 Zimbabwe in the 2021 ranking

• Antigua and Barbuda — 2nd of 21: 14.72%
• Morocco — 3rd of 21: 13.72%
• Ethiopia — 4th of 21: 12.74%
• Malawi — 6th of 21: 10.04%
• Palau — 7th of 21: 9.49%
• Fiji — 8th of 21: 8.46%

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.

All 15 values

Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) in nearby economies

• Angola — 8.85% (2022)
• Benin — 11.23% (2022)
• Botswana — 6.9% (2022)
• Burkina Faso — 9.55% (2022)
• Burundi — 16.36% (2022)
• Cabo Verde — 12.71% (2022)
• Cameroon — 18.08% (2022)
• Central African Republic — 14.48% (2022)
• Chad

More trade data for Zimbabwe

• Import volume index (2015 = 100) — 123.1 (2024)
• Import value index (2015 = 100) — 168.8 (2024)
• Net barter terms of trade index (2015 = 100) — 108.9 (2024)
• Export volume index (2015 = 100) — 152.2 (2024)
• Export value index (2015 = 100) — 227.3 (2024)
• Binding coverage, manufactured products (%) — 8.49% (2021)
• Bound rate, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 24.81% (2021)
• Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 17.97% (2021)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 16.72% (2021)

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Questions people ask

What is Zimbabwe's tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%)?

11.37% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1996?

It is down 28.31 percentage points from 39.68% in 1996. The highest value was 39.68% in 1996 and the lowest 10.55% in 2001.

How does Zimbabwe rank?

5th highest of 21 economies with data for 2021.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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….

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.TAX.MRCH.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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