Japan vs Philippines: Tariff rate across all products
Japan
1.6%
in 2022
Philippines
1.8%
in 2022
Japan rank
135th
Philippines rank
132nd
Tariff rate across all products over time
- Japan
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 1.8% against 1.6% in Japan, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Philippines's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Philippines ahead.
Japan ranks 135th and Philippines ranks 132nd of 184 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Philippines in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.1% | 22.5% | 18.4% | Philippines |
| 1990s | 4.5% | 11.5% | 7.0% | Philippines |
| 2000s | 4.0% | 3.2% | 0.7% | Japan |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 2.3% | 0.0% | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.7% | 0.2% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tariff rate across all products, Japan or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 1.8% against 1.6% in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in tariff rate across all products between Japan and Philippines?
- 0.2%, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Philippines?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Philippines rank globally for tariff rate across all products?
- Japan ranks 135th and Philippines ranks 132nd of 184 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Tariff rate across all products. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Weighted mean applied tariff is the average of effectively applied rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country.