El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products
El Salvador
2.2%
in 2022
Nicaragua
2.0%
in 2022
El Salvador rank
126th
Nicaragua rank
129th
Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products over time
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 2.2% against 2.0% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1995 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 126th and Nicaragua ranks 129th of 184 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.4% | 6.5% | 0.9% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 5.1% | 3.6% | 1.5% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 2.2% | 0.4% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 1.9% | 0.0% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tariff rate for primary and manufactured products, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
- El Salvador, at 2.2% against 2.0% in Nicaragua as of 2022.
- What is the difference in tariff rate for primary and manufactured products between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 0.2%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2022.
- How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for tariff rate for primary and manufactured products?
- El Salvador ranks 126th and Nicaragua ranks 129th 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 for primary and manufactured 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.