Germany vs United States: Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products

Germany

1.3%

in 2022

United States

1.5%

in 2022

Germany rank

141st

United States rank

138th

Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products over time

United States currently reports 1.5% against 1.3% in Germany, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 141st and United States ranks 138th of 184 countries.

Indicator: Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products
Unit: %
Source: World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 184 places, 3,763 data points, 1988–2022
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Weighted mean applied tariff is the average of effectively applied rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country.