Tariff rate across all products in Bahamas

Bahamas: Tariff rate across all products was 16.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
16.3%
World rank
11th
of 184 countries
All-time high
28.6%
in 1999
All-time low
16.3%
in 2022
Years of data
11
1999–2022

Tariff rate across all products in Bahamas, 1999–2022

01020301999201020221999: 28.6 %2002: 25 %2006: 23.9 %2010: 20.2 %2011: 19.5 %2013: 19.8 %2014: 19.7 %2015: 18.7 %2016: 18.6 %2018: 17.1 %2022: 16.3 %

Source: World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2022, tariff rate across all products in Bahamas stood at 16.3%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 16.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tariff rate across all products in Bahamas peaked at 28.6% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 16.3%, in 2022.

Bahamas ranks 11th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 28.6% 28.6% 28.6% 1
2000s 24.4% 23.9% 25.0% 2
2010s 19.1% 17.1% 20.2% 7
2020s 16.3% 16.3% 16.3% 1

Countries ranked near Bahamas

  1. 8 Chad 16.8% compare
  2. 9 Gabon 16.6% compare
  3. 10 Gambia 16.4% compare
  4. 12 Barbados 14.6% compare
  5. 13 Central African Republic 14.5% compare
  6. 14 Nauru 14.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tariff rate across all products in Bahamas?
Tariff rate across all products in Bahamas was 16.3% in 2022, according to World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest tariff rate across all products recorded in Bahamas?
The highest recorded value was 28.6% in 1999.
What is the lowest tariff rate across all products recorded in Bahamas?
The lowest recorded value was 16.3% in 2022.
How does Bahamas rank for tariff rate across all products?
Bahamas ranks 11th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
Is tariff rate across all products rising or falling in Bahamas?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bahamas data come from?
The figures come from World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Tariff rate across all products. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

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