Tariff rate across all products in Belize
Belize: Tariff rate across all products was 18.1% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate across all products in Belize, 1996–2022
Source: World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff rate across all products in Belize is 18.1%, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 121.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate across all products in Belize peaked at 18.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 2012.
Belize ranks 6th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Tariff rate across all products in Belize, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 15.6% | — |
| 1999 | 11.2% | -28.4% |
| 2001 | 10.7% | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 11.7% | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 11.3% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 9.6% | -15.7% |
| 2007 | 9.3% | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 9.0% | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 11.7% | +30.4% |
| 2010 | 11.7% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 8.5% | -27.8% |
| 2012 | 8.2% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | +23.2% |
| 2014 | 10.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10.0% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 10.5% | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 10.4% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 11.1% | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 11.2% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 18.7% | +67.3% |
| 2021 | 17.8% | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 18.1% | +1.5% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 18.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.0%, 4.5× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Belize's 18.1% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7.0%, 2.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate across all products in Belize changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +67.3% | 11.2% | 18.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.4% | 11.2% | 15.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.5% | 9.0% | 11.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 10.2% | 8.2% | 11.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.2% | 17.8% | 18.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More reference data data for Belize
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0139 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0337 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0813 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0041 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0813 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0467 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0206 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1856 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.399 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0225 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate across all products in Belize?
- Tariff rate across all products in Belize was 18.1% 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 Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 18.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest tariff rate across all products recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 2012.
- How does Belize rank for tariff rate across all products?
- Belize ranks 6th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate across all products rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 121.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize 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
Weighted mean applied tariff is the average of effectively applied rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country.