Tariff rate across all products in Benin
Benin: Tariff rate across all products was 10.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate across all products in Benin, 2001–2022
Source: World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Benin recorded 10.2% for tariff rate across all products in 2022.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate across all products in Benin peaked at 17.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 9.9%, in 2019.
That places Benin 35th out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.0% | 11.0% | 12.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 12.1% | 9.9% | 17.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.3% | 9.9% | 10.9% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate across all products in Benin?
- Tariff rate across all products in Benin was 10.2% 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 17.8% in 2017.
- What is the lowest tariff rate across all products recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.9% in 2019.
- How does Benin rank for tariff rate across all products?
- Benin ranks 35th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate across all products rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin 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.