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.
Tariff rate across all products in Benin, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12.6% | — |
| 2002 | 12.7% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 12.7% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 12.7% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 12.7% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 11.6% | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 11.0% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 11.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11.2% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 11.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11.2% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10.6% | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 11.8% | +11.0% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 17.8% | +59.3% |
| 2018 | 15.2% | -14.5% |
| 2019 | 9.9% | -35.3% |
| 2020 | 9.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10.9% | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 10.2% | -6.7% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 10.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7.4%, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Benin's 10.2% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8.8%, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate across all products in Benin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +59.3% | 11.2% | 17.8% |
| 2019 | -35.3% | 15.2% | 9.9% |
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 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More reference data data for Benin
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1979 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1562 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6635 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5244 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.8505 (2050)
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.