Tariff rate across all products in Benin

Benin: Tariff rate across all products was 10.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
10.2%
Change on year
down 6.7%
World rank
35th
of 184 countries
All-time high
17.8%
in 2017
All-time low
9.9%
in 2019
Years of data
22
2001–2022

Tariff rate across all products in Benin, 2001–2022

051015202001201120222001: 12.6 %2002: 12.7 %2003: 12.7 %2004: 12.7 %2005: 12.7 %2006: 11.6 %2007: 11 %2008: 11 %2009: 11 %2010: 11 %2011: 11.2 %2012: 11.2 %2013: 11.2 %2014: 10.6 %2015: 11.8 %2016: 11.2 %2017: 17.8 %2018: 15.2 %2019: 9.9 %2020: 9.9 %2021: 10.9 %2022: 10.2 %

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

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.