Tariff rate across all products in Colombia
Colombia: Tariff rate across all products was 2.8% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate across all products in Colombia, 1991–2022
Source: World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 2.8% for tariff rate across all products in 2022.
That represents a change of up 9.7% on the previous year and down 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate across all products in Colombia peaked at 11.9% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2020.
That places Colombia 113th out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Tariff rate across all products in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 6.5% | — |
| 1992 | 10.6% | +63.6% |
| 1994 | 11.6% | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 11.9% | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 11.2% | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 11.3% | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 11.2% | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 10.7% | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 11.0% | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 10.8% | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 11.3% | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 11.1% | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 9.8% | -11.7% |
| 2005 | 9.6% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 8.8% | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 8.8% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 8.7% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 8.2% | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 9.0% | +9.6% |
| 2011 | 5.5% | -38.9% |
| 2012 | 4.4% | -19.6% |
| 2013 | 4.5% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | +55.3% |
| 2016 | 7.0% | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 4.4% | -37.0% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | -25.5% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | -11.0% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -17.8% |
| 2021 | 2.6% | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | +9.7% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 2.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.0%, 70% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 2.8% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7.0%, 40% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate across all products in Colombia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +63.6% | 6.5% | 10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.6% | 6.5% | 11.9% | 8 |
| 2000s | 9.8% | 8.2% | 11.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 2.9% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
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More reference data data for Colombia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 11.17 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4113 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 19.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 9.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 2.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 61.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 94.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.24 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate across all products in Colombia?
- Tariff rate across all products in Colombia was 2.8% 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 11.9% in 1995.
- What is the lowest tariff rate across all products recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2020.
- How does Colombia rank for tariff rate across all products?
- Colombia ranks 113th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate across all products rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia 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.