Tariff rate across all products in Egypt
Egypt: Tariff rate across all products was 10.4% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate across all products in Egypt, 1995–2019
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 Egypt is 10.4%, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 27.4% on the previous year and up 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate across all products in Egypt peaked at 19.9% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 2016.
Egypt ranks 33rd of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.0% | 14.2% | 17.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 12.3% | 8.0% | 19.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 6.6% | 10.4% | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate across all products in Egypt?
- Tariff rate across all products in Egypt was 10.4% in 2019, 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 19.9% in 2002.
- What is the lowest tariff rate across all products recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 2016.
- How does Egypt rank for tariff rate across all products?
- Egypt ranks 33rd out of 184 countries with data for 2019.
- Is tariff rate across all products rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.