Tariff rate across all products in Kuwait
Kuwait: Tariff rate across all products was 4.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate across all products in Kuwait, 2002–2022
Source: World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 4.0% for tariff rate across all products in 2022.
That represents a change of up 40.7% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate across all products in Kuwait peaked at 4.8% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2021.
Kuwait ranks 97th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.9% | 2.9% | 4.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 3.0% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3% | 2.9% | 4.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More reference data data for Kuwait
- Spring temperature anomalies -1.33 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.7222 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.0679 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.1686 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 1.2 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 151.75 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate across all products in Kuwait?
- Tariff rate across all products in Kuwait was 4.0% 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest tariff rate across all products recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2021.
- How does Kuwait rank for tariff rate across all products?
- Kuwait ranks 97th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate across all products rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.