Tariff rate across all products in Madagascar
Madagascar: Tariff rate across all products was 8.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate across all products in Madagascar, 1995–2022
Source: World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, tariff rate across all products in Madagascar stood at 8.7%.
That represents a change of up 16.4% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate across all products in Madagascar peaked at 9.5% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2004.
That places Madagascar 52nd out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Tariff rate across all products in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.2% | — |
| 1996 | 4.6% | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 5.3% | +15.4% |
| 1998 | 4.7% | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 4.5% | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 3.5% | -22.9% |
| 2002 | 2.7% | -21.6% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | +22.1% |
| 2004 | 1.7% | -47.6% |
| 2005 | 5.9% | +238.5% |
| 2006 | 9.5% | +62.0% |
| 2007 | 8.5% | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 8.5% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 7.9% | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 6.3% | -19.9% |
| 2011 | 6.4% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 6.2% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 6.4% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 9.3% | +56.1% |
| 2016 | 7.9% | -15.9% |
| 2017 | 6.8% | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 7.7% | +13.3% |
| 2019 | 7.5% | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 7.2% | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 7.5% | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | +16.4% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 8.7% is above the median for low income countries, which is 8.7%, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 8.7% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8.8%, 99% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate across all products in Madagascar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +238.5% | 1.7% | 5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.0% | 4.6% | 5.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 5.6% | 1.7% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 6.0% | 9.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.8% | 7.2% | 8.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 49 Mali 8.9% compare
- 50 Angola 8.8% compare
- 51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.8% compare
- 53 Mauritania 8.7% compare
- 54 Tanzania 8.6% compare
- 55 Democratic Republic of Congo 8.4% compare
- 55 Senegal 8.4% compare
More reference data data for Madagascar
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4459 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.82 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4503 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 5.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.43 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 26.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 32.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.45 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate across all products in Madagascar?
- Tariff rate across all products in Madagascar was 8.7% 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 9.5% in 2006.
- What is the lowest tariff rate across all products recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2004.
- How does Madagascar rank for tariff rate across all products?
- Madagascar ranks 52nd out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate across all products rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.