Tariff rate across all products in Nepal

Nepal: Tariff rate across all products was 11.2% in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
11.2%
Change on year
down 6.6%
World rank
29th
of 184 countries
All-time high
421.5%
in 2008
All-time low
10.6%
in 2014
Years of data
24
1993–2022

Tariff rate across all products in Nepal, 1993–2022

01002003004001993200720221993: 16 %1998: 20.1 %1999: 14 %2000: 16.8 %2002: 15.4 %2003: 15.9 %2004: 15.5 %2005: 15.4 %2006: 13.1 %2007: 13.3 %2008: 421.5 %2009: 12.7 %2010: 13.1 %2011: 12.4 %2012: 12.4 %2013: 15 %2014: 10.6 %2015: 12.3 %2016: 12.3 %2018: 12.4 %2019: 14.2 %2020: 11.6 %2021: 12 %2022: 11.2 %

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 Nepal stood at 11.2%.

That represents a change of down 6.6% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tariff rate across all products in Nepal peaked at 421.5% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 10.6%, in 2014.

Nepal ranks 29th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 16.7% 14.0% 20.1% 3
2000s 60.0% 12.7% 421.5% 9
2010s 12.8% 10.6% 15.0% 9
2020s 11.6% 11.2% 12.0% 3

Countries ranked near Nepal

  1. 27 Vanuatu 11.5% compare
  2. 28 Zimbabwe 11.4% compare
  3. 30 Maldives 11.1% compare
  4. 31 Rwanda 11.1% compare
  5. 32 Bangladesh 10.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tariff rate across all products in Nepal?
Tariff rate across all products in Nepal was 11.2% 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 Nepal?
The highest recorded value was 421.5% in 2008.
What is the lowest tariff rate across all products recorded in Nepal?
The lowest recorded value was 10.6% in 2014.
How does Nepal rank for tariff rate across all products?
Nepal ranks 29th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
Is tariff rate across all products rising or falling in Nepal?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Nepal 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.