Tariff rate across all products in Tonga
Tonga: Tariff rate across all products was 6.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate across all products in Tonga, 2009–2022
Source: World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 6.4% for tariff rate across all products in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate across all products in Tonga peaked at 6.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 2009.
That places Tonga 70th 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 11 years of available data.
Tariff rate across all products in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4.7% | — |
| 2010 | 5.1% | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 5.6% | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 5.5% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 5.7% | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 5.7% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 5.5% | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 6.6% | +18.6% |
| 2021 | 6.6% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 6.4% | -2.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 6.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.0%, 1.6× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 6.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.0%, 2.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 5.1% | 5.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 6.5% | 6.4% | 6.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More reference data data for Tonga
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0105 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0092 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0197 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0197 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0353 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0269 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0446 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1068 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0799 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 9.35 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate across all products in Tonga?
- Tariff rate across all products in Tonga was 6.4% 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 Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest tariff rate across all products recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 2009.
- How does Tonga rank for tariff rate across all products?
- Tonga ranks 70th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate across all products rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga 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.