Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products in Maldives
Maldives: Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products was 11.1% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products in Maldives, 2000–2022
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 for primary and manufactured products in Maldives stood at 11.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 72.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate for primary and manufactured products in Maldives peaked at 21.2% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 6.5%, in 2012.
That places Maldives 30th out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.4% | — |
| 2001 | 20.2% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 19.9% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 20.7% | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 19.8% | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 21.1% | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 21.2% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 20.2% | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 19.9% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 19.7% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 20.8% | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 6.5% | -68.9% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 7.6% | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 11.1% | +46.6% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 12.0% | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 11.4% | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 18.4% | +61.5% |
| 2020 | 11.6% | -37.2% |
| 2021 | 10.6% | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 11.1% | +5.4% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 11.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.0%, 2.8× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 11.1% is above the median for South Asia, which is 7.7%, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products in Maldives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | -68.9% | 20.8% | 6.5% |
| 2019 | +61.5% | 11.4% | 18.4% |
| 2015 | +46.6% | 7.6% | 11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.4% | 19.8% | 21.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 6.5% | 20.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.1% | 10.6% | 11.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More reference data data for Maldives
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0004 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate for primary and manufactured products in Maldives?
- Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products in Maldives was 11.1% 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 for primary and manufactured products recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 21.2% in 2006.
- What is the lowest tariff rate for primary and manufactured products recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5% in 2012.
- How does Maldives rank for tariff rate for primary and manufactured products?
- Maldives ranks 30th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate for primary and manufactured products rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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 for primary and manufactured 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.