Share of products from least-developed countries that have no tariff by country

Proportion of tariff lines applied to imports with zero-tariff (%)

Countries reporting
226
Highest
94.3%
Saint Lucia
Lowest
5.9%
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Median
65.6%
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
2,477

What the numbers show

Share of products from least-developed countries that have no tariff is currently reported for 226 countries. The highest value is 94.3% in Saint Lucia; the lowest is 5.9% in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 65.6%, and the mean is 62.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Guam (up 573.5%), and the largest decrease in Turks and Caicos Islands (down 63.8%).

Share of products from least-developed countries that have no tariff: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Saint Lucia 94.3% 2023 up 14.4% rising
2 Botswana 93.9% 2023 down 1.6% rising
3 Trinidad and Tobago 91.9% 2023 up 9.6% flat
4 Liechtenstein 91.5% 2023 volatile
5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 91.0% 2023 up 15.2% falling
6 Guyana 89.6% 2023 up 3.2% flat
7 Burkina Faso 89.3% 2023 up 4.8% rising
8 Liberia 89.3% 2023 up 31.8% rising
9 Sudan 88.5% 2023 up 20.0% rising
10 Solomon Islands 88.5% 2023 up 32.1% rising
11 Malawi 87.3% 2023 up 1.8% rising
12 Palestine 86.2% 2023 up 0.2% rising
13 Barbados 86.0% 2023 up 9.3% rising
14 Kyrgyzstan 85.7% 2023 up 12.7% rising
15 Antigua and Barbuda 85.0% 2023 up 16.6% rising
16 Grenada 84.8% 2023 down 2.6% rising
17 Uzbekistan 84.3% 2023 up 6.7% rising
18 Faroe Islands 84.1% 2023 down 1.1% rising
19 Montenegro 83.8% 2023 down 5.4% falling
20 Greenland 83.5% 2023 up 13.3% rising
21 Mozambique 83.1% 2023 down 0.7% rising
22 Bhutan 83.0% 2023 up 3.8% rising
23 Saint Kitts and Nevis 82.7% 2023 up 0.5% rising
24 Syria 81.7% 2023 up 0.7% rising
25 Lesotho 81.4% 2023 down 6.8% rising
26 Zimbabwe 80.4% 2023 down 4.4% rising
27 Kazakhstan 80.0% 2023 up 5.0% rising
28 Croatia 79.9% 2023 up 4.8% rising
29 Belarus 79.2% 2023 up 18.8% rising
30 Suriname 79.0% 2023 up 0.1% rising
31 Tajikistan 78.9% 2023 up 50.6% rising
32 Yemen 78.6% 2023 down 0.5% rising
33 Nepal 78.4% 2023 up 0.8% rising
34 Guinea 78.0% 2023 up 3.9% rising
35 Niger 77.7% 2023 up 0.4% rising
36 Cape Verde 77.4% 2023 up 1.2% falling
37 Chile 77.2% 2023 down 2.7% rising
38 Cook Islands 77.1% 2023 up 18.4% rising
39 Honduras 76.7% 2023 up 0.8% rising
40 Iceland 76.5% 2023 up 3.4% rising
41 Cyprus 76.2% 2023 up 19.7% rising
42 Jordan 76.1% 2023 down 2.1% flat
43 Central African Republic 76.1% 2023 up 5.2% rising
44 El Salvador 76.1% 2023 down 0.4% flat
45 Singapore 76.1% 2023 up 26.4% rising
46 Sao Tome and Principe 75.2% 2023 up 8.0% rising
47 Serbia 75.2% 2023 down 4.8% rising
48 Peru 75.1% 2023 down 2.7% rising
49 Togo 74.6% 2023 up 6.9% rising
50 Bolivia 74.5% 2023 up 2.1% flat
51 French Polynesia 74.1% 2023 down 6.3% flat
52 Costa Rica 74.0% 2023 up 11.3% rising
53 East Timor 73.4% 2023 up 28.7% rising
54 Brunei 73.3% 2023 down 5.1% rising
55 Malta 73.1% 2023 up 7.3% rising
56 Vanuatu 72.8% 2023 down 5.6% rising
57 Slovenia 72.7% 2023 up 5.8% rising
58 Sierra Leone 72.4% 2023 up 3.3% rising
59 Papua New Guinea 72.4% 2023 down 3.4% rising
60 Montserrat 72.2% 2023 up 33.7% rising
61 North Macedonia 72.2% 2023 up 1.7% falling
62 Jamaica 72.1% 2023 down 6.2% flat
63 Belize 72.1% 2023 up 22.8% rising
64 Benin 71.8% 2023 down 4.9% rising
65 Latvia 71.6% 2023 up 8.9% rising
66 Estonia 71.5% 2023 up 5.2% rising
67 Mali 71.5% 2023 down 7.6% rising
68 Madagascar 71.3% 2023 up 7.7% rising
69 New Caledonia 71.3% 2023 down 2.0% falling
70 Bahrain 71.2% 2023 up 9.9% flat
71 Dominica 70.9% 2023 down 0.2% rising
72 Moldova 70.5% 2023 up 5.7% falling
73 Ghana 70.4% 2023 down 4.3% rising
74 Mauritius 70.4% 2023 up 14.3% rising
75 Laos 70.2% 2023 down 15.7% falling
76 Greece 70.2% 2023 up 12.0% rising
77 Nicaragua 70.2% 2023 down 2.9% rising
78 Kiribati 69.9% 2023 up 23.7% flat
79 Bulgaria 69.9% 2023 up 10.9% rising
80 Andorra 69.5% 2023 up 2.2% rising
81 Cameroon 69.5% 2023 up 2.8% falling
82 Georgia 68.6% 2023 up 2.0% rising
83 Slovakia 68.5% 2023 up 7.6% rising
84 Ireland 68.5% 2023 up 14.7% rising
85 Chad 68.5% 2023 up 2.2% flat
86 Luxembourg 68.4% 2023 down 0.8% rising
87 Norway 67.9% 2023 up 11.4% rising
88 Eswatini 67.8% 2023 up 11.7% rising
89 Uganda 67.8% 2023 up 13.7% rising
90 Colombia 67.7% 2023 down 8.9% flat
91 Guatemala 67.6% 2023 down 4.4% rising
92 Azerbaijan 67.4% 2023 down 4.9% falling
93 Kuwait 67.4% 2023 down 1.7% falling
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.3% 2023 down 6.7% falling
95 Romania 67.3% 2023 up 13.8% rising
96 Paraguay 67.3% 2023 down 11.8% flat
97 Lithuania 67.2% 2023 up 12.6% rising
98 Hungary 67.1% 2023 up 9.0% rising
99 Cote d'Ivoire 67.1% 2023 up 6.3% rising
100 Argentina 67.0% 2023 down 0.2% rising
101 Namibia 66.5% 2023 down 21.2% rising
102 Israel 66.4% 2023 up 10.7% rising
103 Tanzania 66.4% 2023 down 20.4% rising
104 Uruguay 66.4% 2023 down 11.0% flat
105 Ukraine 66.1% 2023 down 5.9% rising
106 Tuvalu 66.0% 2023 down 17.4% falling
107 Zambia 66.0% 2023 down 29.1% flat
108 Armenia 66.0% 2023 down 11.3% flat
109 Austria 65.9% 2023 up 12.7% rising
110 Czechia 65.9% 2023 up 13.0% rising
110 Russia 65.9% 2023 up 9.4% falling
112 Rwanda 65.7% 2023 down 27.9% rising
113 Philippines 65.7% 2023 up 7.1% rising
114 Egypt 65.5% 2023 down 2.3% flat
115 Switzerland 65.1% 2023 up 17.3% rising
116 Denmark 65.0% 2023 up 15.1% rising
117 Fiji 65.0% 2023 up 34.0% rising
118 Kenya 64.9% 2023 down 12.4% flat
118 Wallis and Futuna 64.9% 2023 up 10.6% rising
120 Senegal 64.4% 2023 up 3.6% rising
121 Burundi 64.2% 2023 down 1.8% rising
122 Finland 64.1% 2023 up 9.8% rising
122 Haiti 64.1% 2023 up 9.2% rising
124 Poland 63.5% 2023 up 16.7% rising
125 Sweden 63.4% 2023 up 13.7% rising
126 Malaysia 63.0% 2023 up 17.0% rising
127 Vietnam 62.8% 2023 up 19.2% rising
128 Myanmar 62.6% 2023 down 9.6% rising
129 Samoa 62.5% 2023 down 18.6% rising
130 Ecuador 62.4% 2023 down 6.5% flat
131 Tonga 62.3% 2023 down 10.6% rising
132 Qatar 62.2% 2023 up 18.1% falling
133 South Africa 62.1% 2023 up 5.2% rising
134 Mexico 61.9% 2023 up 10.7% rising
135 Comoros 61.6% 2023 down 4.5% rising
136 Australia 61.4% 2023 up 30.8% rising
137 Dominican Republic 60.5% 2023 up 17.0% rising
138 Saudi Arabia 60.5% 2023 down 4.7% flat
139 Algeria 60.4% 2023 down 7.2% flat
140 Netherlands 59.8% 2023 up 18.8% rising
141 Afghanistan 59.5% 2023 up 10.1% rising
142 South Korea 59.5% 2023 up 35.7% rising
143 Germany 59.4% 2023 up 23.0% rising
144 Libya 59.3% 2023 up 7.7% falling
145 French Southern Territories 58.9% 2023 up 43.2% rising
146 Bahamas 58.7% 2023 down 7.3% rising
147 Oman 58.5% 2023 down 3.9% falling
148 Seychelles 58.4% 2023 down 3.6% rising
149 Spain 58.2% 2023 up 20.6% rising
150 Thailand 58.1% 2023 up 18.7% rising
151 Cambodia 57.8% 2023 up 6.7% flat
152 New Zealand 57.7% 2023 up 18.4% rising
153 Nigeria 57.7% 2023 up 3.6% rising
154 Portugal 57.6% 2023 up 21.3% rising
155 Belgium 57.4% 2023 up 19.7% rising
155 Italy 57.4% 2023 up 17.8% rising
157 Turkmenistan 57.1% 2023 up 13.0% rising
158 Northern Mariana Islands 57.0% 2023 up 157.1% rising
159 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 56.7% 2023 down 29.6% flat
160 Somalia 56.6% 2023 up 0.4% rising
161 Japan 56.0% 2023 up 41.4% rising
162 Brazil 55.6% 2023 down 1.3% rising
163 United Kingdom 55.5% 2023 up 16.8% rising
164 Guinea-Bissau 55.4% 2023 down 6.8% rising
165 Palau 55.3% 2023 down 21.4% rising
166 Indonesia 55.3% 2023 up 11.7% rising
167 Canada 55.2% 2023 up 21.8% rising
168 France 55.1% 2023 up 18.9% rising
169 Niue 54.7% 2023 up 9.4% rising
170 Aruba 54.4% 2023 up 0.5% rising
171 Maldives 54.1% 2023 up 14.2% rising
172 Democratic Republic of Congo 53.9% 2023 up 0.3% flat
173 Venezuela 53.7% 2023 up 9.8% falling
174 Tunisia 53.6% 2023 down 3.4% falling
175 Falkland Islands 53.1% 2023 down 23.7% falling
176 Guam 51.8% 2023 up 573.5% volatile
177 Macao 51.2% 2023 up 2.4% rising
178 Morocco 51.0% 2023 down 3.9% falling
179 Ethiopia 50.8% 2023 down 10.2% flat
180 Eritrea 50.1% 2023 up 10.3% rising
181 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 50.0% 2023 up 25.0% volatile
182 Panama 49.7% 2023 up 22.6% rising
183 Gabon 48.8% 2023 down 3.8% falling
185 Mauritania 48.4% 2023 down 1.4% flat
186 Congo 47.7% 2023 down 17.9% falling
187 Pitcairn 47.5% 2023 down 30.1% falling
188 Saint Helena 46.8% 2023 down 29.4% rising
189 Bangladesh 46.7% 2023 up 16.9% rising
190 Western Sahara 45.9% 2023 up 108.9% rising
191 Turkey 45.8% 2023 up 10.7% rising
192 Cocos Islands 45.7% 2023 down 17.4% rising
193 Cuba 45.6% 2023 down 9.2% flat
194 Iraq 45.5% 2023 down 22.3% falling
195 British Indian Ocean Territory 45.0% 2023 down 38.2% rising
196 United States 44.7% 2023 up 11.7% rising
197 Lebanon 44.3% 2023 down 20.1% falling
198 Sri Lanka 43.8% 2023 up 45.9% rising
199 Mongolia 43.7% 2023 down 12.9% falling
200 Hong Kong 43.4% 2023 up 29.8% rising
201 Gambia 43.2% 2023 down 37.9% rising
202 India 42.0% 2023 up 19.5% rising
203 China 41.9% 2023 up 21.2% rising
204 Micronesia (country) 41.4% 2023 down 26.6% rising
205 United Arab Emirates 41.3% 2023 up 7.2% rising
205 Norfolk Island 41.3% 2023 down 27.2% rising
207 Cayman Islands 40.5% 2023 down 30.0% falling
208 Christmas Island 39.9% 2023 down 26.2% falling
209 Puerto Rico 39.7% 2023 volatile
210 Nauru 39.6% 2023 down 1.0% falling
211 Bermuda 38.8% 2023 down 24.2% falling
212 South Sudan 38.0% 2023 up 52.0% rising
213 Equatorial Guinea 37.8% 2023 down 51.4% falling
214 Angola 37.2% 2023 down 43.0% falling
215 Pakistan 35.6% 2023 up 10.5% rising
217 Marshall Islands 32.8% 2023 down 39.6% falling
218 Iran 31.9% 2023 up 18.3% rising
219 Gibraltar 31.2% 2023 down 20.7% falling
220 American Samoa 31.2% 2023 up 161.7% rising
221 Anguilla 30.9% 2023 down 42.4% flat
222 North Korea 30.1% 2023 up 7.1% rising
223 British Virgin Islands 27.9% 2023 down 27.7% falling
224 Tokelau 24.5% 2023 down 33.0% falling
225 Turks and Caicos Islands 20.4% 2023 down 63.8% falling
226 United States Virgin Islands 16.7% 2023 volatile
227 San Marino 15.7% 2023 down 30.3% falling
228 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 5.9% 2023 down 41.2% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Share of products from least-developed countries that have no tariff
Unit
%
Source
UN Conference on Trade and Development and World Trade Organisation – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
228 places, 2,477 data points, 2005–2023
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