Binding coverage, primary products (%) by country
Binding coverage is the percentage of product lines with an agreed bound rate. Bound rates result from trade negotiations incorporated into a country's schedule of concessions and are thus enforceable. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).
Countries reporting
158
Highest
100.0%
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0.0%
Zambia
Median
0.0%
Years covered
28
1995–2022
Data points
3,312
What the numbers show
Binding coverage, primary products (%) is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0.0% in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 33.2%.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 140 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 5.8%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Binding coverage, primary products: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 100.0% | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Grenada | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Angola | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 99.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Argentina | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Armenia | 99.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Bolivia | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Brazil | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Chile | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Colombia | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Georgia | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Guyana | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Laos | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Morocco | 99.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Moldova | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Mexico | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Peru | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | 99.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Paraguay | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Russia | 99.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Seychelles | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Tonga | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Ukraine | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Uruguay | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | Cape Verde | 99.8% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | Jordan | 99.8% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.8% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | Venezuela | 99.8% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | Samoa | 99.8% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Kuwait | 99.6% | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | 99.2% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 35 | Egypt | 99.0% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98.8% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Brunei | 98.1% | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 38 | Ecuador | 93.5% | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 39 | Antigua and Barbuda | 89.2% | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 40 | Israel | 88.8% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 41 | Singapore | 85.6% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 42 | Barbados | 83.8% | 2022 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 42 | Dominica | 83.8% | 2020 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 42 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 83.8% | 2020 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 45 | Haiti | 81.3% | 2020 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 46 | Vietnam | 80.2% | 2022 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 73.4% | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 69.2% | 2021 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 49 | Malawi | 68.8% | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 50 | Philippines | 65.7% | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 51 | Tunisia | 63.1% | 2016 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 52 | Mauritania | 58.6% | 2022 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 53 | Myanmar | 58.5% | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 54 | Cuba | 58.4% | 2022 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 55 | Suriname | 55.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Fiji | 55.7% | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 55.1% | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 53.6% | 2022 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 59 | Mozambique | 52.9% | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 60 | Albania | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Australia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Austria | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Benin | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Belize | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Canada | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | China | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Congo | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Germany | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Spain | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Finland | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | France | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Gabon | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | United Kingdom | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Greece | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 60 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | India | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Italy | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Japan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 60 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 60 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 60 | Macao | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Mali | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Malta | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Niger | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Nigeria | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Norway | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Oman | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Panama | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Poland | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Portugal | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Romania | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | flat |
| 60 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Chad | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Togo | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | United States | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | South Africa | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- European Union 0.0%
About this data
Binding coverage is the percentage of product lines with an agreed bound rate. Bound rates result from trade negotiations incorporated into a country's schedule of concessions and are thus enforceable. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).