Bound rate, simple mean, primary products (%) by country
Simple mean bound rate is the unweighted average of all the lines in the tariff schedule in which bound rates have been set. 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...
Countries reporting
157
Highest
179.8%
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.0%
Macao
Median
30.0%
Years covered
28
1995–2022
Data points
3,133
What the numbers show
Bound rate, simple mean, primary products (%) is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 179.8% in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.0% in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 30.0%, and the mean is 40.3%.
Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in United States (up 34.7%), and the largest decrease in Switzerland (down 100.0%).
Bound rate, simple mean, primary products: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 179.8% | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Nigeria | 146.8% | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | Lesotho | 133.6% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 4 | Zambia | 120.4% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Tanzania | 120.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Mauritius | 119.2% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 111.9% | 2021 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 8 | Gambia | 106.3% | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 9 | Tunisia | 104.7% | 2016 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 10 | Malawi | 102.5% | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 11 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Mozambique | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Myanmar | 99.5% | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 97.8% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | Barbados | 97.2% | 2022 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 16 | Saint Lucia | 96.5% | 2020 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 17 | Ghana | 96.1% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 18 | Kenya | 96.0% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 19 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 94.7% | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 94.0% | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 21 | India | 93.3% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 22 | Burundi | 93.2% | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 23 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 93.1% | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 24 | Dominica | 89.7% | 2020 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 25 | Rwanda | 84.5% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Antigua and Barbuda | 83.5% | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 26 | Belize | 83.5% | 2021 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 28 | Chad | 80.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Togo | 80.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Cameroon | 80.0% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 31 | Pakistan | 77.8% | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 32 | Solomon Islands | 76.9% | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 33 | Grenada | 76.6% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Uganda | 76.4% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Guyana | 76.3% | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 36 | Jamaica | 73.9% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.3% | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 38 | Niger | 68.1% | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 39 | Colombia | 65.8% | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 40 | Egypt | 61.3% | 2019 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 41 | Benin | 58.2% | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 42 | Turkey | 57.6% | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 43 | Mali | 56.9% | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 44 | Angola | 56.3% | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 45 | Israel | 55.9% | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 46 | Guatemala | 47.9% | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 47.6% | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 48 | Morocco | 47.4% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 49 | Vanuatu | 46.0% | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 50 | Djibouti | 45.2% | 2014 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 51 | Venezuela | 45.0% | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 44.8% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 53 | Guinea-Bissau | 44.6% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 43.8% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 55 | Indonesia | 43.2% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 56 | Nicaragua | 42.2% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 57 | El Salvador | 41.5% | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 41.2% | 2021 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 59 | Fiji | 40.4% | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 60 | Maldives | 40.1% | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 61 | Bolivia | 40.0% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 38.9% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 63 | Gabon | 38.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Bahrain | 38.3% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 65 | Guinea | 37.7% | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 66 | Mauritania | 37.4% | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 67 | Mexico | 35.0% | 2022 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 68 | Uruguay | 34.0% | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 69 | Brazil | 34.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Cuba | 33.9% | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 71 | Paraguay | 33.7% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 72 | South Korea | 33.5% | 2021 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 73 | Honduras | 33.2% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 74 | Argentina | 33.0% | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 75 | Nepal | 32.9% | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 76 | Philippines | 31.8% | 2022 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 77 | Central African Republic | 30.6% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 78 | Peru | 30.5% | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 79 | Congo | 30.0% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Senegal | 29.9% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 81 | Madagascar | 29.7% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 82 | Namibia | 27.5% | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 82 | South Africa | 27.5% | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 84 | Eswatini | 27.4% | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 85 | Panama | 26.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 86 | Botswana | 25.8% | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 87 | Chile | 25.6% | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 88 | Samoa | 25.3% | 2020 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 89 | Thailand | 25.3% | 2021 | down 20.7% | flat |
| 90 | Cambodia | 24.8% | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 91 | Ecuador | 23.6% | 2022 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 92 | Brunei | 23.0% | 2022 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 93 | Iceland | 22.6% | 2021 | down 66.8% | flat |
| 94 | Oman | 22.5% | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 95 | Qatar | 21.4% | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 96 | Laos | 21.1% | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 97 | United Arab Emirates | 20.5% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 98 | Jordan | 20.4% | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 99 | Haiti | 19.8% | 2020 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 100 | Suriname | 19.8% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Tonga | 19.2% | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 102 | Mongolia | 19.0% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 103 | Cape Verde | 16.9% | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 104 | Seychelles | 14.9% | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 105 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.5% | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 106 | Vietnam | 13.7% | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 107 | Armenia | 11.9% | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 108 | Malaysia | 11.8% | 2021 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 11.8% | 2020 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 110 | China | 11.4% | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.0% | 2021 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 112 | Singapore | 9.4% | 2022 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Georgia | 8.8% | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 114 | Tajikistan | 8.5% | 2021 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 115 | Russia | 8.3% | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 116 | Moldova | 8.1% | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 117 | Montenegro | 7.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 118 | Ukraine | 7.6% | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 7.3% | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 120 | Albania | 6.3% | 2021 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 121 | Austria | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Belgium | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Cyprus | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Czechia | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Germany | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Denmark | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Spain | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Estonia | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Finland | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | France | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | United Kingdom | 5.8% | 2019 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 121 | Greece | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Croatia | 5.8% | 2021 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 121 | Hungary | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Ireland | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Italy | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Lithuania | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Latvia | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Malta | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Netherlands | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Poland | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Portugal | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Romania | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Slovakia | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Slovenia | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 121 | Sweden | 5.8% | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 5.7% | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 149 | Japan | 4.9% | 2021 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 150 | New Zealand | 4.2% | 2021 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 151 | United States | 4.2% | 2021 | up 34.7% | flat |
| 152 | Canada | 2.7% | 2021 | down 61.2% | rising |
| 153 | Australia | 2.4% | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 154 | Norway | 0.6% | 2021 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 155 | Macao | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- European Union 5.8%
About this data
Simple mean bound rate is the unweighted average of all the lines in the tariff schedule in which bound rates have been set. 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).