High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) by country
High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.
Countries reporting
175
Highest
85.5%
Cayman Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Macau, China
Median
6.4%
Years covered
18
2007–2024
Data points
3,325
What the numbers show
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 85.5% in Cayman Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Macau, China.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.4%, and the mean is 12.4%.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 461,577.0%), and the largest decrease in Macau, China (down 100.0%).
High-technology exports: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 85.5% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 2 | Samoa | 76.7% | 2024 | up 3,778.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Hong Kong, China | 75.6% | 2024 | up 563.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Philippines | 61.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 5 | Singapore | 59.4% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 6 | Malaysia | 58.6% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 7 | Iceland | 54.0% | 2024 | up 215.2% | rising |
| 8 | Ireland | 53.5% | 2024 | up 114.8% | rising |
| 9 | Palau | 51.7% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 10 | Malta | 45.2% | 2024 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 44.3% | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 42.2% | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 13 | Israel | 37.2% | 2024 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 14 | Republic of Korea | 36.3% | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 15 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 34.6% | 2017 | up 136,181.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Benin | 30.5% | 2024 | up 638.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Switzerland | 29.6% | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 18 | Sao Tome and Principe | 29.3% | 2023 | up 101.6% | volatile |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 29.2% | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 20 | Tonga | 28.5% | 2023 | up 376.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Thailand | 28.3% | 2024 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 22 | China | 26.3% | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 23 | Norway | 25.4% | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 24 | Australia | 25.2% | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 25 | United States of America | 24.3% | 2024 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 26 | Armenia | 23.6% | 2024 | up 682.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Netherlands | 23.5% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 28 | France | 23.1% | 2024 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 22.9% | 2024 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 30 | Hungary | 22.6% | 2024 | up 35.3% | falling |
| 31 | Mongolia | 22.5% | 2023 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Czechia | 22.4% | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 33 | Andorra | 21.4% | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 34 | Belgium | 20.4% | 2024 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 35 | Barbados | 19.9% | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 36 | Mexico | 19.3% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 37 | India | 18.6% | 2024 | up 101.4% | rising |
| 38 | Austria | 18.5% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 39 | Estonia | 18.4% | 2024 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 40 | Cyprus | 18.0% | 2024 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 41 | Germany | 18.0% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 42 | Sweden | 17.7% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 43 | Denmark | 17.6% | 2024 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 44 | Japan | 17.6% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 45 | Latvia | 17.5% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 46 | Lithuania | 17.3% | 2024 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 47 | Canada | 16.8% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 48 | Angola | 16.7% | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 15.2% | 2023 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Greece | 15.0% | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 51 | Montenegro | 14.5% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 52 | Bermuda | 14.3% | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Poland | 13.5% | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 54 | Romania | 13.4% | 2024 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 13.4% | 2024 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 56 | Guyana | 13.3% | 2024 | up 6,035.8% | volatile |
| 57 | New Zealand | 13.0% | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 58 | Italy | 12.3% | 2024 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 11.7% | 2024 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 60 | Brazil | 11.1% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.7% | 2024 | up 421.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Slovakia | 10.6% | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 63 | Paraguay | 10.5% | 2024 | up 54.3% | flat |
| 64 | Suriname | 10.4% | 2024 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Papua New Guinea | 10.2% | 2023 | up 158.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Ecuador | 10.0% | 2024 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 67 | Uruguay | 9.8% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 68 | Russian Federation | 9.7% | 2021 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 69 | Mauritania | 9.4% | 2024 | up 461,577.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 9.3% | 2020 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 71 | Finland | 9.3% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 72 | Spain | 9.3% | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 73 | Colombia | 9.0% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 74 | United Arab Emirates | 9.0% | 2023 | up 148.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.8% | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 76 | Indonesia | 8.7% | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 77 | Niger | 8.6% | 2024 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Slovenia | 8.3% | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 79 | Chile | 8.3% | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 80 | Central African Republic | 8.3% | 2024 | up 2,770.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Cuba | 7.9% | 2022 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Tunisia | 7.7% | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 7.7% | 2024 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 84 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.4% | 2023 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Aruba | 6.9% | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 86 | Portugal | 6.8% | 2024 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 87 | Grenada | 6.4% | 2024 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Ukraine | 6.4% | 2024 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 89 | North Macedonia | 6.4% | 2024 | up 93.0% | rising |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.2% | 2024 | up 147.0% | rising |
| 91 | Belarus | 6.0% | 2021 | up 134.5% | rising |
| 92 | Kuwait | 5.8% | 2024 | up 4,253.1% | volatile |
| 93 | South Africa | 5.7% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 94 | El Salvador | 5.5% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 95 | Morocco | 5.4% | 2023 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 96 | Guatemala | 5.4% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 97 | Mali | 5.4% | 2023 | up 137.6% | volatile |
| 98 | New Caledonia | 5.3% | 2015 | up 697.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Cambodia | 5.3% | 2024 | up 940.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.3% | 2024 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 101 | Peru | 5.2% | 2024 | up 22.6% | falling |
| 102 | Myanmar | 5.2% | 2024 | up 729.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Türkiye | 5.1% | 2024 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 104 | Luxembourg | 5.1% | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 105 | Oman | 5.0% | 2023 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.9% | 2023 | up 2,205.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Yemen | 4.8% | 2015 | up 732.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Rwanda | 4.8% | 2022 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Honduras | 3.9% | 2024 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 110 | Argentina | 3.9% | 2024 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 111 | Egypt | 3.8% | 2024 | up 204.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Georgia | 3.8% | 2024 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 113 | Ethiopia | 3.8% | 2023 | up 102.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Mozambique | 3.6% | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Gambia | 3.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Congo | 3.2% | 2023 | up 189.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Kenya | 3.2% | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 118 | Comoros | 3.1% | 2023 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Senegal | 3.0% | 2024 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 3.0% | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Fiji | 3.0% | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Republic of Moldova | 2.9% | 2024 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 2.9% | 2024 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Lebanon | 2.9% | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Dominica | 2.9% | 2023 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Qatar | 2.8% | 2024 | up 5,613.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 2.8% | 2024 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Nigeria | 2.7% | 2024 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Jamaica | 2.6% | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Pakistan | 2.4% | 2024 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 131 | Kiribati | 2.3% | 2021 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Sudan | 2.2% | 2018 | up 13,322.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Ghana | 2.1% | 2023 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Cameroon | 2.1% | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 135 | Jordan | 2.1% | 2023 | up 23.6% | flat |
| 136 | French Polynesia | 1.9% | 2024 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Uganda | 1.9% | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Palestine, State of | 1.8% | 2023 | up 1,844.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Gabon | 1.8% | 2023 | up 84.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Panama | 1.8% | 2024 | up 803.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Uzbekistan | 1.7% | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Greenland | 1.7% | 2018 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Malawi | 1.6% | 2024 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Burkina Faso | 1.6% | 2024 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 1.5% | 2024 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 146 | Albania | 1.5% | 2024 | up 494.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Zambia | 1.5% | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Burundi | 1.3% | 2023 | up 323.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Mauritius | 1.2% | 2024 | up 3,973.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Cape Verde | 1.2% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.1% | 2024 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Algeria | 1.0% | 2017 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 153 | Madagascar | 1.0% | 2024 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.8% | 2022 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 0.7% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Togo | 0.7% | 2024 | up 341.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Liberia | 0.6% | 2023 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Nepal | 0.6% | 2022 | up 351.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Nicaragua | 0.6% | 2024 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Saudi Arabia | 0.5% | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 161 | Botswana | 0.5% | 2023 | up 35.1% | flat |
| 162 | Bangladesh | 0.5% | 2018 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 163 | Bahrain | 0.4% | 2023 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Eswatini | 0.3% | 2023 | up 191.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2% | 2024 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.2% | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Namibia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Seychelles | 0.1% | 2024 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Lesotho | 0.1% | 2024 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2024 | down 91.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Belize | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Macau, China | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific 34.7%
- Euro area 21.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 28.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 28.0%
- European Union 20.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 27.8%
- High income 25.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 25.7%
- World 24.7%
- Other small states 23.7%
- Upper middle income 23.2%
- North America 22.9%
- OECD members 22.4%
- Small states 22.2%
- Middle income 22.0%
- Low & middle income 21.9%
- IBRD only 21.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 21.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 21.0%
- South Asia 18.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 18.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 15.9%
- Lower middle income 14.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 14.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 13.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 13.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 13.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 12.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 10.7%
- Pacific island small states 10.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 8.6%
- Least developed countries 7.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 6.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.0%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 5.8%
- Arab World 5.0%
- IDA only 4.0%
- IDA total 3.5%
- Africa Western and Central 2.9%
About this data
High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.