High-technology exports in Costa Rica

High-technology products made up 22.9% of manufactured exports from Costa Rica in 2024.

Measure: High-technology exports Unit: % of manufactured exports Data: 2007 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Costa Rica, 2024 22.9% % of manufactured exports
Change from 2023 −1.3percentage points 2023: 24.2%
World, 2024 24.7% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 17.8% Middle value of 38 countries

High-technology exports in Costa Rica over time

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% of manufactured exports. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 2007 to 2024
Period Costa RicaWorld
2024 22.9% 24.7%
2023 24.2% 23.0%
2022 22.0% 22.9%
2021 17.0% 21.5%
2020 15.7% 21.9%
2019 17.6% 20.7%
2018 18.5% 20.5%
2017 18.5% 20.6%
2016 18.4% 20.1%
2015 17.0% 20.0%
2014 36.5% 19.1%
2013 43.4% 19.0%
2012 39.8% 18.9%
2011 41.0% 18.7%
2010 40.1% 20.6%
2009 44.3% 20.7%
2008 39.6% 19.0%
2007 45.4% 19.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.3 percentage points from 24.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 36.5%, the figure has changed by −13.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 24.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations, Comtrade database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2007 to 2024 for Costa Rica
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations, Comtrade database