High-technology exports in Japan

High-technology products made up 17.6% of manufactured exports from Japan in 2024.

Measure: High-technology exports Unit: % of manufactured exports Data: 2007 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Japan, 2024 17.6% % of manufactured exports
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 17.1%
World, 2024 24.7% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 17.8% Middle value of 38 countries

High-technology exports in Japan 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 JapanWorld
2024 17.6% 24.7%
2023 17.1% 23.0%
2022 18.3% 22.9%
2021 18.0% 21.5%
2020 18.6% 21.9%
2019 17.0% 20.7%
2018 17.3% 20.5%
2017 17.6% 20.6%
2016 17.6% 20.1%
2015 18.0% 20.0%
2014 17.8% 19.1%
2013 17.8% 19.0%
2012 18.2% 18.9%
2011 18.4% 18.7%
2010 19.1% 20.6%
2009 20.4% 20.7%
2008 18.8% 19.0%
2007 20.1% 19.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 17.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 17.8%, the figure has changed by −0.2 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 Japan
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