High-technology exports in Kuwait

High-technology products made up 10.2% of manufactured exports from Kuwait in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2010.

Measure: High-technology exports Unit: % of manufactured exports Data: 2010 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Kuwait, 2024 10.2% % of manufactured exports
Change from 2023 +8.4percentage points 2023: 1.8%
World, 2024 24.7% Official aggregate

High-technology exports in Kuwait 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 KuwaitWorld
2024 10.2% 24.7%
2023 1.8% 23.0%
2022 0.7% 22.9%
2021 1.2% 21.5%
2020 1.3% 21.9%
2019 0.9% 20.7%
2018 4.1% 20.5%
2017 0.2% 20.6%
2016 0.1% 20.1%
2015 0.1% 20.0%
2014 0.1% 19.1%
2013 1.7% 19.0%
2012 – 18.9%
2011 2.8% 18.7%
2010 3.1% 20.6%
2009 – 20.7%
2008 – 19.0%
2007 – 19.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +8.4 percentage points from 1.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 0.1%, the figure has changed by +10.1 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
2010 to 2024 for Kuwait
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