High-technology exports in South Asia

High-technology products made up 18.1% of manufactured exports from South Asia in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2009.

Measure: High-technology exports Unit: % of manufactured exports Data: 2009 to 2024 Source: World Bank
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024 18.1% % of manufactured exports
Change from 2023 +3.5percentage points 2023: 14.5%
World, 2024 24.7% Official aggregate

High-technology exports in South Asia 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 South AsiaWorld
2024 18.1% 24.7%
2023 14.5% 23.0%
2022 12.3% 22.9%
2021 9.9% 21.5%
2020 10.7% 21.9%
2019 9.8% 20.7%
2018 8.4% 20.5%
2017 6.6% 20.6%
2016 6.8% 20.1%
2015 7.2% 20.0%
2014 9.2% 19.1%
2013 8.3% 19.0%
2012 7.3% 18.9%
2011 7.4% 18.7%
2010 7.3% 20.6%
2009 8.7% 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 +3.5 percentage points from 14.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9.2%, the figure has changed by +8.9 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
2009 to 2024 for South Asia
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