High-technology exports in Sub-Saharan Africa

High-technology products made up 6.0% of manufactured exports from Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024.

Measure: High-technology exports Unit: % of manufactured exports Data: 2013 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024 6.0% % of manufactured exports
Change from 2023 +1.0percentage points 2023: 5.0%
World, 2024 24.7% Official aggregate

High-technology exports in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 Sub-Saharan AfricaWorld
2024 6.0% 24.7%
2023 5.0% 23.0%
2022 5.7% 22.9%
2021 4.7% 21.5%
2020 5.4% 21.9%
2019 6.5% 20.7%
2018 6.3% 20.5%
2017 5.4% 20.6%
2016 5.4% 20.1%
2015 6.1% 20.0%
2014 5.6% 19.1%
2013 5.2% 19.0%
2012 – 18.9%
2011 – 18.7%
2010 – 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 +1.0 percentage points from 5.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 5.6%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 24.7%.

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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
2013 to 2024 for Sub-Saharan Africa
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