High-technology exports
Exports of products with high research and development intensity, such as aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals and scientific instruments, as a share of manufactured exports.
160 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
Trend 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.
| Period | Austria | Malta |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.5% | 45.2% |
| 2023 | 15.9% | 43.3% |
| 2022 | 14.9% | 39.0% |
| 2021 | 11.0% | 30.7% |
| 2020 | 12.3% | 35.3% |
| 2019 | 11.5% | 29.6% |
| 2018 | 11.7% | 33.1% |
| 2017 | 12.9% | 30.4% |
| 2016 | 14.5% | 21.9% |
| 2015 | 15.0% | 30.8% |
| 2014 | 15.5% | 34.7% |
| 2013 | 15.4% | 38.7% |
| 2012 | 14.5% | 45.9% |
| 2011 | 13.3% | 47.4% |
| 2010 | 13.7% | 47.2% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | 48.0% |
| 2008 | 12.7% | 50.4% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | 53.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 160 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Hong Kong SAR, China (72.3%) and the lowest Macao SAR, China (0.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 5.9% and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 16 countries and fell in 19.
- The figure for the world was 23.0% in 2023, against 20.5% in 2018 (+2.5 percentage points).
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- 1 Hong Kong SAR, China 72.3%
- 2 Philippines 63.3%
- 3 Malaysia 59.4%
- 4 Singapore 56.1%
- 5 Ireland 47.8%
- 6 Cayman Islands 47.7%
- 7 Viet Nam 44.3%
- 8 Iceland 43.4%
- 9 Malta 43.3%
- 10 Israel 34.9%
- 11 Kazakhstan 34.4%
- 12 South Korea 30.3%
- 13 Switzerland 29.3%
- 14 São Tomé and Príncipe 29.3%
- 15 United Kingdom 28.9%
- 16 Tonga 28.5%
- 17 China 26.6%
- 18 Thailand 26.1%
- 19 Norway 25.7%
- 20 Australia 25.3%
- 21 Netherlands 24.5%
- 22 Costa Rica 24.2%
- 23 Angola 23.9%
- 24 Mongolia 22.5%
- 25 France 22.4%
- 26 United States 21.8%
- 27 Andorra 21.4%
- 28 Armenia 20.9%
- 29 Czechia 20.3%
- 30 Hungary 18.9%
- 31 Cyprus 18.7%
- 32 Latvia 18.6%
- 33 Belgium 18.5%
- 34 Barbados 18.4%
- 35 Mexico 18.0%
- 36 Germany 17.9%
- 37 Sweden 17.6%
- 38 Denmark 17.2%
- 39 Japan 17.1%
- 40 Estonia 16.6%
- 41 Canada 16.4%
- 42 Kyrgyzstan 16.3%
- 43 Austria 15.9%
- 44 Guyana 15.7%
- 45 Tajikistan 15.2%
- 46 Greece 15.2%
- 47 Bermuda 14.9%
- 48 India 14.9%
- 49 Lithuania 14.4%
- 50 Cambodia 13.1%
- 51 Romania 12.7%
- 52 New Zealand 12.6%
- 53 Poland 12.1%
- 54 Bulgaria 12.1%
- 55 Chile 11.9%
- 56 Croatia 11.0%
- 57 Uruguay 10.7%
- 58 Papua New Guinea 10.2%
- 59 Italy 10.1%
- 60 Paraguay 10.0%
- 61 Brazil 9.8%
- 62 Slovakia 9.7%
- 63 Finland 9.7%
- 64 Spain 9.6%
- 65 Indonesia 9.1%
- 66 Niger 9.0%
- 67 United Arab Emirates 9.0%
- 68 Colombia 8.6%
- 69 Slovenia 8.2%
- 70 Bolivia 8.2%
- 71 Montenegro 8.0%
- 72 Tunisia 7.7%
- 73 Laos 7.4%
- 74 Ecuador 7.3%
- 75 Aruba 6.9%
- 76 Portugal 6.7%
- 77 Ukraine 6.7%
- 78 El Salvador 6.4%
- 79 Dominican Republic 6.0%
- 80 Luxembourg 6.0%
- 81 Guatemala 5.8%
- 82 Samoa 5.7%
- 83 Argentina 5.4%
- 84 Morocco 5.4%
- 85 Mali 5.4%
- 86 Malawi 5.3%
- 87 North Macedonia 5.2%
- 88 Tanzania 5.1%
- 89 Peru 5.0%
- 90 Oman 5.0%
- 91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.0%
- 92 South Africa 5.0%
- 93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.9%
- 94 Türkiye 4.5%
- 95 Benin 4.4%
- 96 Côte d'Ivoire 4.4%
- 97 Lebanon 4.3%
- 98 Azerbaijan 4.2%
- 99 Burkina Faso 3.8%
- 100 Ethiopia 3.8%
- 101 Nigeria 3.5%
- 102 Honduras 3.3%
- 103 Djibouti 3.3%
- 104 Suriname 3.2%
- 105 Egypt 3.2%
- 106 Republic of the Congo 3.2%
- 107 Comoros 3.1%
- 108 Kenya 3.0%
- 109 Grenada 3.0%
- 110 Myanmar 2.9%
- 111 Dominica 2.9%
- 112 Uzbekistan 2.8%
- 113 Qatar 2.8%
- 114 Mozambique 2.7%
- 115 Jamaica 2.6%
- 116 Moldova 2.6%
- 117 Mauritania 2.4%
- 118 Gambia 2.3%
- 119 Georgia 2.3%
- 120 Cameroon 2.1%
- 121 Jordan 2.1%
- 122 Zimbabwe 1.9%
- 123 Pakistan 1.9%
- 124 Central African Republic 1.9%
- 125 West Bank and Gaza 1.8%
- 126 Kuwait 1.8%
- 127 Gabon 1.8%
- 128 Fiji 1.6%
- 129 Senegal 1.6%
- 130 Ghana 1.6%
- 131 Timor-Leste 1.5%
- 132 Sri Lanka 1.4%
- 133 Uganda 1.4%
- 134 Burundi 1.3%
- 135 Zambia 1.2%
- 136 Cabo Verde 1.2%
- 137 Brunei 1.0%
- 138 Mauritius 1.0%
- 139 Panama 1.0%
- 140 French Polynesia 0.9%
- 141 Nicaragua 0.8%
- 142 Albania 0.7%
- 143 Liberia 0.6%
- 144 Saudi Arabia 0.6%
- 145 Togo 0.6%
- 146 Botswana 0.5%
- 147 Madagascar 0.5%
- 148 Bahrain 0.4%
- 149 Eswatini 0.3%
- 150 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2%
- 151 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.2%
- 152 Maldives 0.2%
- 153 Namibia 0.1%
- 154 Lesotho 0.1%
- 155 Seychelles 0.0%
- 156 Bahamas 0.0%
- 157 Bhutan 0.0%
- 158 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0%
- 159 Belize 0.0%
- 160 Macao SAR, China 0.0%
- East Asia and Pacific 33.7%
- Euro area 19.9%
- Europe and Central Asia 20.2%
- European Union 19.3%
- Latin America and Caribbean 12.5%
- Middle East and North Africa 8.6%
- North America 20.8%
- OECD members 20.8%
- South Asia 14.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 5.0%
- World 23.0%
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