High-technology exports by country, 2023, European Union (27 countries)

Exports of products with high research and development intensity, such as aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals and scientific instruments, as a share of manufactured exports.

27 places ranked for 2023. Highest: Ireland (47.8%). Lowest: Luxembourg (6.0%). The median is 15.9%.

Unit: % of manufactured exports Source: World Bank Trend, map and download

Members since the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. About this group

Highest 10

  1. 1. Ireland 47.8%
  2. 2. Malta 43.3%
  3. 3. Netherlands 24.5%
  4. 4. France 22.4%
  5. 5. Czechia 20.3%
  6. 6. Hungary 18.9%
  7. 7. Cyprus 18.7%
  8. 8. Latvia 18.6%
  9. 9. Belgium 18.5%
  10. 10. Germany 17.9%

Lowest 10

  1. 27. Luxembourg 6.0%
  2. 26. Portugal 6.7%
  3. 25. Slovenia 8.2%
  4. 24. Spain 9.6%
  5. 23. Finland 9.7%
  6. 22. Slovakia 9.7%
  7. 21. Italy 10.1%
  8. 20. Croatia 11.0%
  9. 19. Bulgaria 12.1%
  10. 18. Poland 12.1%

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.

Full ranking

High-technology exports by country, 2023, European Union (27 countries)
#CountryValuePeriodRelative size
1 Ireland 47.8% 2023
2 Malta 43.3% 2023
3 Netherlands 24.5% 2023
4 France 22.4% 2023
5 Czechia 20.3% 2023
6 Hungary 18.9% 2023
7 Cyprus 18.7% 2023
8 Latvia 18.6% 2023
9 Belgium 18.5% 2023
10 Germany 17.9% 2023
11 Sweden 17.6% 2023
12 Denmark 17.2% 2023
13 Estonia 16.6% 2023
14 Austria 15.9% 2023
15 Greece 15.2% 2023
16 Lithuania 14.4% 2023
17 Romania 12.7% 2023
18 Poland 12.1% 2023
19 Bulgaria 12.1% 2023
20 Croatia 11.0% 2023
21 Italy 10.1% 2023
22 Slovakia 9.7% 2023
23 Finland 9.7% 2023
24 Spain 9.6% 2023
25 Slovenia 8.2% 2023
26 Portugal 6.7% 2023
27 Luxembourg 6.0% 2023

Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.

How this ranking works

Every country is ranked on its value for 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.

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