Cambodia: Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Cambodia's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) fell 8.7 percentage points on 2023 (from 22.69% to 14%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.71 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.64 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.14 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.81 percentage points in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.22 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 62% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Cambodia had the 117th highest value of the 152 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Cambodia in the 2024 ranking

• Cameroon — 114th of 152: 15.12%
• West Bank and Gaza — 115th of 152: 14.79%
• Eritrea — 116th of 152: 14.67%
• Fiji — 118th of 152: 12.88%
• Panama — 119th of 152: 12.08%
• Brunei Darussalam — 120th of 152: 11.97%

What this measures

Share of medium and high-tech manufactured exports in total manufactured exports.

Limitations: Missing values at country level are imputed based on the methodology from Competitive Industrial Performance Report (UNIDO, 2017).

All 35 values

Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) in nearby economies

• Australia — 16.07% (2024)
• Brunei Darussalam — 11.97% (2024)
• China — 63.35% (2024)
• Fiji — 12.88% (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 38.75% (2024)
• Indonesia — 33.11% (2024)
• Japan — 80.89% (2024)
• Korea, Rep. — 75.71% (2024)
• Lao PDR — 18.62% (2024)

More infrastructure data for Cambodia

• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 20.48 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 116.09 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 29,080 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.16 (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$253.44 million (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 4.74% (2025)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 9,161 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 675,283 (2023)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 68.48% (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles

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Questions people ask

What is Cambodia's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports)?

14% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 12.69 percentage points from 1.31% in 1990. The highest value was 22.69% in 2023 and the lowest 1.01% in 2005.

How does Cambodia rank?

117th highest of 152 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) unusual for Cambodia?

In 2024, Cambodia's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) fell 8.7 percentage points on 2023 (from 22.69% to 14%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.71 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.64 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.MNF.TECH.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) database, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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