Central African Republic's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) was 8.3% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 87.32 percentage points from 95.62% in 2019.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 8.3% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 95.62% | 2019 |
| Highest | 95.62% | 2019 |
| Lowest | 0.03% | 2011 |
| Average since 2015 | 21.96% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 22.63% | 2010 |
Over five years it is down 87.32 percentage points from 95.62% in 2019. Since 2010 it is down 14.33 percentage points from 22.63% in 2010. The World Bank has no value for 1 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2024, Central African Republic's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) rose 6.42 percentage points on 2023 (from 1.88% to 8.3%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was −2.34 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 40.35 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 66.6 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 94.95 percentage points in 2020. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Central African Republic had the 65th highest value of the 119 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Central African Republic | 8.3% | 2024 |
| World | 24.69% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 6% | 2024 |
Closest to Central African Republic in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.
Limitations: The indicator is based on data reported by countries to COMTRADE. The export values presented in the World Development Indicators represent Gross Exports less Re-Exports. The values may be impacted in cases of reporting errors or missing data, for example if countries do not report Re-Exports for one or more periods.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 14 values
| Year | High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.3 |
| 2023 | 1.88 |
| 2022 | 37.3 |
| 2021 | 7.67 |
| 2020 | 0.6708 |
| 2019 | 95.62 |
| 2018 | 29.02 |
| 2017 | 22.08 |
| 2016 | 11.77 |
| 2015 | 5.27 |
| 2014 |
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) in nearby economies
- Angola — 16.69% (2024)
- Benin — 30.54% (2024)
- Botswana — 0.54% (2023)
- Burkina Faso — 1.65% (2024)
- Burundi — 1.31% (2023)
- Cabo Verde — 1.15% (2023)
- Cameroon — 2.1% (2023)
- Comoros — 3.14% (2023)
- Congo, Rep. — 3.16% (2023)
- Côte d'Ivoire
More infrastructure data for Central African Republic
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.98 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 38.82 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 2,088 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.04 (2022)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 79.66% (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 25.75 (2023)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 13.78% (2024)
- ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) — 3.23% (2024)
- ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Central African Republic's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)?
- 8.3% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2010?
- It is down 14.33 percentage points from 22.63% in 2010. The highest value was 95.62% in 2019 and the lowest 0.03% in 2011.
- How does Central African Republic rank?
- 65th highest of 119 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) unusual for Central African Republic?
- In 2024, Central African Republic's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) rose 6.42 percentage points on 2023 (from 1.88% to 8.3%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was −2.34 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 40.35 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), uri: comtrade.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division; World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS), World Bank (WB), uri: https://wits.worldbank.org/ 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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