East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD): High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD)'s high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) fell 1.42 percentage points on 2023 (from 29.37% to 27.96%).

Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2023), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.64 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below 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 4.5 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.8 percentage points in 2011. 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 17% 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

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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 18 values

High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 0.96% (2017)
• Bahrain — 0.39% (2023)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 3.81% (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 0.81% (2022)
• Israel — 37.23% (2024)
• Jordan — 2.08% (2023)
• Kuwait — 10.2% (2024)
• Lebanon — 2.9% (2024)
• Malta — 45.18% (2024)
• Oman

More infrastructure data for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD)

• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 2.79 billion (2025)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 131 (2025)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 185 million (2025)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 8.7 (2025)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 7.11 million (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 32,423 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 921.72 million (2023)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 15.03% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD)'s high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)?

27.96% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2007?

It is down 1.84 percentage points from 29.79% in 2007. The highest value was 32.62% in 2009 and the lowest 27.96% in 2024.

Is the latest change in high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) unusual for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD)?

In 2024, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD)'s high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) fell 1.42 percentage points on 2023 (from 29.37% to 27.96%). Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2023), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.64 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below 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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