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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Ghana's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) rose 5.08 percentage points on 2023 (from 13.02% to 18.11%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.17 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 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 13.4 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.1 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 25% 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, Ghana had the 107th 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 Ghana in the 2024 ranking

• Kenya — 103rd of 152: 20.92%
• Eswatini — 104th of 152: 19.25%
• Lao PDR — 105th of 152: 18.62%
• El Salvador — 107th of 152: 17.88%
• New Zealand — 108th of 152: 17.88%
• Albania — 109th of 152: 17.85%

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

• Angola — 27.82% (2024)
• Botswana — 5.7% (2024)
• Burundi — 15.68% (2024)
• Cabo Verde — 0% (2024)
• Cameroon — 15.12% (2024)
• Central African Republic — 79.66% (2024)
• Congo, Rep. — 65.88% (2024)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 22.67% (2024)
• Eritrea — 14.67% (2024)

More infrastructure data for Ghana

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 269,356 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.78 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 39.13 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 113.65 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 11,490 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 440,680 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0 (2023)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 72.18% (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 3,270 (2023)
• ICT goods imports (% total goods imports)

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Questions people ask

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

18.11% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 11.14 percentage points from 6.97% in 1990. The highest value was 33.16% in 2013 and the lowest 2.77% in 1995.

How does Ghana rank?

107th highest of 152 economies with data for 2024.

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

In 2024, Ghana's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) rose 5.08 percentage points on 2023 (from 13.02% to 18.11%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.17 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 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.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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