Jamaica's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) was 2.65% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.92 percentage points from 3.57% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.65% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 7.98% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.57% | 2013 |
| Highest | 7.98% | 2018 |
| Lowest | 1.04% | 2015 |
| Average since 2014 | 3.66% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 2.95% | 2008 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Jamaica's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) rose 1.18 percentage points on 2022 (from 1.47% to 2.65%).
Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2022), the average change was −0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.78 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 4.36 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.25 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 10% 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 2023, Jamaica had the 18th highest value of the 28 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 2.65% | 2023 |
| World | 24.69% | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 13.13% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 23.2% | 2024 |
Closest to Jamaica in the 2023 ranking
- Congo, Rep. — 14th of 28: 3.16%
- Comoros — 15th of 28: 3.14%
- Dominica — 16th of 28: 2.88%
- Cameroon — 18th of 28: 2.1%
- Jordan — 19th of 28: 2.08%
- West Bank and Gaza — 20th of 28: 1.84%
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 16 values
| Year | High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.65 |
| 2022 | 1.47 |
| 2021 | 2.47 |
| 2020 | 2.35 |
| 2019 | 4.17 |
| 2018 | 7.98 |
| 2017 | 5.74 |
| 2016 | 4.13 |
| 2015 | 1.04 |
| 2014 | 4.57 |
| 2013 |
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 0% (2024)
- Argentina — 3.85% (2024)
- Aruba — 6.87% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 0% (2024)
- Belize — 0.000191% (2024)
- Bolivia — 8.79% (2024)
- Brazil — 11.11% (2024)
- Chile — 8.63% (2024)
- Colombia — 9.03% (2024)
- Costa Rica
More infrastructure data for Jamaica
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 453,882 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 15.99 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 3.34 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 117.69 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1,215 (2018)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0 (2019)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 180,951 (2018)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 310 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 45 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents
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Questions people ask
- What is Jamaica's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)?
- 2.65% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2008?
- It is down 0.3 percentage points from 2.95% in 2008. The highest value was 7.98% in 2018 and the lowest 1.04% in 2015.
- How does Jamaica rank?
- 18th highest of 28 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) unusual for Jamaica?
- In 2023, Jamaica's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) rose 1.18 percentage points on 2022 (from 1.47% to 2.65%). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2022), the average change was −0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.78 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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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