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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Japan's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) rose 1 percentage points on 2023 (from 79.89% to 80.89%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.15 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.94 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.51 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.85 percentage points in 2008. 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 9% 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, Japan had the 4th 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 Japan in the 2024 ranking

• Bermuda — 1st of 152: 91.16%
• Tonga — 2nd of 152: 85.31%
• Mexico — 4th of 152: 80.13%
• Central African Republic — 5th of 152: 79.66%
• Philippines — 6th of 152: 77.66%

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)
• Cambodia — 14% (2024)
• China — 63.35% (2024)
• Fiji — 12.88% (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 38.75% (2024)
• Indonesia — 33.11% (2024)
• Korea, Rep. — 75.71% (2024)
• Lao PDR — 18.62% (2024)

More infrastructure data for Japan

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 59.33 million (2023)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 47.7 (2023)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 975,616 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 8,474 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 120.31 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 221.92 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 178.43 (2023)
• Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 12,102 (2024)
• Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 20,675 (2024)
• Patent applications, nonresidents

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Questions people ask

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

80.89% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is down 2.2 percentage points from 83.09% in 1990. The highest value was 85.34% in 2000 and the lowest 78.04% in 2013.

How does Japan rank?

4th highest of 152 economies with data for 2024.

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

In 2024, Japan's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) rose 1 percentage points on 2023 (from 79.89% to 80.89%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.15 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.94 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

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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