Kuwait's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) was 5.96% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 3.2 percentage points from 9.16% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.96% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 10.99% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 9.16% | 2014 |
| Highest | 78.37% | 1991 |
| Lowest | 5.39% | 1997 |
| Average since 2015 | 10.53% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 51.75% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Kuwait's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) rose 0.47 percentage points on 2023 (from 5.49% to 5.96%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −1.86 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.33 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 26.62 percentage points in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 46.75 percentage points in 1997. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.97 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 40% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Kuwait had the 135th 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 Kuwait in the 2024 ranking
- Mozambique — 132nd of 152: 7.06%
- Chile — 133rd of 152: 6.48%
- Nepal — 134th of 152: 6.25%
- Botswana — 136th of 152: 5.7%
- Bolivia — 137th of 152: 4.8%
- Papua New Guinea — 138th of 152: 4.36%
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
| Year | Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.96 |
| 2023 | 5.49 |
| 2022 | 6.32 |
| 2021 | 7.45 |
| 2020 | 12.95 |
| 2019 | 10.99 |
| 2018 | 20.87 |
| 2017 | 12.6 |
| 2016 | 10.45 |
| 2015 | 12.18 |
| 2014 |
Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 0.34% (2024)
- Algeria — 9.36% (2024)
- Bahrain — 21.06% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 34.31% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 35.92% (2024)
- Iraq — 0.44% (2024)
- Israel — 72.35% (2024)
- Jordan — 35.07% (2024)
- Lebanon — 43.79% (2024)
- Libya
More infrastructure data for Kuwait
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 572,621 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 11.83 (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 68,356 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 331.17 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 9.5 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 8.11 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 167.68 (2023)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 100% (2025)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 1,395 (2023)
- Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Kuwait's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports)?
- 5.96% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 45.79 percentage points from 51.75% in 1990. The highest value was 78.37% in 1991 and the lowest 5.39% in 1997.
- How does Kuwait rank?
- 135th highest of 152 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) unusual for Kuwait?
- In 2024, Kuwait's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) rose 0.47 percentage points on 2023 (from 5.49% to 5.96%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −1.86 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.33 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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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