Lao PDR: Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Lao PDR's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) did not change 0 percentage points on 2023 (from 18.62% to 18.62%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.48 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.87 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 9.8 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.02 percentage points in 2021. 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 0.72 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 36% 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, Lao PDR had the 106th 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 Lao PDR in the 2024 ranking

• Haiti — 102nd of 152: 21%
• Kenya — 103rd of 152: 20.92%
• Eswatini — 104th of 152: 19.25%
• Ghana — 106th of 152: 18.11%
• El Salvador — 107th of 152: 17.88%
• New Zealand — 108th of 152: 17.88%

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)
• Japan — 80.89% (2024)
• Korea, Rep. — 75.71% (2024)

More infrastructure data for Lao PDR

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 1.23 million (2023)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 16.1 (2023)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 10,963 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 842,280 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0 (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 4.96 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 64.76 (2023)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$49.76 million (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 2.71% (2025)
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Questions people ask

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

18.62% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 14.53 percentage points from 4.09% in 1990. The highest value was 25.43% in 2018 and the lowest 3.61% in 2012.

How does Lao PDR rank?

106th highest of 152 economies with data for 2024.

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

In 2024, Lao PDR's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) did not change 0 percentage points on 2023 (from 18.62% to 18.62%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.48 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.87 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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.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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