Libya's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) was 6.34% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.98 percentage points from 9.31% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 6.34% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 11.59% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 9.31% | 2011 |
| Highest | 11.59% | 2014 |
| Lowest | 5.23% | 2009 |
| Average since 2012 | 9.45% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 9.6% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Libya's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) did not change 0 percentage points on 2020 (from 6.34% to 6.34%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.33 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 4.09 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.18 percentage points in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.47 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 37% 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.
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 32 values
| Year | Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 6.34 |
| 2020 | 6.34 |
| 2019 | 6.34 |
| 2018 | 10.52 |
| 2017 | 11.59 |
| 2016 | 11.59 |
| 2015 | 11.59 |
| 2014 | 11.59 |
| 2013 | 9.31 |
| 2012 | 9.31 |
| 2011 |
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)
- Kuwait — 5.96% (2024)
- Lebanon
More infrastructure data for Libya
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 11,246 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 60.05 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 1.09 million (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 1.22 million (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 16.86 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 13.94 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 192.97 (2022)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 443.08 (2023)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 81.95% (2024)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)
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Questions people ask
- What is Libya's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports)?
- 6.34% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 3.26 percentage points from 9.6% in 1990. The highest value was 11.59% in 2014 and the lowest 5.23% in 2009.
- Is the latest change in medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) unusual for Libya?
- In 2021, Libya's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) did not change 0 percentage points on 2020 (from 6.34% to 6.34%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.33 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
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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