Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) was 8.65% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.48 percentage points from 3.17% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 8.65% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 4.07% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.17% | 2013 |
| Highest | 8.65% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 3.17% | 2013 |
| Average since 2014 | 5.55% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 3.36% | 2011 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) rose 1.79 percentage points on 2022 (from 6.86% to 8.65%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.12 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 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 3.05 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.91 percentage points in 2016. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.46 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 62% 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
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.65% | 2023 |
| World | 24.69% | 2024 |
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 13 values
| Year | High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.65 |
| 2022 | 6.86 |
| 2021 | 7.23 |
| 2020 | 7.27 |
| 2019 | 4.22 |
| 2018 | 4.07 |
| 2017 | 3.72 |
| 2016 | 3.78 |
| 2015 | 4.69 |
| 2014 | 4.95 |
| 2013 |
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 0.96% (2017)
- Bahrain — 0.39% (2023)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 3.81% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 0.81% (2022)
- Israel — 37.23% (2024)
- Jordan — 2.08% (2023)
- Kuwait — 10.2% (2024)
- Lebanon — 2.9% (2024)
- Malta — 45.18% (2024)
- Oman
More infrastructure data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 84 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 10.2 (2025)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1.84 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 32,219 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 286.51 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 884 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 107.1 (2025)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)?
- 8.65% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2011?
- It is up 5.29 percentage points from 3.36% in 2011. The highest value was 8.65% in 2023 and the lowest 3.17% in 2013.
- Is the latest change in high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) unusual for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- In 2023, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) rose 1.79 percentage points on 2022 (from 6.86% to 8.65%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.12 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 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.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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