Nepal: High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Nepal's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) fell 0.63 percentage points on 2021 (from 1.25% to 0.62%).

Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2021), the average change was +0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.63 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below 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 1.37 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.2 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 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 23% 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

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Closest to Nepal in the 2022 ranking

• Rwanda — 1st of 3: 4.78%
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 2nd of 3: 0.81%

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 14 values

High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) in nearby economies

• Bangladesh — 0.54% (2018)
• Bhutan — 0.01% (2023)
• India — 18.57% (2024)
• Sri Lanka — 1.54% (2024)

More infrastructure data for Nepal

• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 67,501 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 16.93 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 4.29 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 29.61 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 99.85 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 407,925 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 1.38 (2024)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 46.32% (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 6.25% (2024)
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Questions people ask

What is Nepal's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)?

0.62% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2009?

It is up 0.19 percentage points from 0.43% in 2009. The highest value was 2.45% in 2020 and the lowest 0.14% in 2012.

Is the latest change in high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) unusual for Nepal?

In 2022, Nepal's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) fell 0.63 percentage points on 2021 (from 1.25% to 0.62%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2021), the average change was +0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.63 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Where does this data come from?

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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