Rwanda's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) was 4.78% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.3 percentage points from 5.09% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.78% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 2.66% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 5.09% | 2012 |
| Highest | 31.27% | 2009 |
| Lowest | 2.59% | 2018 |
| Average since 2013 | 7.92% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 31.27% | 2009 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Rwanda's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) fell 0.32 percentage points on 2021 (from 5.1% to 4.78%).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2021), the average change was −2.18 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.08 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 8.17 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 24.14 percentage points in 2010. 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 15% 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
See how every economy compares in the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 4.78% | 2022 |
| World | 24.69% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 6% | 2024 |
Closest to Rwanda in the 2022 ranking
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 2nd of 3: 0.81%
- Nepal — 3rd of 3: 0.62%
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
| Year | High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.78 |
| 2021 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 7.56 |
| 2019 | 10.76 |
| 2018 | 2.59 |
| 2017 | 2.66 |
| 2016 | 13.53 |
| 2015 | 15.33 |
| 2014 | 11.86 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2012 |
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) in nearby economies
- Angola — 16.69% (2024)
- Benin — 30.54% (2024)
- Botswana — 0.54% (2023)
- Burkina Faso — 1.65% (2024)
- Burundi — 1.31% (2023)
- Cabo Verde — 1.15% (2023)
- Cameroon — 2.1% (2023)
- Central African Republic — 8.3% (2024)
- Comoros — 3.14% (2023)
- Congo, Rep.
More infrastructure data for Rwanda
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 9,255 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.06 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 13.29 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 93.2 (2024)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 4.26% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 31.7% (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 433.51 (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 14,403 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 1.54 million (2023)
- Patent applications, nonresidents
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Rwanda's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)?
- 4.78% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2009?
- It is down 26.48 percentage points from 31.27% in 2009. The highest value was 31.27% in 2009 and the lowest 2.59% in 2018.
- Is the latest change in high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) unusual for Rwanda?
- In 2022, Rwanda's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) fell 0.32 percentage points on 2021 (from 5.1% to 4.78%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2021), the average change was −2.18 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.08 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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.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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