São Tomé and Principe's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) was 29.27% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 14.76 percentage points from 14.52% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 29.27% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 45.97% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 14.52% | 2013 |
| Highest | 68.14% | 2016 |
| Lowest | 1.39% | 2014 |
| Average since 2014 | 26.71% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 2% | 2011 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, São Tomé and Principe's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) rose 23.98 percentage points on 2022 (from 5.29% to 29.27%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +0.3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 22.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 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 45.57 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 33.48 percentage points in 2017. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 14% 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
In 2023, São Tomé and Principe had the 2nd highest value of the 28 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| São Tomé and Principe | 29.27% | 2023 |
| World | 24.69% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 6% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 14.74% | 2024 |
Closest to São Tomé and Principe in the 2023 ranking
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 | 29.27 |
| 2022 | 5.29 |
| 2021 | 8.18 |
| 2020 | 10.17 |
| 2019 | 17.03 |
| 2018 | 45.97 |
| 2017 | 34.66 |
| 2016 | 68.14 |
| 2015 | 46.96 |
| 2014 | 1.39 |
| 2013 |
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 São Tomé and Principe
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 1,781 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.76 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 147,061 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 62.44 (2024)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$1.31 million (2025)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 1.17% (2025)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1,199 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 38,767 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles
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Questions people ask
- What is São Tomé and Principe's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)?
- 29.27% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2011?
- It is up 27.27 percentage points from 2% in 2011. The highest value was 68.14% in 2016 and the lowest 1.39% in 2014.
- How does São Tomé and Principe rank?
- 2nd highest of 28 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) unusual for São Tomé and Principe?
- In 2023, São Tomé and Principe's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) rose 23.98 percentage points on 2022 (from 5.29% to 29.27%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +0.3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 22.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 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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