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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Samoa's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) rose 70.93 percentage points on 2023 (from 5.74% to 76.67%).

Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2023), the average change was +0.53 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.7 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 41.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 70.93 percentage points in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.15 percentage points in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 4.34 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 31% of the movement over 9 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Samoa had the 2nd highest value of the 119 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.

Closest to Samoa in the 2024 ranking

• Hong Kong SAR, China — 2nd of 119: 75.57%
• Singapore — 3rd of 119: 59.43%
• Malaysia — 4th of 119: 58.63%

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 15 values

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

• Australia — 25.16% (2024)
• Brunei Darussalam — 1.06% (2024)
• Cambodia — 5.32% (2024)
• China — 26.28% (2024)
• Fiji — 3.21% (2024)
• French Polynesia — 1.93% (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 75.57% (2024)
• Indonesia — 8.71% (2024)
• Japan — 17.55% (2024)
• Korea, Rep.

More infrastructure data for Samoa

• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 134,320 (2022)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 62.4 (2022)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 4,567 (2022)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 2.12 (2022)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 21.85 (2023)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 3,540 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 42,120 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0.00595 (2023)
• ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) — 3.27% (2024)
• ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)

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Questions people ask

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

76.67% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2009?

It is up 76.1 percentage points from 0.57% in 2009. The highest value was 76.67% in 2024 and the lowest 0.3% in 2012.

How does Samoa rank?

2nd highest of 119 economies with data for 2024.

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

In 2024, Samoa's high-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) rose 70.93 percentage points on 2023 (from 5.74% to 76.67%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2023), the average change was +0.53 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.7 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 41.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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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