Saudi Arabia's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) was 35.4% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.96 percentage points from 34.44% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 35.4% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 34.84% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 34.44% | 2014 |
| Highest | 61.02% | 2017 |
| Lowest | 17.9% | 1993 |
| Average since 2015 | 37.05% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 19.7% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Saudi Arabia's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) rose 9.23 percentage points on 2023 (from 26.17% to 35.4%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.28 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.76 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 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 24.87 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.97 percentage points in 2018. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 18% 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 2024, Saudi Arabia had the 69th highest value of the 152 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 Saudi Arabia in the 2024 ranking
- Belarus — 65th of 152: 36.22%
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 66th of 152: 35.92%
- Montenegro — 67th of 152: 35.54%
- Paraguay — 69th of 152: 35.16%
- Jordan — 70th of 152: 35.07%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 71st of 152: 34.82%
What this measures
Share of medium and high-tech manufactured exports in total manufactured exports.
Limitations: Missing values at country level are imputed based on the methodology from Competitive Industrial Performance Report (UNIDO, 2017).
All 35 values
| Year | Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 35.4 |
| 2023 | 26.17 |
| 2022 | 29.93 |
| 2021 | 37.32 |
| 2020 | 40.65 |
| 2019 | 34.84 |
| 2018 | 32.05 |
| 2017 | 61.02 |
| 2016 | 36.15 |
| 2015 | 36.99 |
| 2014 |
Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 0.34% (2024)
- Algeria — 9.36% (2024)
- Bahrain — 21.06% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 34.31% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 35.92% (2024)
- Iraq — 0.44% (2024)
- Israel — 72.35% (2024)
- Jordan — 35.07% (2024)
- Kuwait — 5.96% (2024)
- Lebanon
More infrastructure data for Saudi Arabia
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 302,451 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 1,037 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 47.98 million (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 6.71 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 19.75 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 54.18 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 159.54 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents — 4,921 (2024)
- Patent applications, residents — 3,108 (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Saudi Arabia's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports)?
- 35.4% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 15.7 percentage points from 19.7% in 1990. The highest value was 61.02% in 2017 and the lowest 17.9% in 1993.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank?
- 69th highest of 152 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) unusual for Saudi Arabia?
- In 2024, Saudi Arabia's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) rose 9.23 percentage points on 2023 (from 26.17% to 35.4%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.28 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.76 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 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.MNF.TECH.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) database, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 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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