South Asia's high-technology exports (current US$) was US$41.05 billion in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 126.97% from US$18.09 billion in 2013 (8.54% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$41.05 billion | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | US$20.4 billion | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | US$18.09 billion | 2013 |
| Highest | US$41.05 billion | 2023 |
| Lowest | US$10.77 billion | 2010 |
| Average since 2015 | US$23.85 billion | 2015–2023 |
| First recorded | US$11.31 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2023, South Asia's high-technology exports (current US$) rose 14.4% on 2022 (from US$35.89 billion to US$41.05 billion).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2022), the average change was +14.3% and a typical year strayed about 17.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 35.8% in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 8% in 2020. 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 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$3.25 billion a year. A straight line explains 89% 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
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| South Asia | US$41.05 billion | 2023 |
| World | US$3.58 trillion | 2023 |
What this measures
High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.
Limitations: The indicator is based on data reported by countries to COMTRADE. The export values presented in the World Development Indicators represent Gross Exports less Re-Exports. The values may be impacted in cases of reporting errors or missing data, for example if countries do not report Re-Exports for one or more periods.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 14 values
| Year | High-technology exports (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 41,054,859,410 |
| 2022 | 35,892,218,438 |
| 2021 | 27,548,350,660 |
| 2020 | 21,676,606,409 |
| 2019 | 23,567,503,343 |
| 2018 | 20,404,909,813 |
| 2017 | 15,352,013,617 |
| 2016 | 14,422,300,224 |
| 2015 | 14,748,453,386 |
| 2014 | no data |
High-technology exports (current US$) in nearby economies
- Algeria — US$9.03 million (2017)
- Bahrain — US$11.52 million (2023)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$887.73 million (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$206.22 million (2022)
- Israel — US$19.43 billion (2024)
- Jordan — US$177.69 million (2023)
- Kuwait — US$359.68 million (2024)
- Lebanon — US$60.85 million (2024)
- Malta — US$1.31 billion (2024)
- Oman — US$441.8 million (2023)
- Pakistan
More infrastructure data for South Asia
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 52 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 3.1 (2025)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1.44 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 2,231 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 196.8 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.38 billion (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 81.7 (2025)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 4,373 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 37,241 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is South Asia's high-technology exports (current US$)?
- US$41.05 billion in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2009?
- It is up 262.88% from US$11.31 billion in 2009 (9.64% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$41.05 billion in 2023 and the lowest US$10.77 billion in 2010.
- Is the latest change in high-technology exports (current US$) unusual for South Asia?
- In 2023, South Asia's high-technology exports (current US$) rose 14.4% on 2022 (from US$35.89 billion to US$41.05 billion). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2022), the average change was +14.3% and a typical year strayed about 17.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.TECH.CD, 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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