Uganda: Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Uganda's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) rose 2.74 percentage points on 2023 (from 21.75% to 24.49%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.66 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.2 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 21.35 percentage points in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 25.16 percentage points in 2000. 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 0.44 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 44% of the movement over 10 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, Uganda had the 94th 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 Uganda in the 2024 ranking

• Barbados — 90th of 152: 25.88%
• Ukraine — 91st of 152: 25.74%
• Niger — 92nd of 152: 25.55%
• Yemen, Rep. — 94th of 152: 24.46%
• Oman — 95th of 152: 24.14%
• Guatemala — 96th of 152: 23.35%

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

Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) in nearby economies

• Angola — 27.82% (2024)
• Botswana — 5.7% (2024)
• Burundi — 15.68% (2024)
• Cabo Verde — 0% (2024)
• Cameroon — 15.12% (2024)
• Central African Republic — 79.66% (2024)
• Congo, Rep. — 65.88% (2024)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 22.67% (2024)
• Eritrea — 14.67% (2024)

More infrastructure data for Uganda

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 195,975 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.39 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 41.6 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 83.17 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1,425 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 21,650 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0.06 (2023)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 8.95% (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 1,424 (2023)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Uganda's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports)?

24.49% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is down 17.1 percentage points from 41.59% in 1990. The highest value was 41.59% in 1990 and the lowest 12.94% in 2000.

How does Uganda rank?

94th highest of 152 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) unusual for Uganda?

In 2024, Uganda's medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) rose 2.74 percentage points on 2023 (from 21.75% to 24.49%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.66 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.2 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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.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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