United Arab Emirates's high-technology exports (current US$) was US$3.18 billion in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 693.15% from US$401.39 million in 2013 (23.01% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$3.18 billion | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | US$643.63 million | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | US$401.39 million | 2013 |
| Highest | US$3.21 billion | 2022 |
| Lowest | US$211.1 million | 2008 |
| Average since 2014 | US$1.52 billion | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | US$211.1 million |
What the numbers say
In 2023, United Arab Emirates' high-technology exports (current US$) fell 1% on 2022 (from US$3.21 billion to US$3.18 billion).
Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2022), the average change was +42.9% and a typical year strayed about 96% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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 265.2% in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 46.4% in 2016. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$277.57 million a year. A straight line explains 55% 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 2023, United Arab Emirates 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | US$3.18 billion | 2023 |
| World | US$3.58 trillion | 2023 |
| High income | US$2.42 trillion | 2024 |
Closest to United Arab Emirates in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.
Limitations: The indicator is based on data reported by countries to COMTRADE. The export values presented in the World Development Indicators represent Gross Exports less Re-Exports. The values may be impacted in cases of reporting errors or missing data, for example if countries do not report Re-Exports for one or more periods.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 13 values
| Year | High-technology exports (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3,183,641,981 |
| 2022 | 3,214,235,330 |
| 2021 | 2,904,973,069 |
| 2020 | 1,202,292,537 |
| 2019 | 670,459,816 |
| 2018 | 643,634,927 |
| 2017 | 523,668,921 |
| 2016 | 484,214,896 |
| 2015 | 903,670,848 |
| 2014 | 1,465,986,043 |
| 2013 |
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$441.8 million (2023)
- Pakistan
More infrastructure data for United Arab Emirates
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 13,566 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 2.29 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 20.8 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 435,257 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 91.06 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 22.41 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 203.21 (2024)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 11.68% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is United Arab Emirates's high-technology exports (current US$)?
- US$3.18 billion in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2008?
- It is up 1,408% from US$211.1 million in 2008 (19.83% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$3.21 billion in 2022 and the lowest US$211.1 million in 2008.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank?
- 2nd highest of 28 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in high-technology exports (current US$) unusual for United Arab Emirates?
- In 2023, United Arab Emirates' high-technology exports (current US$) fell 1% on 2022 (from US$3.21 billion to US$3.18 billion). Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2022), the average change was +42.9% and a typical year strayed about 96% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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.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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