High-Technology Exports by Country
High-technology exports measure the value of exported products with high research and development intensity, expressed in current US dollars. They include goods such as aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery. The dataset covers 169 countries and territories with values from 2020 to 2024 and shows how high-tech export performance has developed across the world economy. High-technology exports are often used as an indicator of a country's technological competitiveness and industrial sophistication.
China recorded by far the largest high-technology exports in 2024 at 856.8 billion US dollars, followed by Hong Kong with 422.3 billion. Germany ranked third with 246.6 billion, ahead of the United States (232.9 billion) and Singapore (223.6 billion). South Korea (216.2 billion), Malaysia (134.8 billion), Ireland (117.6 billion), France (116.6 billion), and the Netherlands (103.0 billion) complete the top ten. China alone accounts for 23.1 percent of total high-technology exports recorded across the 126 countries with 2024 data, and the top three economies together represent 41.2 percent of the total. The five largest exporters account for 53.6 percent, while the top ten represent 72.2 percent of the total. Japan (102.5 billion), Mexico (94.5 billion), Switzerland (89.5 billion), and the United Kingdom (84.8 billion) also record exports above 80 billion dollars. Vietnam, which recorded high-technology exports of 132.8 billion in 2023, does not have a 2024 figure in this dataset and is therefore not included in the 2024 ranking. In Asia, China is the dominant exporter, followed by Hong Kong (422.3 billion), Singapore (223.6 billion), and South Korea (216.2 billion). Malaysia (134.8 billion), Japan (102.5 billion), Thailand (61.3 billion), India (54.1 billion), and the Philippines (34.4 billion) also record exports above 30 billion. Vietnam's latest available figure is 132.8 billion in 2023. In Europe, Germany leads with 246.6 billion, followed by Ireland (117.6 billion), France (116.6 billion), the Netherlands (103.0 billion), and Switzerland (89.5 billion). The United Kingdom (84.8 billion), the Czech Republic (52.4 billion), Belgium (51.3 billion), and Poland (40.1 billion) also record exports above 40 billion. In the Americas, the United States leads with 232.9 billion, followed by Mexico (94.5 billion), Canada (36.0 billion), and Brazil (8.7 billion). In the Middle East and Africa, high-technology exports are substantially smaller, with no country recording more than 3 billion dollars in 2024 data; South Africa records the largest figure in Africa at 2.5 billion. China recorded the largest absolute increase in high-technology exports between 2020 and 2024, with exports rising from 757.5 billion to 856.8 billion US dollars, an increase of 99.3 billion (13 percent). The United States recorded the second largest increase at 91.3 billion (from 141.6 billion, up 64 percent), followed by Hong Kong (340.1 to 422.3 billion, plus 82.2 billion, or 24 percent) and Ireland (43.1 to 117.6 billion, plus 74.5 billion, or 173 percent). Germany recorded the fifth largest increase at 64.2 billion (from 182.4 billion, up 35 percent), ahead of Singapore (159.9 to 223.6 billion, plus 63.7 billion, or 40 percent). In relative terms, Switzerland recorded the largest increase among major exporters, with exports rising from 29.2 billion in 2020 to 89.5 billion in 2024, an increase of 206 percent, followed by Ireland (173 percent) and India (21.6 to 54.1 billion, up 151 percent). No major exporter recorded a substantial decline over the period. Among countries with both 2020 and 2024 figures, the Philippines recorded the largest decline in absolute terms, with exports falling from 34.9 billion in 2020 to 34.4 billion in 2024, a decrease of around 2 percent. Japan recorded a decline of less than 1 percent (from 102.9 to 102.5 billion), while Ukraine (minus 31 percent) and Nigeria (minus 74 percent) recorded the largest relative declines from small bases. The statistics are based on the World Bank World Development Indicators dataset, indicator TX.VAL.TECH.CD (High-technology exports, current US$). The main comparison uses 2024 data, the most recent year available, covering 126 of the 169 countries and territories in our dataset. For countries without a 2024 observation, the latest available year is noted where relevant, but earlier years are not substituted for missing 2024 values in the ranking. Values are expressed in current US dollars and are not adjusted for inflation. Missing observations are treated as missing, not as zero.Countries With the Largest High-Technology Exports in 2024
High-Technology Exports by Country
High-Technology Exports Around the World
Largest Increases in High-Technology Exports, 2020–2024
Largest Decreases in High-Technology Exports, 2020–2024
High-Technology Exports by Country
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1
757,483,821,706
936,394,581,135
924,393,316,669
825,045,389,470
856,764,726,389
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2
340,143,502,997
431,668,056,504
404,935,377,075
369,163,546,379
422,347,931,252
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3
182,393,711,293
211,942,359,477
245,975,238,590
260,043,024,452
246,637,611,895
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4
163,074,029,188
203,986,068,635
209,651,189,631
164,678,173,896
216,203,069,107
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5
159,939,927,691
192,223,598,135
213,832,968,911
197,387,649,519
223,592,699,065
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6
141,612,133,157
169,281,833,346
191,876,058,536
208,514,376,770
232,906,639,404
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7
102,929,600,738
116,695,460,286
113,492,876,284
102,601,446,852
102,451,366,263
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8
101,534,457,843
120,466,093,145
135,907,434,790
132,776,576,635
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9
92,101,649,422
108,684,889,920
136,826,796,904
127,032,168,259
134,785,868,653
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10
87,513,986,459
97,729,573,744
106,026,835,558
115,256,032,667
116,591,262,278
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11
87,232,912,188
101,413,257,497
98,441,621,634
107,768,604,133
103,035,133,130
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12
71,010,208,559
74,981,570,074
91,195,069,526
84,000,931,839
94,523,732,432
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13
58,169,579,347
66,732,692,546
74,407,155,054
82,372,118,999
84,767,727,807
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14
45,815,361,315
50,016,560,454
53,769,309,657
54,112,421,409
61,347,380,454
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15
43,116,907,694
49,840,175,468
92,158,964,502
91,363,721,988
117,636,882,485
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16
39,608,918,726
41,423,396,626
46,554,526,977
46,329,135,586
52,422,447,878
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17
34,896,354,090
38,194,465,821
41,726,956,647
37,090,950,135
34,360,137,210
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18
34,318,944,448
60,841,701,079
68,608,511,632
50,647,716,012
51,334,304,858
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19
32,899,224,952
36,849,787,531
45,177,261,781
52,167,641,514
60,156,857,365
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20
30,705,829,277
35,218,428,012
36,895,712,941
41,530,542,798
36,001,612,663
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21
29,246,591,977
38,186,912,946
81,075,544,288
84,443,768,583
89,522,512,070
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22
21,583,797,567
27,447,578,528
35,784,973,166
40,942,449,667
54,140,883,629
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23
19,970,865,152
23,837,274,338
33,137,532,120
36,255,539,615
40,109,557,279
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24
18,196,444,682
19,838,941,890
22,854,435,493
24,766,593,885
28,785,162,217
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25
17,731,149,372
18,973,178,383
23,544,889,099
25,154,571,512
25,089,500,191
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26
15,995,936,181
17,019,360,151
23,542,335,794
27,308,757,068
30,090,214,103
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27
15,726,202,393
23,457,225,215
33,298,624,237
25,806,027,599
23,796,613,238
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28
12,960,847,000
16,092,016,000
18,960,759,000
19,283,415,000
19,428,780,000
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29
10,456,156,892
12,558,522,501
13,697,919,561
15,851,279,312
17,124,731,773
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30
7,860,143,292
8,421,902,423
7,989,914,994
10,210,993,543
10,848,949,470
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31
6,984,619,201
8,026,993,060
8,531,975,344
9,724,366,747
10,710,427,442
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32
6,567,475,904
10,598,637,533
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-
-
-
33
6,408,750,621
7,492,179,183
10,339,847,555
10,509,333,468
10,407,239,550
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34
5,944,951,723
6,350,128,610
7,707,210,423
8,060,841,826
8,694,667,841
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35
5,590,752,219
6,310,404,299
7,827,261,971
7,767,880,136
8,190,032,382
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36
4,419,553,378
5,489,726,511
5,314,037,683
5,292,503,329
4,684,273,534
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37
4,172,760,165
5,715,371,245
6,906,506,415
8,461,609,431
9,903,861,226
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38
4,069,222,591
4,733,483,567
5,205,063,513
5,969,103,927
6,446,039,526
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39
3,366,105,196
3,561,400,342
4,279,022,517
4,210,059,440
4,134,796,922
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40
2,619,281,589
3,107,242,456
3,618,309,366
3,740,035,230
4,181,003,497
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41
2,542,920,750
2,476,347,678
3,924,918,658
4,206,749,873
4,857,826,350
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42
2,169,488,523
2,681,060,611
2,331,439,433
2,085,454,295
2,269,700,530
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43
2,155,498,073
2,629,729,427
2,722,362,666
3,178,034,114
3,345,754,344
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44
2,031,756,167
2,117,626,840
3,760,939,727
5,145,671,171
7,194,367,300
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45
2,006,739,599
2,250,610,346
2,860,598,783
3,023,255,566
2,973,518,417
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46
1,837,563,022
1,946,947,495
2,056,985,276
2,140,234,227
1,903,396,258
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47
1,835,319,303
2,418,464,070
2,494,861,682
2,215,402,355
2,453,906,343
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48
1,368,060,499
1,264,185,464
1,400,540,500
1,841,775,193
1,076,634,941
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49
1,202,292,537
2,904,973,069
3,214,235,330
3,183,641,981
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50
1,175,961,260
1,283,624,066
888,066,464
728,946,823
810,228,284
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51
1,084,083,418
1,330,725,251
1,736,046,687
1,738,860,511
1,919,903,808
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52
1,038,666,681
1,457,228,331
2,066,890,450
2,809,087,758
2,947,807,985
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53
857,164,498
922,201,805
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-
-
-
54
850,002,482
1,132,107,354
1,392,530,221
1,723,700,823
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-
55
844,223,212
763,239,296
1,015,509,185
1,234,225,995
1,305,435,544
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56
832,607,036
959,678,980
1,041,437,024
1,198,528,314
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-
57
710,934,754
927,101,298
1,087,552,014
1,358,732,901
1,526,799,973
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58
689,647,169
735,066,988
885,893,553
873,209,016
955,977,281
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59
618,381,650
806,654,895
820,151,287
792,916,097
635,122,294
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60
589,224,440
662,031,837
784,366,169
441,801,906
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-
61
589,049,116
673,724,583
826,243,764
823,530,843
839,952,800
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62
546,445,789
466,425,814
663,679,613
689,722,037
409,324,952
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63
487,003,237
565,390,971
406,158,882
454,061,980
575,848,242
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64
466,395,732
147,790,556
270,331,668
245,655,998
308,181,126
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65
347,931,933
645,859,214
766,542,713
696,971,153
887,725,667
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66
334,578,591
18,783,670
18,993,642
11,523,340
-
-
67
309,393,322
318,590,723
329,716,126
384,348,995
535,223,179
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68
308,424,335
454,908,154
1,225,957,686
2,353,434,396
1,095,668,798
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69
300,037,283
332,469,285
369,983,861
376,979,755
365,552,337
-
70
235,751,311
109,835,608
204,444,295
146,953,997
-
-
71
232,386,915
276,603,713
288,192,179
387,658,985
431,775,125
-
72
228,122,461
348,626,313
414,452,908
296,585,304
247,046,197
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73
225,716,430
305,581,286
200,938,589
190,414,450
276,680,774
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74
218,849,973
158,426,077
172,650,607
261,804,808
243,366,621
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75
212,050,903
323,354,391
346,093,120
335,043,704
406,642,998
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76
190,326,678
195,947,207
76,668,152
65,160,240
50,082,370
-
77
172,740,806
222,582,995
263,430,270
264,161,339
286,206,778
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78
144,580,750
239,162,849
322,470,151
453,683,000
689,254,852
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79
119,892,696
96,091,680
206,223,949
-
-
-
80
113,936,601
132,818,761
185,880,308
188,475,643
190,484,194
-
81
85,930,692
57,056,299
45,746,966
60,148,845
66,981,513
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82
83,151,264
94,328,328
103,356,170
112,381,343
120,784,984
-
83
78,697,323
109,412,830
129,255,367
177,694,397
-
-
84
76,215,638
43,838,265
323,842,671
98,096,541
60,851,334
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85
62,939,856
88,015,705
93,960,972
109,983,773
104,881,340
-
86
61,780,229
86,295,937
15,750,403
18,779,129
-
-
87
59,109,890
40,017,534
78,992,997
40,040,970
-
-
88
58,998,495
21,992,491
-
86,433,420
105,462,699
-
89
56,250,897
56,851,004
58,387,740
110,019,023
86,358,481
-
90
54,397,925
103,189,077
179,235,119
162,697,885
185,603,383
-
91
52,973,250
77,485,367
124,665,033
106,992,254
154,303,360
-
92
-
52,191,021
75,036,421
88,653,670
-
-
93
46,120,730
43,596,708
77,204,455
89,918,197
64,121,494
-
94
43,204,864
24,782,074
9,017,811
9,855,262
-
-
95
42,220,494
15,074,495
83,976,163
200,637,379
96,321,857
-
96
37,906,534
38,829,158
27,110,079
30,899,820
-
-
97
36,290,169
36,063,879
49,533,520
51,383,658
-
-
98
33,914,977
22,212,874
49,582,911
56,810,637
37,073,081
-
99
30,598,853
33,548,389
23,822,001
54,309,247
359,676,657
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100
27,637,566
87,115,119
135,451,210
174,265,303
133,295,328
-
101
26,514,439
37,562,644
497,178,920
840,724,814
892,555,441
-
102
25,313,814
19,196,509
18,830,529
16,529,186
18,924,402
-
103
20,091,030
2,679,317
16,986,363
6,408,555
7,205,275
-
104
18,904,904
21,773,455
22,595,261
28,885,013
30,665,848
-
105
18,387,069
14,675,348
17,578,118
43,110,701
27,426,708
-
106
17,896,042
222,790,197
13,311,229
-
-
-
107
17,461,774
4,658,514
17,597,529
9,864,324
-
-
108
16,838,415
23,428,722
38,953,785
25,600,565
-
-
109
15,965,130
30,923,034
28,422,821
25,220,521
28,950,881
-
110
13,485,139
22,371,253
35,257,941
27,251,877
51,178,345
-
111
13,231,875
16,787,165
37,872,247
19,250,589
38,187,367
-
112
11,992,939
14,531,924
12,160,336
17,759,669
-
-
113
11,773,219
17,816,471
23,040,470
16,912,260
21,995,979
-
114
11,123,736
1,950,223
2,268,902
1,594,712
2,852,557
-
115
10,714,229
10,218,867
8,748,554
14,668,136
23,417,908
-
116
10,398,277
7,773,206
7,824,197
6,973,389
12,519,990
-
117
9,960,411
13,067,233
14,413,066
15,199,424
33,518,821
-
118
9,890,059
30,355,921
37,239,155
22,949,838
16,586,838
-
119
9,513,473
6,433,383
3,815,787
-
-
-
120
8,771,623
12,797,212
5,924,134
2,603,432
6,297,439
-
121
-
8,559,644
20,927,708
20,813,123
-
-
122
8,275,259
4,788,223
7,822,102
10,554,661
13,885,912
-
123
7,556,051
26,333,300
37,258,335
22,544,982
42,778,220
-
124
6,620,517
5,718,462
8,618,328
6,237,581
-
-
125
5,698,918
354,749
0
7,099
0
-
126
5,221,136
9,522,923
6,797,226
-
-
-
127
5,106,597
23,343,057
9,877,273
1,514,715
1,326,559
-
128
4,512,408
5,248,961
6,251,561
9,772,010
9,208,619
-
129
4,210,604
27,328,165
20,530,609
13,859,632
-
-
130
4,097,239
3,595,403
2,782,855
8,323,768
2,468,004
-
131
3,810,240
6,384,226
886,411
16,899,736
33,080,643
-
132
3,794,093
734,896
3,026,694
34,144,340
-
-
133
3,747,606
4,198,951
3,985,543
3,576,837
-
-
134
3,274,143
3,063,735
3,306,828
3,982,231
7,912,647
-
135
3,052,935
25,335,204
51,137,809
58,656,463
-
-
136
2,887,310
-
-
-
-
-
137
2,807,564
5,291,087
29,030,501
5,300,351
13,290,018
-
138
2,250,366
8,017,648
18,227,789
16,632,000
13,740,731
-
139
1,788,242
1,171,746
1,735,162
1,665,839
-
-
140
1,438,979
139,915
111,140
9,073,399
13,317,390
-
141
1,410,633
1,211,677
1,478,628
1,700,350
22,455,589
-
142
1,317,730
4,625,003
2,422,189
4,133,308
1,242,498
-
143
1,315,183
784,869
8,462,099
711
1082
-
144
1,190,218
1,380,718
1,093,142
3,637,891
1,999,163
-
145
1,133,039
1,034,853
927,489
1,222,621
-
-
146
915,082
1,274,941
1,239,758
2,229,077
2,861,089
-
147
869,524
1,878,816
1,251,163
1,784,202
5,858,517
-
148
694,221
333,800
333,696
1,339,544
1,862,786
-
149
237,290
535,475
666,218
480,654
622,801
-
150
221,013
42,956
61,407
2,293,328
-
-
151
181,587
639,994
764,250
837,552
941,515
-
152
145,604
291,177
3,200,283
367,176
-
-
153
141,312
-
35,440
27,754
-
-
154
139,614
78,068
15,026
70,979
-
-
155
112,035
90,309
110,475
420,417
656,058
-
156
106,849
878,109
16,373,796
221,989
12,191,538
-
157
83,778
4,264
-
-
-
-
158
64,217
14,461
17
0
13
-
159
62,460
134,350
155,610
73,876
-
-
160
-
53,764
36,152
396,638
12,678,894
-
161
38,577
28,418
40,974
91,529
-
-
162
22,492
52,895
279,944
430,943
-
-
163
3,035
961,787
859,787
97,955
-
-
164
2,793
10,421
37,875
646
26
-
165
1274
20
24,121
14,930
7,739
-
166
28
39
1,291,171
546,186
-
-
167
0
0
0
0
0
-
168
0
0
0
0
0
-
169
0
146
191,441
535,939
-
-
Methodology
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country exports the most high-technology products?
China recorded the largest high-technology exports in 2024 at 856.8 billion US dollars, followed by Hong Kong (422.3 billion) and Germany (246.6 billion).
How many countries are included in the dataset?
Our dataset includes 169 countries and territories. Of these, 126 have data available for 2024, the most recent year in the dataset. Countries without a 2024 observation are not included in the ranking.
What counts as a high-technology export?
High-technology exports are products with high research and development intensity, such as aerospace goods, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.
Why is the latest year 2024 and not 2025?
The World Bank dataset used for this statistic does not include 2025 observations for high-technology exports. The ranking is therefore based on 2024, the most recent year available.
Are the figures adjusted for inflation?
No. The values are expressed in current US dollars, meaning they are not adjusted for inflation. Changes over time can therefore reflect changes in volumes as well as changes in prices and exchange rates.
Data Disclaimer: Projected data (future years) are estimates based on mathematical models. Actual values may differ. Learn about our methodology →
Sources
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Updated: 05.08.2026https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/TX.VAL.TECH.CD
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