Share of medium and high-tech manufacturing in gross domestic product by country

Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total value added (%)

Countries reporting
92
Highest
85.5%
Singapore
Lowest
1.5%
Paraguay
Median
26.9%
Years covered
15
2008–2022
Data points
1,132

What the numbers show

Share of medium and high-tech manufacturing in gross domestic product is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 85.5% in Singapore; the lowest is 1.5% in Paraguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 26.9%, and the mean is 27.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 58.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 67.9%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 62.6%).

Share of medium and high-tech manufacturing in gross domestic product: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 85.5% 2022 up 8.6% rising
2 Switzerland 70.3% 2021 up 16.6% rising
4 South Korea 61.8% 2022 up 3.3% rising
5 Germany 60.0% 2022 up 1.2% rising
6 Qatar 58.2% 2022 down 12.4% flat
7 Israel 55.6% 2021 up 5.9% flat
8 Japan 54.7% 2020 up 0.3% rising
9 Denmark 51.3% 2022 up 1.2% rising
10 Hungary 50.9% 2022 down 8.6% falling
11 Czechia 48.2% 2022 up 0.4% rising
12 Netherlands 47.5% 2022 up 9.3% rising
13 France 47.5% 2022 up 12.2% rising
14 China 47.1% 2018 up 7.7% rising
15 Oman 46.5% 2022 up 0.6% rising
16 United States 45.5% 2022 down 6.7% falling
17 Belgium 44.9% 2022 down 2.2% flat
18 Slovakia 44.0% 2022 down 3.3% rising
19 Mexico 43.9% 2022 up 6.7% rising
20 India 43.4% 2022 up 9.5% rising
21 Sweden 43.3% 2022 down 18.0% flat
22 Philippines 43.1% 2022 down 18.6% falling
23 Malaysia 42.2% 2020 up 3.9% flat
24 Myanmar 40.7% 2022 up 67.9% rising
25 United Kingdom 39.8% 2022 down 7.7% falling
26 Austria 39.3% 2022 down 7.8% flat
27 Vietnam 38.1% 2022 up 66.8% rising
28 Italy 37.8% 2022 down 5.1% rising
29 Costa Rica 37.6% 2021 up 47.3% rising
30 Iran 37.5% 2021 down 14.1% falling
31 Bulgaria 35.9% 2022 up 30.6% rising
32 Finland 35.7% 2022 up 16.2% rising
33 Belarus 33.7% 2020 down 6.7% falling
34 Spain 33.3% 2022 down 3.1% rising
35 Canada 32.9% 2022 down 13.0% falling
37 Turkey 32.4% 2022 up 7.5% rising
38 North Macedonia 32.0% 2021 up 23.8% rising
39 United Arab Emirates 31.1% 2022 down 0.0% flat
40 Puerto Rico 31.0% 2022 down 23.0% falling
41 Poland 30.6% 2022 down 3.1% falling
42 Romania 30.5% 2022 down 14.7% rising
43 Brazil 30.5% 2022 down 9.8% falling
44 Slovenia 28.9% 2022 down 37.6% falling
45 Australia 28.9% 2022 up 3.4% flat
46 Norway 28.0% 2022 down 6.3% falling
47 Ukraine 27.8% 2022 down 20.2% falling
48 Indonesia 26.9% 2021 down 17.6% falling
49 Senegal 26.9% 2019 up 38.0% rising
50 Russia 26.4% 2022 up 20.1% rising
51 Saudi Arabia 26.0% 2022 down 19.9% falling
52 Botswana 25.9% 2022 up 27.6% rising
53 New Zealand 24.2% 2022 up 20.7% rising
54 Colombia 24.1% 2022 up 12.4% rising
55 Lithuania 23.9% 2022 up 34.5% rising
56 Estonia 22.9% 2022 down 3.9% falling
57 Serbia 22.6% 2022 up 22.7% rising
58 Portugal 22.4% 2022 down 3.3% rising
59 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.5% 2022 up 12.6% rising
60 Uzbekistan 19.4% 2022 up 15.1% rising
61 Egypt 18.8% 2020 down 20.2% rising
62 Cyprus 18.1% 2022 up 24.9% rising
63 Hong Kong 17.3% 2022 up 5.0% falling
64 Moldova 17.2% 2022 up 34.2% rising
65 Georgia 16.9% 2022 up 36.8% rising
66 Greece 16.5% 2021 down 3.6% rising
67 Uruguay 16.5% 2022 up 21.6% rising
68 Kazakhstan 15.7% 2022 up 49.2% rising
69 Lebanon 14.6% 2020 up 47.8% rising
70 Kenya 13.8% 2020 up 63.7% rising
70 Croatia 13.8% 2022 down 37.7% falling
72 Azerbaijan 13.7% 2022 up 63.3% rising
73 Latvia 12.7% 2022 down 3.5% falling
74 Ecuador 12.7% 2021 up 7.2% rising
75 Tunisia 11.6% 2015 flat
76 Zambia 10.1% 2015 up 65.8% flat
77 Montenegro 10.0% 2015 up 30.8% rising
78 Iceland 9.8% 2022 down 25.0% flat
79 Zimbabwe 9.4% 2018 falling
80 Sri Lanka 8.8% 2020 up 0.1% flat
81 Rwanda 8.7% 2022 down 12.9% rising
82 Fiji 7.0% 2021 down 1.4% flat
83 Tanzania 6.6% 2021 down 43.6% falling
84 Mali 6.2% 2019 rising
85 Palestine 6.0% 2019 up 17.1% flat
86 Namibia 5.1% 2022 up 8.0% rising
87 Mauritius 4.8% 2022 up 16.5% flat
88 Armenia 4.0% 2022 up 0.2% rising
89 Mongolia 3.8% 2022 up 10.5% falling
90 Angola 3.6% 2022 up 8.9% rising
91 Iraq 3.5% 2022 down 60.8% falling
92 Algeria 2.7% 2015 rising
93 Kyrgyzstan 2.3% 2022 down 62.6% falling
94 Paraguay 1.5% 2022 down 28.5% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Share of medium and high-tech manufacturing in gross domestic product
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Industrial Development Organization – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,132 data points, 2008–2022
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