High Tech Exports (% of Manufactured Exports)

Africa Ranking

percent of manufactured exportsSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Central African Republic	29.02	2018	3	22.08
2 ↓	Sao Tome and Principe	17.03	2019	1	45.97
3 ↑	Ethiopia	13.1	2020	4	9.42
4 ↑	Niger	12.23	2020	11	5.65
5 ↑	Ivory Coast	11.23	2019	8	6.56
6 ↑	Rwanda	10.55	2019	19	2.57
7 ↑	Cameroon	7.03	2018	10	6.02
8 ↑	Nigeria	6.94	2020	27	1.48
9 ↑	Tanzania	6.89	2018	20	2.56
9 ↓	Tunisia	6.89	2019	7	6.76
11 ↑	South Africa	5.62	2020	14	4.89
12	Mali	5.48	2019	12	5.53
13 ↑	Kenya	5.11	2020	16	4.59
14 ↓	Republic of the Congo	4.55	2020	9	6.34
15	Morocco	4.43	2020	15	4.85
16 ↓	Burkina Faso	3.4	2020	2	25.8
17 ↓	Malawi	2.78	2020	6	7.26
18 ↑	Egypt	2.68	2020	22	2.34
18 ↑	Benin	2.68	2020	21	2.55
20 ↓	Zimbabwe	2.38	2020	13	4.95
21 ↑	Mauritius	2.31	2020	25	2.14
22 ↑	Mauritania	2.2	2020	42	0.01
23 ↓	Uganda	2.1	2020	17	3.12
24	Seychelles	1.5	2020	24	2.2
25 ↑	Sudan	1.38	2011	38	0.2
26 ↓	Zambia	1.37	2020	23	2.31
27 ↓	Ghana	1.14	2019	5	8.3
28	Mozambique	1.02	2020	28	0.98
29 ↑	Algeria	0.96	2017	32	0.49
30 ↑	Djibouti	0.92	2009	43
31 ↓	Guinea	0.9	2016	29	0.96
32 ↑	Gambia	0.89	2020	41	0.04
33 ↑	Madagascar	0.8	2020	34	0.37
34 ↓	Senegal	0.74	2020	30	0.94
34 ↑	Sierra Leone	0.74	2018	39	0.06
36 ↓	Comoros	0.58	2020	18	3.03
37 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.51	2020	31	0.78
38 ↓	Namibia	0.48	2020	37	0.24
39 ↓	Botswana	0.4	2020	33	0.39
40 ↑	Cape Verde	0.37	2020	43	0
41 ↓	Swaziland	0.34	2020	35	0.27
42 ↓	Togo	0.24	2020	40	0.05
43 ↓	Burundi	0.17	2020	26	1.53
44 ↓	Lesotho	0.13	2020	36	0.25

Definition of High Tech Exports (% of Manufactured Exports)

High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.