North Africa
High-technology goods in North Africa’s manufactured exports
In 2023, high-technology goods accounted for 7.70% of Tunisia’s manufactured exports, 5.43% of Morocco’s and 3.16% of Egypt’s. The same product classification shows a narrower gap between those three economies than in 2017. Algeria’s available observations end in 2017 in this series.
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2023
Shared scale · 0% to 7.7%
2017
Shared scale · 0% to 7.7%
Compare common years for Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Algeria’s historical records appear in the table.
The three shared-year comparisons show different paths
Tunisia’s share rose from 7.39% in 2017 to 7.70% in 2023. Morocco’s rose from 3.86% to 5.43% and Egypt’s from 0.57% to 3.16%. Tunisia remained highest among the three, but its lead over Egypt narrowed from about 6.8 to 4.5 percentage points. Source 1
The available years set the limit of the chart
All four economies have 2017 observations, when Algeria recorded 0.96%. Algeria has no later observations in the extracted series. Egypt reached 3.81% in 2024, but Morocco and Tunisia both stop at 2023. The comparison uses a common end year instead of pairing unmatched years. Source 1
The definition follows exported products
The classification identifies goods with high research and development intensity, such as products in aerospace, computing, pharmaceuticals and scientific instruments. It classifies the exported products. A shipment counted in the numerator does not establish the level of local research or the share of a product’s value created domestically. Source 2
A rising share can reflect either side of the ratio
This measure divides high-technology export value by all manufactured export value. A country’s ratio can rise when high-technology shipments grow, or when other manufactured exports decline. The indicator does not give total export value, shipment volume or the share of high-technology products in all merchandise exports. Source 1 Source 2