High-Tech Exports Board Screensaver
The High-Tech Exports Board screensaver ranks real high-technology exports as a share of manufactured exports by country. It is free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
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How the High-Tech Exports Board screensaver works
The saver reads real high-technology exports as a share of manufactured exports data from the World Bank's own open data API.
Countries are ranked by their real latest reported high-tech export share.
The pipeline refreshes as the World Bank republishes the underlying dataset.
No key is required for this key-less public endpoint.
How high-tech exports are defined
The measure is the World Bank indicator for high-technology exports as a percentage of manufactured exports. High-technology products are defined as those with high research and development intensity, such as aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments and electrical machinery. The trade data originates with the UN Comtrade database and is accessed through the World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution platform, where goods are sorted by product code.
It is a share, not a value. A country that exports little can rank high if the few manufactured goods it ships are in these categories, while a large industrial economy with broad exports, such as food and textiles alongside electronics, can sit lower on this scale.
The figures depend on what each country reports to Comtrade, and the World Bank notes that values may be affected by reporting errors or missing data. Export values are gross exports minus re-exports, so gaps in re-export reporting can distort totals. The data covers physical goods, leaving out software and services.
A worked example
A real country's most recent reported high-tech export share is ranked against the real others, with bars easing into place as the board loads.
Settings & tips
- High-tech exports include products like aerospace, computers and pharmaceuticals.
- Accent recolours the bars and header text.
- Figures come straight from the World Bank's own open data API.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real data?
- Yes — real high-technology exports as a share of manufactured exports figures from the World Bank's own open data API.
- Is a key needed?
- No. The World Bank indicators API is fully key-less.
- How often does it update?
- The pipeline re-reads the World Bank's own dataset periodically, on whatever schedule the underlying indicator is republished.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.
- Does a high share mean a big tech industry?
- Not always. It is a percentage of manufactured exports, so a small economy with few exports can score high while a large one with diverse exports scores lower.
- Why can small places top the list?
- Their manufactured exports may be a handful of goods, so a few high-technology products can make up a large share of the total.