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Korea – High-tech Exports 2008

High-technology exports as a share of manufactured exports. Includes products with high R&D intensity such as aerospace, computers, and pharmaceuticals. · World Bank
30.45% −1.98% from 2007 G20 rank: 6th

Korea's high-tech exports was 30.45% in 2008, decreased +1.98% from 32.43% in 2007. This was the 6th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2008
High-tech Exports by Country – 2008
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Singapore 52.69% 8.5%
2nd Malta 50.44% -4.9%
3rd Iceland 40.89% -32.7%
4th Costa Rica 39.57% -12.9%
5th Cyprus 32.02% 2.3%
6th Korea 30.45% -6.1%
7th Ireland 30.19% -5.7%
8th China 29.43% -2.7%
9th United States 28.42% -4.9%
10th Thailand 26.38% -5.9%
11th Netherlands 26.04% -10.4%
12th Hungary 24.97% -4.3%
13th Switzerland 24.70% 4.5%
14th Hong Kong SAR, China 24.39% 12.8%
15th Finland 21.49% -1.3%
16th France 21.46% 6.5%
17th Mexico 20.62%
18th United Kingdom 20.62% -1.3%
19th Japan 18.82% -6.2%
20th Norway 18.65% 4.0%
21st Sweden 17.25% 2.6%
22nd Israel 17.06% 123.6%
23rd Denmark 16.86% -7.7%
24th Andorra 16.09% -31.7%
25th Czechia 15.79% 3.3%
26th Côte d'Ivoire 15.38%
27th Australia 15.36% 5.6%
28th European Union 15.32% -1.7%
29th Canada 15.18% 2.8%
30th Germany 15.08% -2.5%
31st Zimbabwe 14.36%
32nd Brazil 12.76% 1.1%
33rd Austria 12.66% -2.5%
34th Lithuania 11.80% 1.7%
35th Estonia 11.44% -5.7%
36th Greece 10.85% 19.0%
37th Paraguay 9.60% 34.4%
38th Croatia 9.52% 0.2%
39th New Zealand 9.33% -7.6%
40th Argentina 9.33% 34.0%
41st Montenegro 9.03%
42nd Belgium 8.95% 5.7%
43rd Viet Nam 8.84%
44th Portugal 8.24% -4.3%
45th Luxembourg 8.01% -25.2%
46th Mauritius 7.48%
47th Latvia 7.39% -0.5%
48th Dominican Republic 7.14% -47.8%
49th Madagascar 7.03% 378.2%
50th Russian Federation 6.98% -2.9%
51st Bulgaria 6.97% 10.8%
52nd Romania 6.92% 56.7%
53rd Italy 6.68% -0.8%
54th Chile 6.56% -16.1%
55th Slovenia 6.49% 14.0%
56th El Salvador 5.85% -6.6%
57th Senegal 5.81%
58th Spain 5.58% -0.5%
59th Tunisia 5.56%
60th South Africa 5.48% -7.9%
61st Ecuador 5.45%
62nd Uruguay 5.33% 44.9%
63rd Poland 5.29% 36.3%
64th Slovak Republic 5.09% -5.7%
65th Faroe Islands 4.80% 902.3%
66th Kenya 4.69%
67th Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.51%
68th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.36% -5.9%
69th Guatemala 4.33% 17.9%
70th Greenland 4.27% -69.7%
71st Colombia 4.02% 31.0%
72nd Fiji 3.97%
73rd Lebanon 3.39% 11.2%
74th United Arab Emirates 3.31%
75th Mali 3.21%
76th Kyrgyz Republic 3.12%
77th Jamaica 2.95%
78th Peru 2.95%
79th Belarus 2.43%
80th Malawi 2.41%
81st Tanzania 2.26%
82nd Pakistan 1.92%
83rd Türkiye 1.89% -12.9%
84th Sri Lanka 1.88%
85th Syrian Arab Republic 1.82%
86th Armenia 1.57% 38.0%
87th Uganda 1.49%
88th North Macedonia 1.35% 50.5%
89th West Bank and Gaza 1.26% 27.7%
90th Panama 1.23%
91st Namibia 1.17% -78.7%
92nd Azerbaijan 1.15% -73.3%
93rd Egypt, Arab Republic of 1.05%
94th Algeria 1.04% -13.5%
95th Nicaragua 0.95% -80.0%
96th Jordan 0.92% -19.1%
97th Saudi Arabia 0.78% 16.4%
98th Trinidad and Tobago 0.77% -51.6%
99th Zambia 0.73%
100th New Caledonia 0.66%
101st Bangladesh 0.44%
102nd Eswatini 0.35%
103rd Bhutan 0.13% -83.1%
104th Guyana 0.11% -67.7%
105th Cambodia 0.09% 95.8%
106th Togo 0.04%
107th Macao SAR, China 0.00%
108th Tonga 0.00%