Medium and high-tech industry (% manufacturing value added) - Country Ranking - Europe

Definition: The proportion of medium and high-tech industry value added in total value added of manufacturing

Source: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) database

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Switzerland 65.55 2019
2 Germany 60.67 2019
3 Denmark 58.36 2019
4 Ireland 54.51 2019
5 Hungary 53.54 2019
6 Sweden 52.37 2019
7 Czech Republic 52.08 2019
8 Netherlands 51.49 2019
9 Belgium 50.88 2019
10 Slovak Republic 50.73 2019
11 France 50.42 2019
12 United Kingdom 48.17 2019
13 Romania 46.12 2019
14 Finland 45.64 2019
15 Austria 45.35 2019
16 Italy 43.19 2019
17 Belarus 42.21 2019
18 Norway 40.22 2019
19 Spain 39.54 2019
20 Slovenia 37.24 2019
21 Malta 36.59 2019
22 Turkey 33.72 2019
23 Poland 33.06 2019
24 Bulgaria 32.42 2019
25 North Macedonia 31.98 2019
26 Estonia 29.64 2019
27 Croatia 28.69 2019
28 Ukraine 28.10 2019
29 Lithuania 27.65 2019
30 Cyprus 27.29 2019
31 Portugal 25.53 2019
32 Serbia 24.65 2019
33 Latvia 21.91 2019
34 Luxembourg 20.77 2019
35 Greece 19.62 2019
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.04 2019
37 Moldova 17.76 2019
38 Iceland 14.92 2019
39 Montenegro 14.86 2019
40 Albania 4.61 2019

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Development Relevance: Industrial development generally entails a structural transition from resource-based and low technology activities to medium and high-tech industry (MHT) activities. A modern, highly complex production structure offers better opportunities for skills development and technological innovation. MHT activities are also the high value addition industries of manufacturing with higher technological intensity and labour productivity. Increasing the share of MHT sectors also reflects the impact of innovation

Limitations and Exceptions: Value added by economic activity should be reported at least at 3-digit ISIC for compiling MHT values. Missing values at country level are imputed based on the methodology from Competitive Industrial Performance Report (UNIDO, 2017. Conversion to USD or difference in ISIC combinations may cause discrepancy between national and international figures. For additional information please see UNIDO (2017): http://stat.unido.org/content/publications/volume-i%252c-competitive-industrial-performance-report-2016

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The indicator is calculated as the share of the sum of the value added from medium and high-tech industry economic activities to manufacturing value added. The medium and high-tech industry is defined using OECD classification as the following by International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 3 and Revision 4 Division respectively: ISIC Rev. 3 (24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 excluding 351). Manufacturing value added is the value added of manufacturing industry, which is Section C of ISIC Rev.4, and Section D of ISIC Rev.3. Data can be found in UNIDO INDSTAT4 Database by ISIC Revision 3 and ISIC Revision 4 respectively. Data are collected using General Industrial Statistics Questionnaire which is filled by NSOs and submitted to UNIDO annually. Data for OECD countries are obtained directly from OECD. Country data are also collected from official publications and official web-sites. For additional information please see Table B.2.2 in Appendix B of UNIDO (2017): http://stat.unido.org/content/publications/volume-i%252c-competitive-industrial-performance-report-2016

Periodicity: Annual