ECOWAS Topics Research and Development R&D Expenditure

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

High-technology exports in current prices (US dollars)

20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Benin569,7963,987,9901,171,209577,9993,522,2931,403,781700,7141,410,6331,211,6771,478,6281,700,350
Burkina Faso11,301,0028,259,13310,978,41614,208,16913,835,4385,765,8336,875,5745,350,8476,498,09134,843,2644,097,2393,595,4032,782,8558,323,768
Cabo Verde062,511033112155,28262,460134,350155,61073,876
Cote d'Ivoire70,492,080176,346,41696,850,645165,475,569241,143,808187,852,042126,579,773137,431,68178,786,305141,805,00056,250,89756,851,00458,387,740110,019,023
Ghana9,152,12423,837,34474,464,82762,205,33396,040,60389,431,41221,058,84141,175,49750,025,5939,976,5318,559,64420,927,70820,813,123
Guinea-Bissau18
Liberia35,034,9389,816,7951,141,7393,035961,787859,78797,955
Mali3,204,1827,320,6653,974,15910,105,7883,017,42010,404,13711,053,681
Niger4,573,2683,285,6324,737,34153,489,20972,921,91111,881,0054,109,92917,744,3055,845,1781,838,1368,771,62312,797,2125,924,1342,603,432
Nigeria63,081,91440,538,81277,755,37091,782,074140,225,736495,095,3027,388,34818,315,63641,645,08985,424,677190,326,678195,947,20776,668,15265,160,240
Senegal14,627,1789,078,7558,594,91211,616,69414,570,00128,135,98523,026,46018,853,04328,155,6909,427,0387,556,05126,333,30037,258,33522,544,982
Sierra Leone2,2515531,1501,349379,079
Gambia, The22,56412,71324,497073802,0906,0654021,2742024,12114,930
Togo164,313855,900681,561938,952531,8843,127,071289,2713,202,737337,247198,643915,0821,274,9411,239,7582,229,077