High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.7 |
| Botswana | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
| Lesotho | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Namibia | 2.0 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Eswatini | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |