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MALAYSIA VS ASEAN · TECH TRADE · 2024
How large are Malaysia's high-tech exports compared with ASEAN peers?
World Bank/UN Comtrade high-technology export values for the eight ASEAN members with a verified 2024 value.
SHOW ME THE DATA2024 · high-technology exports · current US$ billions
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
2024
1Singapore223.6high-technology exports · current US$ billions
2Malaysia134.8high-technology exports · current US$ billions
3Thailand61.3high-technology exports · current US$ billions
4Philippines34.4high-technology exports · current US$ billions
5Indonesia10.4high-technology exports · current US$ billions
6Cambodia1.1high-technology exports · current US$ billions
7Myanmar0.3high-technology exports · current US$ billions
8Brunei Darussalam0high-technology exports · current US$ billions
UC/UN Comtrade / WITS via World Bankhigh-technology exports · current US$ billions
SourceUN Comtrade / WITS via World Bank ↗2024 same-year subset · checked 3 Oct 2026HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Malaysia ranks second among the eight ASEAN members with a verified 2024 value in this World Bank/UN Comtrade comparison.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita uses World Bank indicator TX.VAL.TECH.CD and includes only ASEAN members with a verified 2024 value. Viet Nam, Lao PDR and Timor-Leste are excluded because their latest verified values in this V2 snapshot are from 2023. Values are converted from current US dollars to billions for display.
- Malaysia is 2/8 in this same-year comparison at about US$134.8 billion.
- Singapore is about US$223.6 billion; Thailand US$61.3 billion; the Philippines US$34.4 billion; Indonesia US$10.4 billion.
- This indicator measures export value, not the domestic value-added share, technological sophistication of the whole economy or company ownership.
- Viet Nam's latest verified value is also very large, but because it is from 2023 it is deliberately not inserted into the 2024 race.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Declared sourceHigh-technology exports (current US$)
- 2TransformationPulseKita uses World Bank indicator TX.VAL.TECH.CD and includes only ASEAN members with a verified 2024 value. Viet Nam, Lao PDR and Timor-Leste are excluded because their latest verified values in this V2 snapshot are from 2023. Values are converted from current US dollars to billions for display.
- 3Published visualRanked snapshot
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2024
UNIThigh-technology exports · current US$ billions
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED2024 same-year subset · checked 3 Oct 2026