Share of global exports of technology-intensive products 1965-84
The criteria used for these figures is somewhat outdated, therefore it is difficult to get an exact comparison with modern figures; although when compared with high R&D-intensive exports in 2018, over half were exported from Asia (Japan's global share is just under three percent, compared with China's 23 percent), almost a third of exports come from the European Union, and eight percent were from the U.S.. The EU's share increases to over 43 percent for medium-high R&D products, while Asia's share of global exports drops to one third.