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Scientific and technical journal articles per million people

Name: Scientific and technical journal articles per million people by country, 2023
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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articles per million people · higher is better · 196 countries

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Scientific and technical journal articles per million people league table
#	Country	articles per million people	Region	Income
1	Denmark	2,623.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Switzerland	2,565.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Norway	2,492.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Australia	2,047.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
5	Sweden	2,016.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Finland	2,010.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Singapore	2,009.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
8	Iceland	1,856.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Netherlands	1,801.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Luxembourg	1,764.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Portugal	1,722.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Slovenia	1,682.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Ireland	1,641.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Canada	1,591	North America	High income
15	New Zealand	1,557	East Asia & Pacific	High income
16	Austria	1,516.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Belgium	1,427.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Croatia	1,425.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	United Kingdom	1,423.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Israel	1,405.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
21	Italy	1,403.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Korea, Rep.	1,387	East Asia & Pacific	High income
23	Cyprus	1,311.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Germany	1,306.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Greece	1,302.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Liechtenstein	1,285.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Estonia	1,279.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	United States	1,279.4	North America	High income
29	Spain	1,247.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Czechia	1,234.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Brunei Darussalam	1,092.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
32	Slovak Republic	982.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Monaco	955.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Lithuania	930.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Qatar	930.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
36	Latvia	921.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	France	909.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Malta	900.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
39	Hungary	861.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Poland	850.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Serbia	781.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
42	Bulgaria	775.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	Japan	775.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
44	St. Kitts and Nevis	759.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
45	Saudi Arabia	729.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
46	Greenland	675.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	United Arab Emirates	674.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
48	Malaysia	674.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
49	China	661.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
50	Iran, Islamic Rep.	607.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
51	Russian Federation	594.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	San Marino	593.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Turkiye	588.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
54	Romania	562	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Jordan	473.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
56	Bahrain	455.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
57	Tunisia	450.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
58	Chile	436.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
59	Ukraine	410.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
60	Montenegro	408.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
61	Iraq	371	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
62	Grenada	362.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
63	Lebanon	360.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina	339.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
65	Oman	324.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
66	Uruguay	312.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
67	Kuwait	287.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
68	Palau	284.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
69	Brazil	276.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
70	North Macedonia	273	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
71	Armenia	270.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
72	Morocco	257.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
73	South Africa	236.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
74	Fiji	235.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
75	Thailand	232.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
76	Barbados	201.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
77	Egypt, Arab Rep.	199.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
78	Ecuador	196.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
79	Puerto Rico (US)	188.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
80	Argentina	188.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
81	Kazakhstan	187.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
82	Trinidad and Tobago	179.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
83	Colombia	175.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
84	Georgia	174.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	West Bank and Gaza	166.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
86	Algeria	166.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
87	Mauritius	164.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
88	India	158.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
89	Belarus	155.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
90	Peru	154.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Botswana	154.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
92	Azerbaijan	152.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	Mexico	146.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
94	Antigua and Barbuda	143.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
95	Indonesia	138.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
96	Andorra	137.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	Moldova	136.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
98	Albania	132.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	Bhutan	130.4	South Asia	Lower middle income
100	Uzbekistan	129.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
101	Costa Rica	129.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
102	Seychelles	126.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
103	Cuba	110.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Viet Nam	106.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
105	Sri Lanka	105.4	South Asia	Upper middle income
106	Samoa	100.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
107	Ghana	96.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
108	Pakistan	82.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
109	Mongolia	79.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
110	Namibia	78.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
111	Panama	63.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
112	Libya	60.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
113	Maldives	60.3	South Asia	Upper middle income
114	Guyana	60	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
115	Jamaica	56.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
116	Dominica	55.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
117	Cameroon	54.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
118	Nepal	53.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
119	Ethiopia	52.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
120	Bangladesh	48.2	South Asia	Lower middle income
121	Tonga	46.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
122	Kyrgyz Republic	46	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
123	Belize	43.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
124	Nigeria	43	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
125	Tuvalu	42.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
126	Suriname	41.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
127	Philippines	41.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
128	Kenya	37.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
129	Bahamas, The	37.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
130	Vanuatu	37	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
131	Paraguay	37	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
132	Gabon	36.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
133	Cabo Verde	35.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
134	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	33.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
135	Zimbabwe	31.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
136	Rwanda	31.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
137	Benin	31	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
138	Gambia, The	29.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
139	Uganda	29.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
140	Syrian Arab Republic	27.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
141	Senegal	27.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
142	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	26.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
143	Lesotho	26	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
144	Eswatini	25.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Marshall Islands	23.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
146	Burkina Faso	22.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
147	Tanzania	21.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
148	Sao Tome and Principe	20.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
149	Solomon Islands	18.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
150	Malawi	17.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Zambia	17.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
152	Venezuela, RB	16.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
153	Togo	16.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
154	Kiribati	16.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
155	Bolivia	16.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
156	Congo, Rep.	15.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
157	Tajikistan	15.2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
158	Djibouti	15.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
159	Timor-Leste	15	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
160	St. Lucia	14.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
161	Cote d'Ivoire	12.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Honduras	12.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
163	Cambodia	11.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
164	Naoero	10.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
165	Yemen, Rep.	10.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
166	El Salvador	10.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
167	Sierra Leone	10.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
168	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	10.2	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
169	Lao PDR	9.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
170	Comoros	9.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
171	Sudan	9.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Mauritania	9.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
173	Dominican Republic	9.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
174	Eritrea	8.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
175	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	8.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
176	Papua New Guinea	6.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
177	Guinea-Bissau	6.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
178	Mozambique	6.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
179	Guatemala	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
180	Nicaragua	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
181	Liberia	5.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
182	Central African Republic	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
183	Madagascar	4.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
184	Mali	4.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
185	Myanmar	4.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
186	Turkmenistan	4.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
187	Afghanistan	4.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
188	Guinea	3.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
189	Niger	3.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
190	Haiti	3.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
191	Chad	2.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
192	Burundi	2.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
193	Congo, Dem. Rep.	2.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
194	Equatorial Guinea	1.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
195	South Sudan	1.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
196	Angola	1.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income

Scientific and technical journal articles per million people