Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita by country
Scientific and technical journal articles divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
0.0026 units per person
Denmark
Lowest
0 units per person
Angola
Median
0.0001 units per person
Years covered
28
1996–2023
Data points
6,832
What the numbers show
Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 0.0026 units per person in Denmark; the lowest is 0 units per person in Angola.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 units per person, and the mean is 0.0004 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,918.
Over the past decade 170 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in North Korea (up 3,037.1%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 67.9%).
Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 0.0026 units per person | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 2 | Switzerland | 0.0026 units per person | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 3 | Norway | 0.0025 units per person | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 4 | Australia | 0.002 units per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 5 | Sweden | 0.002 units per person | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 6 | Finland | 0.002 units per person | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 7 | Singapore | 0.002 units per person | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 8 | Iceland | 0.0019 units per person | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 9 | Netherlands | 0.0018 units per person | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 0.0018 units per person | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Portugal | 0.0017 units per person | 2023 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Slovenia | 0.0017 units per person | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 13 | Ireland | 0.0016 units per person | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 0.0016 units per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 15 | New Zealand | 0.0016 units per person | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 0.0015 units per person | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 17 | Belgium | 0.0014 units per person | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 18 | Croatia | 0.0014 units per person | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 0.0014 units per person | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 20 | Israel | 0.0014 units per person | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 21 | Italy | 0.0014 units per person | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 22 | South Korea | 0.0014 units per person | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 23 | Cyprus | 0.0013 units per person | 2023 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Germany | 0.0013 units per person | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Greece | 0.0013 units per person | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 26 | Liechtenstein | 0.0013 units per person | 2023 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 27 | Estonia | 0.0013 units per person | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 28 | United States | 0.0013 units per person | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 29 | Spain | 0.0012 units per person | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 30 | Czechia | 0.0012 units per person | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 31 | Brunei | 0.0011 units per person | 2023 | up 392.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Slovakia | 0.001 units per person | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 33 | Monaco | 0.001 units per person | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 34 | Lithuania | 0.0009 units per person | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 35 | Qatar | 0.0009 units per person | 2023 | up 123.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Latvia | 0.0009 units per person | 2023 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 37 | France | 0.0009 units per person | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 38 | Malta | 0.0009 units per person | 2023 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Hungary | 0.0009 units per person | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 40 | Poland | 0.0009 units per person | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia | 0.0008 units per person | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 0.0008 units per person | 2023 | up 110.3% | rising |
| 43 | Japan | 0.0008 units per person | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 44 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0008 units per person | 2023 | up 175.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0007 units per person | 2023 | up 190.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Greenland | 0.0007 units per person | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0007 units per person | 2023 | up 199.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Malaysia | 0.0007 units per person | 2023 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 49 | China | 0.0007 units per person | 2023 | up 156.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Iran | 0.0006 units per person | 2023 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Russia | 0.0006 units per person | 2023 | up 124.1% | rising |
| 52 | San Marino | 0.0006 units per person | 2023 | up 178.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Turkey | 0.0006 units per person | 2023 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 54 | Romania | 0.0006 units per person | 2023 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Jordan | 0.0005 units per person | 2023 | up 181.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Bahrain | 0.0005 units per person | 2023 | up 146.1% | rising |
| 57 | Tunisia | 0.0005 units per person | 2023 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Chile | 0.0004 units per person | 2023 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 59 | Ukraine | 0.0004 units per person | 2023 | up 164.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Montenegro | 0.0004 units per person | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Iraq | 0.0004 units per person | 2023 | up 1,572.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Grenada | 0.0004 units per person | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Lebanon | 0.0004 units per person | 2023 | up 91.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | up 154.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Oman | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 66 | Uruguay | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Kosovo | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | up 364.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Kuwait | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 69 | Palau | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Brazil | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Armenia | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 73 | Morocco | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | up 332.9% | volatile |
| 74 | South Africa | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 75 | Fiji | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 158.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Thailand | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 120.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Barbados | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 78 | Egypt | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 127.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Ecuador | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 1,132.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Puerto Rico | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 81 | Argentina | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 449.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 84 | Colombia | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Georgia | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 86 | Palestine | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 202.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Algeria | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 92.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Mauritius | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 73.5% | volatile |
| 89 | India | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 156.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Belarus | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 91 | Peru | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 606.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Botswana | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 100.8% | rising |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 205.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Mexico | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 95 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 366.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Indonesia | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 1,237.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Andorra | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Moldova | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 91.9% | rising |
| 99 | Albania | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 153.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Bhutan | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 235.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 1,017.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 128.3% | rising |
| 103 | Seychelles | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Cuba | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 105 | Vietnam | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 415.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Samoa | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 352.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Ghana | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 367.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Pakistan | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 154.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Mongolia | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Namibia | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Panama | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 113 | Libya | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Maldives | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 242.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Guyana | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 253.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Jamaica | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 117 | Dominica | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Cameroon | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 153.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Nepal | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 260.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Ethiopia | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 586.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Bangladesh | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 332.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Tonga | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 204.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 379.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Belize | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Nigeria | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 156.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Tuvalu | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Suriname | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Philippines | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 349.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Kenya | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 103.0% | rising |
| 130 | Bahamas | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Vanuatu | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 132 | Paraguay | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 298.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Gabon | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 134 | Cape Verde | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 136.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Micronesia (country) | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 115.7% | rising |
| 137 | Rwanda | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 479.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Benin | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Gambia | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 34.8% | flat |
| 140 | Uganda | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 121.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Syria | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 145.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Senegal | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Lesotho | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 256.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Eswatini | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Marshall Islands | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Burkina Faso | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 151.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Tanzania | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 169.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 2,362.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 175.2% | rising |
| 151 | Malawi | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 114.0% | rising |
| 152 | Zambia | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 129.8% | rising |
| 153 | Venezuela | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 154 | Togo | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 101.5% | rising |
| 155 | Kiribati | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Bolivia | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 95.1% | rising |
| 157 | Congo | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 158 | Tajikistan | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 124.8% | rising |
| 159 | Djibouti | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 131.5% | volatile |
| 160 | East Timor | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 175.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 98.0% | rising |
| 163 | Honduras | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 456.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Cambodia | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Nauru | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Yemen | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 162.3% | volatile |
| 167 | El Salvador | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 310.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 369.8% | volatile |
| 169 | North Korea | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 3,037.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Laos | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Comoros | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 518.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Sudan | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 173 | Mauritania | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 137.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 142.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Eritrea | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 150.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Somalia | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 1,587.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 178 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 179 | Mozambique | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 120.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Guatemala | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 181 | Nicaragua | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 182 | Liberia | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 641.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Central African Republic | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 184 | Madagascar | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 185 | Mali | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 186 | Myanmar | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 528.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 331.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Afghanistan | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 371.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Guinea | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 305.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Niger | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 105.2% | rising |
| 191 | Haiti | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Chad | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 630.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Burundi | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 101.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 172.5% | volatile |
| 195 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 196 | South Sudan | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 197 | Angola | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 53.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 0.0013 units per person
- Euro area 0.0013 units per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0.0012 units per person
- European Union 0.0012 units per person
- High income 0.0011 units per person
- OECD members 0.0011 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0.0009 units per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.0009 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0005 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0005 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0005 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0005 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0005 units per person
- Other small states 0.0005 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.0004 units per person
- World 0.0004 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0004 units per person
- IBRD only 0.0003 units per person
- Small states 0.0003 units per person
- Middle income 0.0003 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0003 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0003 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.0002 units per person
- Arab World 0.0002 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0002 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0002 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0002 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0002 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0002 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.0002 units per person
- South Asia 0.0001 units per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.0001 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.0001 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.0001 units per person
- Pacific island small states 0.0001 units per person
- IDA blend 0.0001 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0 units per person
- IDA total 0 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Scientific and technical journal articles divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Scientific and technical journal articles ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Scientific and technical journal articles Science and Engineering Indicators, National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Scientific and technical journal articles divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.