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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 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (up 3,037.1%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 67.9%).

Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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, The 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, Republic of 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, Republic of 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 Korea, Republic of 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, Republic of 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 Czech Republic 0.0012 units per person 2023 down 3.3% rising
31 Brunei Darussalam 0.0011 units per person 2023 up 392.8% volatile
32 Slovak Republic 0.001 units per person 2023 up 25.2% rising
33 Monaco 0.001 units per person 2023 down 10.2% rising
34 Lithuania, Republic of 0.0009 units per person 2023 up 27.4% rising
35 Qatar 0.0009 units per person 2023 up 123.6% volatile
36 Latvia, Republic of 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, Republic of 0.0009 units per person 2023 up 11.8% rising
41 Serbia, Republic of 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 St. 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 (People’s Republic of) 0.0007 units per person 2023 up 156.4% volatile
50 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0006 units per person 2023 up 57.6% volatile
51 Russian Federation 0.0006 units per person 2023 up 124.1% rising
52 San Marino, Republic of 0.0006 units per person 2023 up 178.9% volatile
53 Türkiye, Republic of 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, Kingdom of 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, Republic of 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, Republic of 0.0003 units per person 2023 up 15.3% volatile
72 Armenia, Republic of 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, Republic of 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, Arab Republic of 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, Republic of 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, Republic of 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, Republic of 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, Principality of 0.0001 units per person 2023 up 95.7% volatile
98 Moldova, Republic of 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, Republic of 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, The Federal Democratic Republic of 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 Kyrgyz Republic 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, The 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 Cabo Verde 0 units per person 2023 up 136.6% volatile
135 Micronesia, Federated States of 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, The 0 units per person 2023 up 34.8% flat
140 Uganda 0 units per person 2023 up 121.7% volatile
141 Syrian Arab Republic 0 units per person 2023 up 145.4% volatile
142 Senegal 0 units per person 2023 up 36.8% rising
143 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 units per person 2023 up 30.5% volatile
144 Lesotho, Kingdom of 0 units per person 2023 up 256.5% volatile
145 Eswatini, Kingdom of 0 units per person 2023 up 49.3% volatile
146 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 0 units per person 2023 down 9.7% volatile
147 Burkina Faso 0 units per person 2023 up 151.5% volatile
148 Tanzania, United Republic of 0 units per person 2023 up 169.6% volatile
149 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 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, República Bolivariana de 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, Republic of 0 units per person 2023 up 53.6% rising
158 Tajikistan, Republic of 0 units per person 2023 up 124.8% rising
159 Djibouti 0 units per person 2023 up 131.5% volatile
160 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 0 units per person 2023 up 175.5% volatile
161 St. Lucia 0 units per person 2023 down 33.6% volatile
162 Côte 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 Naoero, Republic of 0 units per person 2023 down 66.1% volatile
166 Yemen, Republic of 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 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0 units per person 2023 up 3,037.1% volatile
170 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 units per person 2023 down 12.8% volatile
171 Comoros, Union of the 0 units per person 2023 up 518.6% volatile
172 Sudan 0 units per person 2023 up 13.6% rising
173 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0 units per person 2023 up 137.4% volatile
174 Dominican Republic 0 units per person 2023 up 142.8% volatile
175 Eritrea, The State of 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, Republic of 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, Republic of 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, Islamic Republic of 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 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 units per person 2023 up 172.5% volatile
195 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0 units per person 2023 up 17.1% volatile
196 South Sudan, Republic of 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.

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Indicator
Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
244 places, 6,832 data points, 1996–2023
Last refreshed

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.