Samoa vs Suriname: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals

Samoa

21.85

in 2023

Suriname

26.34

in 2023

Samoa rank

170th

Suriname rank

168th

Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals over time

Suriname currently reports 26.34 against 21.85 in Samoa, a difference of 4.49.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.2 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Samoa ahead.

Samoa ranks 170th and Suriname ranks 168th of 196 countries.

Indicator: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals
Source: National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Indicators, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 196 places, 5,488 data points, 1996–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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