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Afghanistan vs Niger: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Afghanistan
4.07 articles per million people
in 2023
Niger
3.45 articles per million people
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
187th
Niger rank
189th

Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Niger
01234199620092023

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 4.07 articles per million people against 3.45 articles per million people in Niger, a difference of 0.6258 articles per million people.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.2 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Niger ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 187th and Niger ranks 189th of 196 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people
Unit
articles per million people
Source
National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Indicators, via World Bank (2026); United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
196 places, 5,488 data points, 1996–2023
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Scientific and technical journal articles per million people. Disciplines include physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.