Angola vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Angola

1.37 articles per million people

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo

2.3 articles per million people

in 2023

Angola rank

196th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

193rd

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

Angola
Democratic Republic of Congo

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 2.3 articles per million people against 1.37 articles per million people in Angola, a difference of 0.9297 articles per million people.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.7 times Angola's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 196th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 193rd 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.