Australia vs Finland: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Australia
2,048 articles per million people
in 2023
Finland
2,010 articles per million people
in 2023
Australia rank
4th
Finland rank
6th

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

  • Australia
  • Finland
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 2,048 articles per million people against 2,010 articles per million people in Finland, a difference of 37.51 articles per million people.

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

Australia ranks 4th and Finland ranks 6th 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.