Austria vs United Kingdom: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Austria

1,516 articles per million people

in 2023

United Kingdom

1,423 articles per million people

in 2023

Austria rank

16th

United Kingdom rank

19th

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

Austria
United Kingdom

How they compare

Austria currently reports 1,516 articles per million people against 1,423 articles per million people in United Kingdom, a difference of 92.88 articles per million people.

That makes Austria's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

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

Austria ranks 16th and United Kingdom ranks 19th 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.