Belgium vs Israel: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Belgium

1,428 articles per million people

in 2023

Israel

1,406 articles per million people

in 2023

Belgium rank

17th

Israel rank

20th

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

Belgium
Israel

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 1,428 articles per million people against 1,406 articles per million people in Israel, a difference of 21.89 articles per million people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Israel ahead.

Belgium ranks 17th and Israel ranks 20th 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.