Belize vs Nigeria: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Belize

43.83 articles per million people

in 2023

Nigeria

43 articles per million people

in 2023

Belize rank

123rd

Nigeria rank

124th

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

Belize
Nigeria

How they compare

Belize currently reports 43.83 articles per million people against 43 articles per million people in Nigeria, a difference of 0.8311 articles per million people.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Belize ahead.

Belize ranks 123rd and Nigeria ranks 124th 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.