Benin vs Uganda: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Benin

30.98 articles per million people

in 2023

Uganda

29.26 articles per million people

in 2023

Benin rank

137th

Uganda rank

139th

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

Benin
Uganda

How they compare

Benin currently reports 30.98 articles per million people against 29.26 articles per million people in Uganda, a difference of 1.72 articles per million people.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 137th and Uganda ranks 139th 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.