Botswana vs India: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Botswana

154.76 articles per million people

in 2023

India

158.67 articles per million people

in 2023

Botswana rank

91st

India rank

88th

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

Botswana
India

How they compare

India currently reports 158.67 articles per million people against 154.76 articles per million people in Botswana, a difference of 3.91 articles per million people.

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

Botswana ranks 91st and India ranks 88th 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.