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

Botswana
154.76 articles per million people
in 2023
Mexico
146.31 articles per million people
in 2023
Botswana rank
91st
Mexico rank
93rd

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

  • Botswana
  • Mexico
5075100125150199620092023

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 154.76 articles per million people against 146.31 articles per million people in Mexico, a difference of 8.45 articles per million people.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 91st and Mexico ranks 93rd 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

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.