Bulgaria vs Japan: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Bulgaria

775.36 articles per million people

in 2023

Japan

775.35 articles per million people

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

42nd

Japan rank

43rd

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

Bulgaria
Japan

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 775.36 articles per million people against 775.35 articles per million people in Japan, a difference of 0.009 articles per million people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Japan ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 42nd and Japan ranks 43rd 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.