Burundi vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Burundi

2.65 articles per million people

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo

2.3 articles per million people

in 2023

Burundi rank

192nd

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

193rd

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

Burundi
Democratic Republic of Congo

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 2.65 articles per million people against 2.3 articles per million people in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.3512 articles per million people.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 192nd and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 193rd 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.