Congo vs East Timor: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Congo

15.47 articles per million people

in 2023

East Timor

14.95 articles per million people

in 2023

Congo rank

156th

East Timor rank

159th

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

Congo
East Timor

How they compare

Congo currently reports 15.47 articles per million people against 14.95 articles per million people in East Timor, a difference of 0.5181 articles per million people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 156th and East Timor ranks 159th 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.