Croatia vs Italy: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Croatia

1,426 articles per million people

in 2023

Italy

1,403 articles per million people

in 2023

Croatia rank

18th

Italy rank

21st

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

Croatia
Italy

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 1,426 articles per million people against 1,403 articles per million people in Italy, a difference of 22.63 articles per million people.

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

Croatia ranks 18th and Italy ranks 21st 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.