Denmark vs Switzerland: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Denmark

2,624 articles per million people

in 2023

Switzerland

2,565 articles per million people

in 2023

Denmark rank

1st

Switzerland rank

2nd

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

Denmark
Switzerland

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 2,624 articles per million people against 2,565 articles per million people in Switzerland, a difference of 58.26 articles per million people.

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

Denmark ranks 1st and Switzerland ranks 2nd 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.