Estonia vs Germany: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Estonia

1,280 articles per million people

in 2023

Germany

1,306 articles per million people

in 2023

Estonia rank

27th

Germany rank

24th

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

Estonia
Germany

How they compare

Germany currently reports 1,306 articles per million people against 1,280 articles per million people in Estonia, a difference of 26.39 articles per million people.

Across all 28 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Estonia ranks 27th and Germany ranks 24th of 196 countries.

Individual pages

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.