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

Estonia
1,280 articles per million people
in 2023
Spain
1,247 articles per million people
in 2023
Estonia rank
27th
Spain rank
29th

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

  • Estonia
  • Spain
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How they compare

Estonia currently reports 1,280 articles per million people against 1,247 articles per million people in Spain, a difference of 32.55 articles per million people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Spain ahead.

Estonia ranks 27th and Spain ranks 29th 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
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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.