Eswatini vs Lesotho: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Eswatini

25.14 articles per million people

in 2023

Lesotho

26.04 articles per million people

in 2023

Eswatini rank

144th

Lesotho rank

143rd

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

Eswatini
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 26.04 articles per million people against 25.14 articles per million people in Eswatini, a difference of 0.8913 articles per million people.

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

Eswatini ranks 144th and Lesotho ranks 143rd 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.