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Finland vs Iceland: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Finland
2,010 articles per million people
in 2023
Iceland
1,856 articles per million people
in 2023
Finland rank
6th
Iceland rank
8th

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

  • Finland
  • Iceland
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How they compare

Finland currently reports 2,010 articles per million people against 1,856 articles per million people in Iceland, a difference of 153.63 articles per million people.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Finland ahead.

Finland ranks 6th and Iceland ranks 8th 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.