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

Finland

2,010 articles per million people

in 2023

Sweden

2,016 articles per million people

in 2023

Finland rank

6th

Sweden rank

5th

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

Finland
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 2,016 articles per million people against 2,010 articles per million people in Finland, a difference of 6.07 articles per million people.

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

Finland ranks 6th and Sweden ranks 5th 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.