France vs Malta: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

France

909.44 articles per million people

in 2023

Malta

900.54 articles per million people

in 2023

France rank

37th

Malta rank

38th

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

France
Malta

How they compare

France currently reports 909.44 articles per million people against 900.54 articles per million people in Malta, a difference of 8.9 articles per million people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was France ahead.

France ranks 37th and Malta ranks 38th 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.