Germany vs Italy: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Germany

1,306 articles per million people

in 2023

Italy

1,403 articles per million people

in 2023

Germany rank

24th

Italy rank

21st

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

Germany
Italy

How they compare

Italy currently reports 1,403 articles per million people against 1,306 articles per million people in Germany, a difference of 97.16 articles per million people.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 24th and Italy ranks 21st 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.