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

Iceland
1,856 articles per million people
in 2023
Netherlands
1,802 articles per million people
in 2023
Iceland rank
8th
Netherlands rank
9th

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

  • Iceland
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 1,856 articles per million people against 1,802 articles per million people in Netherlands, a difference of 54.89 articles per million people.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Netherlands ahead.

Iceland ranks 8th and Netherlands ranks 9th 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.