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

Italy
1,403 articles per million people
in 2023
South Korea
1,387 articles per million people
in 2023
Italy rank
21st
South Korea rank
22nd

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

  • Italy
  • South Korea
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 1,403 articles per million people against 1,387 articles per million people in South Korea, a difference of 16.29 articles per million people.

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

Italy ranks 21st and South Korea ranks 22nd 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.