Kenya vs Philippines: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Kenya

37.57 articles per million people

in 2023

Philippines

41.36 articles per million people

in 2023

Kenya rank

128th

Philippines rank

127th

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

Kenya
Philippines

How they compare

Philippines currently reports 41.36 articles per million people against 37.57 articles per million people in Kenya, a difference of 3.8 articles per million people.

That makes Philippines's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

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

Kenya ranks 128th and Philippines ranks 127th 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.