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

Kenya
37.57 articles per million people
in 2023
Suriname
41.88 articles per million people
in 2023
Kenya rank
128th
Suriname rank
126th

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

  • Kenya
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 41.88 articles per million people against 37.57 articles per million people in Kenya, a difference of 4.32 articles per million people.

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

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

Kenya ranks 128th and Suriname ranks 126th 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.