Laos vs Sudan: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Laos

9.42 articles per million people

in 2023

Sudan

9.4 articles per million people

in 2023

Laos rank

169th

Sudan rank

171st

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

Laos
Sudan

How they compare

Laos currently reports 9.42 articles per million people against 9.4 articles per million people in Sudan, a difference of 0.0151 articles per million people.

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

Laos ranks 169th and Sudan ranks 171st 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.