Latvia vs Malta: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Latvia

921.62 articles per million people

in 2023

Malta

900.54 articles per million people

in 2023

Latvia rank

36th

Malta rank

38th

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

Latvia
Malta

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 921.62 articles per million people against 900.54 articles per million people in Malta, a difference of 21.08 articles per million people.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Latvia ahead.

Latvia ranks 36th and Malta ranks 38th 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.