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Lesotho vs Syria: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Lesotho
26.04 articles per million people
in 2023
Syria
27.37 articles per million people
in 2023
Lesotho rank
143rd
Syria rank
140th

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

  • Lesotho
  • Syria
0102030199620092023

How they compare

Syria currently reports 27.37 articles per million people against 26.04 articles per million people in Lesotho, a difference of 1.34 articles per million people.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 143rd and Syria ranks 140th 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

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.