Libya vs Maldives: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Libya

60.65 articles per million people

in 2023

Maldives

60.34 articles per million people

in 2023

Libya rank

112th

Maldives rank

113th

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

Libya
Maldives

How they compare

Libya currently reports 60.65 articles per million people against 60.34 articles per million people in Maldives, a difference of 0.306 articles per million people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Maldives ahead.

Libya ranks 112th and Maldives ranks 113th 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.