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

Libya
60.65 articles per million people
in 2023
Namibia
78.07 articles per million people
in 2023
Libya rank
112th
Namibia rank
110th

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

  • Libya
  • Namibia
020406080199620092023

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 78.07 articles per million people against 60.65 articles per million people in Libya, a difference of 17.42 articles per million people.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.3 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Namibia ahead.

Libya ranks 112th and Namibia ranks 110th 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.