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

Maldives

60.34 articles per million people

in 2023

Panama

63.25 articles per million people

in 2023

Maldives rank

113th

Panama rank

111th

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

Maldives
Panama

How they compare

Panama currently reports 63.25 articles per million people against 60.34 articles per million people in Maldives, a difference of 2.91 articles per million people.

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

Maldives ranks 113th and Panama ranks 111th 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.