Mexico vs Peru: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Mexico
146.31 articles per million people
in 2023
Peru
154.87 articles per million people
in 2023
Mexico rank
93rd
Peru rank
90th

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

  • Mexico
  • Peru
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 154.87 articles per million people against 146.31 articles per million people in Mexico, a difference of 8.56 articles per million people.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

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

Mexico ranks 93rd and Peru ranks 90th 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.