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

Namibia
78.07 articles per million people
in 2023
Panama
63.25 articles per million people
in 2023
Namibia rank
110th
Panama rank
111th

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

  • Namibia
  • Panama
20406080199620092023

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 78.07 articles per million people against 63.25 articles per million people in Panama, a difference of 14.82 articles per million people.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.2 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Panama ahead.

Namibia ranks 110th 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
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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.