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Netherlands vs Portugal: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Netherlands
1,802 articles per million people
in 2023
Portugal
1,723 articles per million people
in 2023
Netherlands rank
9th
Portugal rank
11th

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

  • Netherlands
  • Portugal
05001.0k1.5k2.0k199620092023

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 1,802 articles per million people against 1,723 articles per million people in Portugal, a difference of 78.67 articles per million people.

Across all 28 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Netherlands ranks 9th and Portugal ranks 11th 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.