Norway vs Sweden: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Norway

2,492 articles per million people

in 2023

Sweden

2,016 articles per million people

in 2023

Norway rank

3rd

Sweden rank

5th

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

Norway
Sweden

How they compare

Norway currently reports 2,492 articles per million people against 2,016 articles per million people in Sweden, a difference of 476.07 articles per million people.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Sweden ahead.

Norway ranks 3rd and Sweden ranks 5th 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.