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Pakistan vs Samoa: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Pakistan
82.9 articles per million people
in 2023
Samoa
100.85 articles per million people
in 2023
Pakistan rank
108th
Samoa rank
106th

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

  • Pakistan
  • Samoa
0255075100199620092023

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 100.85 articles per million people against 82.9 articles per million people in Pakistan, a difference of 17.94 articles per million people.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Samoa ahead.

Pakistan ranks 108th and Samoa ranks 106th 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.