Statizoid

Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals by country

Includes physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.

Countries reporting
192
Highest
932,712
China
Lowest
0.13
Nauru
Median
500.24
Years covered
28
1996–2023
Data points
5,488

What the numbers show

Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 932,712 in China; the lowest is 0.13 in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 500.24, and the mean is 16,814.

Over the past decade 177 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in North Korea (up 3,171.9%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 69.4%).

Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 932,712 2023 up 165.3% volatile
2 United States 430,843 2023 up 0.8% rising
3 India 228,174 2023 up 184.5% volatile
4 Germany 108,782 2023 up 4.2% rising
5 United Kingdom 97,536 2023 down 1.1% rising
6 Japan 96,543 2023 down 9.7% rising
7 Russia 85,558 2023 up 124.2% rising
8 Italy 82,771 2023 up 25.0% rising
9 South Korea 71,724 2023 up 26.4% rising
10 Canada 63,720 2023 up 7.3% rising
11 France 62,180 2023 down 13.0% rising
12 Spain 60,304 2023 up 13.3% rising
13 Brazil 58,292 2023 up 26.7% volatile
14 Iran 55,085 2023 up 77.6% volatile
15 Australia 54,589 2023 up 8.3% rising
16 Turkey 50,180 2023 up 72.3% volatile
17 Indonesia 38,992 2023 up 1,370.1% volatile
18 Netherlands 32,207 2023 up 2.8% rising
19 Poland 31,218 2023 up 7.8% rising
20 Saudi Arabia 24,595 2023 up 253.9% volatile
21 Malaysia 23,691 2023 up 66.8% volatile
22 Egypt 22,854 2023 up 173.0% volatile
23 Switzerland 22,804 2023 up 7.0% rising
24 Sweden 21,244 2023 up 7.0% rising
25 Pakistan 20,519 2023 up 198.7% volatile
26 Mexico 18,982 2023 up 49.7% rising
27 Portugal 18,225 2023 up 34.1% volatile
28 Belgium 16,816 2023 up 2.6% rising
29 Iraq 16,724 2023 up 2,036.2% volatile
30 Thailand 16,656 2023 up 126.7% volatile
31 Denmark 15,603 2023 up 21.8% rising
32 Ukraine 15,498 2023 up 116.4% rising
33 South Africa 14,949 2023 up 56.6% rising
34 Austria 13,846 2023 up 13.5% rising
35 Israel 13,844 2023 up 22.8% rising
36 Norway 13,756 2023 up 33.3% rising
37 Greece 13,552 2023 up 17.2% rising
38 Czechia 13,409 2023 down 0.1% rising
39 Singapore 11,894 2023 up 8.0% rising
40 Finland 11,224 2023 up 4.8% rising
41 Romania 10,713 2023 up 11.4% volatile
42 Vietnam 10,644 2023 up 471.2% volatile
43 Nigeria 9,799 2023 up 223.0% volatile
44 Morocco 9,725 2023 up 383.2% volatile
45 Colombia 9,184 2023 up 112.3% volatile
47 Argentina 8,589 2023 up 11.5% rising
48 Chile 8,573 2023 up 75.2% volatile
49 Hungary 8,260 2023 up 34.2% rising
50 Bangladesh 8,259 2023 up 373.8% volatile
51 New Zealand 8,096 2023 up 4.5% rising
52 Algeria 7,676 2023 up 131.4% volatile
53 United Arab Emirates 7,075 2023 up 307.6% volatile
54 Ethiopia 6,728 2023 up 797.0% volatile
55 Croatia 5,504 2023 up 33.9% rising
56 Tunisia 5,493 2023 up 31.5% volatile
57 Jordan 5,419 2023 up 302.7% volatile
58 Slovakia 5,332 2023 up 25.5% rising
59 Peru 5,242 2023 up 702.3% volatile
60 Serbia 5,173 2023 up 1.0% volatile
61 Bulgaria 4,998 2023 up 89.4% rising
62 Philippines 4,752 2023 up 405.6% volatile
63 Uzbekistan 4,624 2023 up 1,240.9% volatile
64 Kazakhstan 3,819 2023 up 536.2% volatile
65 Slovenia 3,568 2023 up 2.7% rising
66 Ecuador 3,530 2023 up 1,301.7% volatile
67 Ghana 3,270 2023 up 476.2% volatile
68 Lithuania 2,673 2023 up 23.5% rising
69 Qatar 2,471 2023 up 210.0% volatile
70 Sri Lanka 2,322 2023 up 221.1% volatile
71 Lebanon 2,079 2023 up 92.1% volatile
72 Kenya 2,079 2023 up 149.7% volatile
73 Cyprus 1,764 2023 up 84.7% volatile
74 Estonia 1,754 2023 up 22.8% rising
75 Latvia 1,736 2023 up 47.4% volatile
76 Oman 1,640 2023 up 151.8% volatile
77 Nepal 1,591 2023 up 288.3% volatile
78 Cameroon 1,547 2023 up 236.0% volatile
79 Azerbaijan 1,544 2023 up 229.4% volatile
80 Tanzania 1,453 2023 up 267.9% volatile
81 Belarus 1,429 2023 up 31.0% rising
82 Uganda 1,424 2023 up 205.3% volatile
83 Kuwait 1,395 2023 up 62.9% rising
84 Cuba 1,217 2023 down 16.9% rising
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,083 2023 up 124.1% volatile
87 Uruguay 1,060 2023 up 84.2% volatile
88 Palestine 861.66 2023 up 283.2% volatile
89 Armenia 801.49 2023 up 55.2% rising
90 Bahrain 718.3 2023 up 209.7% volatile
91 Iceland 715.97 2023 up 22.9% rising
92 Costa Rica 660.82 2023 up 147.1% volatile
93 Georgia 649.57 2023 up 41.6% rising
94 Syria 645.85 2023 up 167.3% volatile
95 Puerto Rico 604.62 2023 up 5.0% rising
96 Zimbabwe 519.85 2023 up 151.5% rising
97 Burkina Faso 519.72 2023 up 227.3% volatile
98 Brunei 501.5 2023 up 450.1% volatile
99 North Macedonia 498.97 2023 up 9.6% volatile
101 Senegal 489.62 2023 up 80.4% rising
102 Venezuela 474.63 2023 down 58.7% falling
103 Sudan 470.62 2023 up 50.5% volatile
104 Libya 443.08 2023 up 126.0% volatile
105 Benin 437.17 2023 up 146.7% volatile
106 Rwanda 433.51 2023 up 629.1% volatile
107 Yemen 404.01 2023 up 252.5% volatile
108 Cote d'Ivoire 391.71 2023 up 157.8% volatile
109 Botswana 383.84 2023 up 132.7% rising
110 Malawi 377.51 2023 up 179.5% volatile
111 Zambia 367.3 2023 up 209.3% volatile
112 Moldova 335.06 2023 up 64.9% rising
113 Kyrgyzstan 326.91 2023 up 488.7% volatile
114 Albania 319.46 2023 up 117.2% volatile
115 Panama 282.01 2023 up 87.8% volatile
116 Mongolia 276.87 2023 up 69.6% volatile
117 North Korea 269.28 2023 up 3,171.9% volatile
118 Montenegro 254.67 2023 up 36.1% volatile
119 Paraguay 253.35 2023 up 355.9% volatile
120 Trinidad and Tobago 245.56 2023 up 53.8% rising
121 Democratic Republic of Congo 243.06 2023 up 280.4% volatile
122 Myanmar 233.94 2023 up 577.1% volatile
123 Namibia 231.33 2023 up 181.0% volatile
124 Fiji 217.87 2023 up 160.5% volatile
125 Mauritius 205.31 2023 up 72.1% volatile
126 Mozambique 204.82 2023 up 196.6% volatile
127 Cambodia 200.77 2023 up 135.6% volatile
128 Bolivia 196.72 2023 up 123.6% volatile
129 Afghanistan 168.85 2023 up 518.3% volatile
130 Jamaica 161.41 2023 down 18.4% rising
131 Tajikistan 158.35 2023 up 184.3% volatile
132 Madagascar 153.44 2023 up 36.1% rising
133 Somalia 151.88 2023 up 2,307.0% volatile
134 Togo 135.94 2023 up 143.8% volatile
135 Honduras 130.35 2023 up 566.8% volatile
136 Mali 116.65 2023 up 90.0% volatile
137 Guatemala 108.83 2023 up 52.6% volatile
138 Dominican Republic 104.52 2023 up 169.9% volatile
139 Bhutan 102.52 2023 up 263.5% volatile
140 Congo 95.66 2023 up 95.5% rising
141 Gabon 90.57 2023 up 73.1% rising
142 Niger 90.18 2023 up 189.9% volatile
143 Sierra Leone 86.32 2023 up 492.0% volatile
144 Gambia 79.8 2023 up 72.9% rising
145 Laos 72.2 2023 up 1.1% volatile
146 Papua New Guinea 69.76 2023 up 31.1% flat
147 El Salvador 64.56 2023 up 322.2% volatile
148 Lesotho 60.18 2023 up 300.7% volatile
149 Barbados 56.79 2023 up 38.5% rising
150 Guinea 54.9 2023 up 422.4% volatile
151 Chad 52.36 2023 up 930.7% volatile
153 Angola 50.27 2023 up 115.9% volatile
154 Guyana 49.61 2023 up 289.4% volatile
155 Mauritania 46.84 2023 up 219.3% volatile
156 Grenada 42.49 2023 up 25.0% volatile
157 Nicaragua 40.65 2023 up 47.4% rising
158 Greenland 38.42 2023 up 21.7% rising
159 Haiti 37.83 2023 up 34.7% volatile
160 Monaco 37.23 2023 down 1.3% rising
161 Burundi 36.26 2023 up 164.5% volatile
162 Saint Kitts and Nevis 35.5 2023 up 173.7% volatile
163 Maldives 31.74 2023 up 350.9% volatile
164 Liberia 31.54 2023 up 811.6% volatile
165 Turkmenistan 31.31 2023 up 435.2% volatile
166 Eswatini 30.94 2023 up 62.6% volatile
167 Eritrea 29.08 2023 up 183.2% volatile
168 Suriname 26.34 2023 up 71.4% volatile
169 Central African Republic 25.75 2023 up 104.5% rising
170 Samoa 21.85 2023 up 394.3% volatile
171 East Timor 20.7 2023 up 229.1% volatile
172 San Marino 20.09 2023 up 185.8% volatile
173 Cape Verde 18.34 2023 up 141.3% volatile
174 Belize 18.02 2023 up 148.6% volatile
175 Djibouti 17.48 2023 up 171.0% volatile
176 South Sudan 17.18 2023 up 91.7% volatile
177 Seychelles 15.17 2023 down 2.3% volatile
178 Bahamas 14.98 2023 down 20.7% volatile
179 Solomon Islands 14.84 2023 up 270.1% volatile
180 Guinea-Bissau 13.7 2023 up 13.3% rising
181 Antigua and Barbuda 13.43 2023 up 393.8% volatile
182 Vanuatu 11.87 2023 up 51.2% rising
183 Andorra 11.09 2023 up 110.4% volatile
184 Comoros 8.01 2023 up 655.7% volatile
185 Palau 5.04 2023 up 27.6% volatile
186 Tonga 4.85 2023 up 197.5% volatile
187 Sao Tome and Principe 4.71 2023 up 2,843.8% volatile
188 Micronesia (country) 3.74 2023 down 22.9% volatile
189 Dominica 3.7 2023 down 69.4% volatile
190 Equatorial Guinea 3.44 2023 up 60.7% volatile
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.69 2023 up 22.3% volatile
192 Saint Lucia 2.54 2023 down 31.4% volatile
193 Kiribati 2.14 2023 up 103.8% volatile
194 Marshall Islands 0.92 2023 down 30.8% volatile
195 Tuvalu 0.42 2023 up 27.3% volatile
196 Nauru 0.13 2023 down 61.8% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals
Source
National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Indicators, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
196 places, 5,488 data points, 1996–2023
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Includes physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.