{"entity":{"iso2":"MR","iso3":"MRT","name":"Mauritania","slug":"mauritania"},"indicator":{"licence":"CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)","slug":"scientific-publications-per-million","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) \u2013 processed","source_url":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/scientific-publications-per-million","title":"Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people","unit":"articles per million people"},"observations":[{"date":"1996-01-01","value":2.11179},{"date":"1997-01-01","value":2.8159},{"date":"1998-01-01","value":2.00028},{"date":"1999-01-01","value":2.67931},{"date":"2000-01-01","value":2.42209},{"date":"2001-01-01","value":2.71394},{"date":"2002-01-01","value":2.51948},{"date":"2003-01-01","value":1.76657},{"date":"2004-01-01","value":2.22752},{"date":"2005-01-01","value":3.68826},{"date":"2006-01-01","value":2.41567},{"date":"2007-01-01","value":2.97763},{"date":"2008-01-01","value":1.39479},{"date":"2009-01-01","value":2.2226},{"date":"2010-01-01","value":1.54233},{"date":"2011-01-01","value":3.83692},{"date":"2012-01-01","value":3.58936},{"date":"2013-01-01","value":3.92843},{"date":"2014-01-01","value":2.91801},{"date":"2015-01-01","value":3.52248},{"date":"2016-01-01","value":3.62154},{"date":"2017-01-01","value":2.70745},{"date":"2018-01-01","value":3.88226},{"date":"2019-01-01","value":4.83246},{"date":"2020-01-01","value":5.41724},{"date":"2021-01-01","value":7.79746},{"date":"2022-01-01","value":5.32238},{"date":"2023-01-01","value":9.32614}],"summary":{"latest_period":"2023-01-01","latest_value":9.32614,"max":9.32614,"mean":3.43572,"min":1.39479,"of":196,"rank":172,"trend":"volatile"}}