Scientific and technical journal articles — all countries

Scientific and technical journal articles — Belgium

Scientific and technical journal articles in Belgium in 2023 — 16,816 articles. Ranked 28 in the world out of 197. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 90.5%.

2023 16,816 articles −1.8% vs 2022
World rank 28of 197
Period maximum 17,846 articles2021
Period minimum 8,827 articles1996

Trend over time

1996–2023 · articles

Scientific and technical journal articles — Belgium, 1996–20237,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,00019961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 8,827 articles1997: 9,009 articles1998: 9,410 articles1999: 9,245 articles2000: 9,593 articles2001: 9,951 articles2002: 10,213 articles2003: 10,755 articles2004: 11,405 articles2005: 12,640 articles2006: 12,856 articles2007: 13,465 articles2008: 14,086 articles2009: 14,618 articles2010: 14,845 articles2011: 15,360 articles2012: 16,091 articles2013: 16,397 articles2014: 16,669 articles2015: 16,491 articles2016: 16,560 articles2017: 16,086 articles2018: 16,200 articles2019: 16,217 articles2020: 16,603 articles2021: 17,846 articles2022: 17,124 articles2023: 16,816 articles
Change over the period: +7,990 (+90.52%) Average annual rate: 2.42 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belgium

Belgium 16,816 articles
World 3.27M articles
Europe & Central Asia 865,613 articles
Western Europe computed 257,863 articles
High-income countries computed 1.57M articles
Scientific and technical journal articles — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year articles Change Change, %
2023 16,816 −308 −1.8%
2022 17,124 −722 −4.05%
2021 17,846 +1,243 +7.49%
2020 16,603 +386 +2.38%
2019 16,217 +17 +0.1%
2018 16,200 +114 +0.71%
2017 16,086 −474 −2.86%
2016 16,560 +69 +0.42%
2015 16,491 −178 −1.07%
2014 16,669 +272 +1.66%
2013 16,397 +306 +1.9%
2012 16,091 +731 +4.76%
2011 15,360 +515 +3.47%
2010 14,845 +227 +1.55%
2009 14,618 +532 +3.77%
2008 14,086 +621 +4.61%
2007 13,465 +610 +4.74%
2006 12,856 +215 +1.7%
2005 12,640 +1,236 +10.84%
2004 11,405 +650 +6.04%
2003 10,755 +541 +5.3%
2002 10,213 +262 +2.64%
2001 9,951 +358 +3.73%
2000 9,593 +348 +3.77%
1999 9,245 −165 −1.75%
1998 9,410 +401 +4.45%
1997 9,009 +182 +2.07%
1996 8,827

Western Europe, 2023

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About the indicator

The number of scientific and technical articles published during the year in peer-reviewed journals in the natural sciences and engineering, medicine, agriculture and mathematics. Articles are counted by the country of the authors' affiliation; under international co-authorship an article is counted for each country, so the sum over countries exceeds the world total.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.