Scientific and technical journal articles in Latin America & Caribbean in 2023 — 118,409 articles. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 511.9%.
1996–2023 · articles
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | articles | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 118,409 | −5,190 | −4.2% |
| 2022 | 123,599 | −8,362 | −6.34% |
| 2021 | 131,962 | +6,840 | +5.47% |
| 2020 | 125,122 | +9,637 | +8.34% |
| 2019 | 115,485 | +8,295 | +7.74% |
| 2018 | 107,190 | +7,196 | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 99,994 | +5,888 | +6.26% |
| 2016 | 94,106 | +5,514 | +6.22% |
| 2015 | 88,593 | +1,805 | +2.08% |
| 2014 | 86,787 | +5,172 | +6.34% |
| 2013 | 81,615 | +2,659 | +3.37% |
| 2012 | 78,956 | +6,331 | +8.72% |
| 2011 | 72,625 | +3,578 | +5.18% |
| 2010 | 69,047 | +4,259 | +6.57% |
| 2009 | 64,788 | +4,353 | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 60,436 | +6,967 | +13.03% |
| 2007 | 53,469 | +2,234 | +4.36% |
| 2006 | 51,234 | +8,377 | +19.55% |
| 2005 | 42,857 | +4,577 | +11.96% |
| 2004 | 38,280 | +3,164 | +9.01% |
| 2003 | 35,116 | +2,406 | +7.36% |
| 2002 | 32,710 | +3,182 | +10.78% |
| 2001 | 29,528 | +1,968 | +7.14% |
| 2000 | 27,559 | +1,981 | +7.74% |
| 1999 | 25,578 | +1,733 | +7.27% |
| 1998 | 23,845 | +1,496 | +6.69% |
| 1997 | 22,349 | +2,997 | +15.49% |
| 1996 | 19,352 | — | — |
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.
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