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Scientific and technical journal articles — all countries

Scientific and technical journal articles — Sub-Saharan Africa

Scientific and technical journal articles in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023 — 48,023 articles. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 587.2%.

2023 48,023 articles −0.22% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 48,126 articles2022
Period minimum 6,988 articles1996

Trend over time

1996–2023 · articles

Scientific and technical journal articles — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1996–2023020,00040,00060,00019961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 6,988 articles1997: 7,170 articles1998: 7,222 articles1999: 7,420 articles2000: 7,275 articles2001: 7,615 articles2002: 8,236 articles2003: 8,366 articles2004: 9,261 articles2005: 10,134 articles2006: 11,163 articles2007: 11,898 articles2008: 12,474 articles2009: 14,264 articles2010: 15,463 articles2011: 16,835 articles2012: 17,594 articles2013: 18,750 articles2014: 20,477 articles2015: 21,805 articles2016: 24,198 articles2017: 26,870 articles2018: 29,280 articles2019: 34,314 articles2020: 39,972 articles2021: 44,647 articles2022: 48,126 articles2023: 48,023 articles
Change over the period: +41,034 (+587.17%) Average annual rate: 7.4 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 48,023 articles
World 3.27M articles
Scientific and technical journal articles — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year articles Change Change, %
2023 48,023 −104 −0.22%
2022 48,126 +3,480 +7.79%
2021 44,647 +4,675 +11.7%
2020 39,972 +5,658 +16.49%
2019 34,314 +5,034 +17.19%
2018 29,280 +2,411 +8.97%
2017 26,870 +2,672 +11.04%
2016 24,198 +2,393 +10.97%
2015 21,805 +1,328 +6.48%
2014 20,477 +1,727 +9.21%
2013 18,750 +1,157 +6.57%
2012 17,594 +758 +4.5%
2011 16,835 +1,373 +8.88%
2010 15,463 +1,198 +8.4%
2009 14,264 +1,790 +14.35%
2008 12,474 +576 +4.84%
2007 11,898 +735 +6.59%
2006 11,163 +1,029 +10.15%
2005 10,134 +873 +9.42%
2004 9,261 +895 +10.7%
2003 8,366 +130 +1.58%
2002 8,236 +621 +8.15%
2001 7,615 +340 +4.67%
2000 7,275 −145 −1.95%
1999 7,420 +197 +2.73%
1998 7,222 +52 +0.72%
1997 7,170 +182 +2.6%
1996 6,988 — —

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.

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