Scientific and technical journal articles — all countries

Scientific and technical journal articles — Southern Africa

Scientific and technical journal articles in Southern Africa in 2023 — 15,655 articles. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 287.8%.

2023 15,655 articles −5.56% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 16,577 articles2022
Period minimum 4,037 articles1996

Trend over time

1996–2023 · articles

Scientific and technical journal articles — Southern Africa, 1996–202305,00010,00015,00020,00019961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 4,037 articles1997: 4,050 articles1998: 4,157 articles1999: 4,184 articles2000: 4,113 articles2001: 4,322 articles2002: 4,660 articles2003: 4,531 articles2004: 5,126 articles2005: 5,440 articles2006: 6,057 articles2007: 6,180 articles2008: 6,555 articles2009: 7,340 articles2010: 7,810 articles2011: 8,494 articles2012: 9,206 articles2013: 9,829 articles2014: 10,397 articles2015: 11,176 articles2016: 12,324 articles2017: 13,209 articles2018: 13,719 articles2019: 15,218 articles2020: 15,906 articles2021: 16,170 articles2022: 16,577 articles2023: 15,655 articles
Change over the period: +11,619 (+287.84%) Average annual rate: 5.15 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Southern Africa 15,655 articles
World 3.27M articles
Scientific and technical journal articles — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year articles Change Change, %
2023 15,655 −921 −5.56%
2022 16,577 +407 +2.51%
2021 16,170 +264 +1.66%
2020 15,906 +688 +4.52%
2019 15,218 +1,499 +10.93%
2018 13,719 +510 +3.86%
2017 13,209 +885 +7.18%
2016 12,324 +1,148 +10.27%
2015 11,176 +779 +7.49%
2014 10,397 +568 +5.78%
2013 9,829 +623 +6.77%
2012 9,206 +712 +8.39%
2011 8,494 +683 +8.75%
2010 7,810 +470 +6.4%
2009 7,340 +785 +11.98%
2008 6,555 +375 +6.07%
2007 6,180 +123 +2.03%
2006 6,057 +617 +11.33%
2005 5,440 +314 +6.13%
2004 5,126 +595 +13.12%
2003 4,531 −128 −2.75%
2002 4,660 +337 +7.8%
2001 4,322 +209 +5.09%
2000 4,113 −71 −1.69%
1999 4,184 +27 +0.65%
1998 4,157 +107 +2.64%
1997 4,050 +14 +0.34%
1996 4,037

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.