Scientific and technical journal articles in Western Africa in 2023 — 15,582 articles. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 959%.
1996–2023 · articles
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | articles | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15,582 | +516 | +3.42% |
| 2022 | 15,066 | +1,025 | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 14,041 | +1,663 | +13.44% |
| 2020 | 12,378 | +2,422 | +24.33% |
| 2019 | 9,956 | +2,054 | +26% |
| 2018 | 7,902 | +1,068 | +15.63% |
| 2017 | 6,833 | +844 | +14.1% |
| 2016 | 5,989 | +630 | +11.75% |
| 2015 | 5,360 | +226 | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 5,134 | +515 | +11.16% |
| 2013 | 4,618 | +104 | +2.29% |
| 2012 | 4,515 | −174 | −3.7% |
| 2011 | 4,689 | +394 | +9.16% |
| 2010 | 4,295 | +339 | +8.58% |
| 2009 | 3,956 | +698 | +21.42% |
| 2008 | 3,258 | +197 | +6.42% |
| 2007 | 3,061 | +302 | +10.93% |
| 2006 | 2,760 | +206 | +8.07% |
| 2005 | 2,554 | +350 | +15.88% |
| 2004 | 2,204 | +178 | +8.78% |
| 2003 | 2,026 | +171 | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 1,855 | +197 | +11.85% |
| 2001 | 1,658 | +51 | +3.19% |
| 2000 | 1,607 | −30 | −1.86% |
| 1999 | 1,638 | +52 | +3.29% |
| 1998 | 1,585 | +12 | +0.76% |
| 1997 | 1,573 | +102 | +6.94% |
| 1996 | 1,471 | — | — |
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.