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Choose one measure and up to 12 places. Every place then uses the same published series, unit and source, although national definitions can still differ where the source says so. 2023 is the most recent period with a value for every selected place.
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Values for 2023
European Union, 2023
558,077 articles
aggregate · +101.1% since 1999
Spain, 2023
60,304 articles
+151.3% since 1999
Portugal, 2023
18,225 articles
+482.5% since 1999
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Articles, fractional count. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 18,225 articles | 60,304 articles | 558,077 articles |
| 2022 | 18,213 articles | 61,270 articles | 568,739 articles |
| 2021 | 18,388 articles | 63,622 articles | 588,274 articles |
| 2020 | 16,429 articles | 60,135 articles | 554,457 articles |
| 2019 | 15,863 articles | 57,222 articles | 543,786 articles |
| 2018 | 14,381 articles | 54,676 articles | 530,444 articles |
| 2017 | 14,109 articles | 53,941 articles | 530,740 articles |
| 2016 | 14,038 articles | 53,890 articles | 528,513 articles |
| 2015 | 14,401 articles | 53,300 articles | 525,923 articles |
| 2014 | 14,103 articles | 54,349 articles | 519,982 articles |
| 2013 | 13,594 articles | 53,215 articles | 510,177 articles |
| 2012 | 12,734 articles | 53,300 articles | 500,131 articles |
| 2011 | 11,711 articles | 51,183 articles | 480,846 articles |
| 2010 | 10,421 articles | 48,292 articles | 461,646 articles |
| 2009 | 9,383 articles | 46,669 articles | 449,914 articles |
| 2008 | 8,625 articles | 43,683 articles | 430,826 articles |
| 2007 | 7,602 articles | 41,935 articles | 410,767 articles |
| 2006 | 7,193 articles | 39,136 articles | 392,756 articles |
| 2005 | 5,939 articles | 35,807 articles | 374,012 articles |
| 2004 | 5,204 articles | 31,742 articles | 338,573 articles |
| 2003 | 4,648 articles | 29,227 articles | 319,973 articles |
| 2002 | 4,061 articles | 27,972 articles | 307,259 articles |
| 2001 | 3,822 articles | 26,457 articles | 299,798 articles |
| 2000 | 3,329 articles | 25,001 articles | 290,458 articles |
| 1999 | 3,129 articles | 24,000 articles | 277,469 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.