Scientific and technical journal articles in Botswana

Researchers in Botswana published 384 scientific and technical articles in 2023.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Botswana, 2023 384 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 −1.8% 2022: 391 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 110th of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Botswana over time

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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.

Scientific and technical journal articles (articles, fractional count), 1999 to 2023
Period BotswanaWorld
2023 384 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 391 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 377 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 319 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 302 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 283 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 234 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 231 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 157 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 199 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 165 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 157 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 168 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 162 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 168 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 164 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 152 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 185 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 121 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 133 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 120 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 117 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 102 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 112 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 89 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.8% from 391 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 165 articles, the figure has changed by +132.7%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Botswana has the 110th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.

Source and dates

Original producer
US National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IP.JRN.ARTC.SC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1996 to 2023 for Botswana
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: US National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators