Scientific and technical journal articles in Bulgaria
Researchers in Bulgaria published 4,998 scientific and technical articles in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.
Bulgaria, 2023
4,998
Change from 2022
+2.9%
European Union, 2023
558,077 articles
Position in 2023
61st of 197
Scientific and technical journal articles in Bulgaria 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.
| Period | Bulgaria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4,998 articles | 558,077 articles |
| 2022 | 4,859 articles | 568,739 articles |
| 2021 | 4,748 articles | 588,274 articles |
| 2020 | 4,476 articles | 554,457 articles |
| 2019 | 4,258 articles | 543,786 articles |
| 2018 | 3,245 articles | 530,444 articles |
| 2017 | 2,886 articles | 530,740 articles |
| 2016 | 2,415 articles | 528,513 articles |
| 2015 | 2,499 articles | 525,923 articles |
| 2014 | 2,520 articles | 519,982 articles |
| 2013 | 2,640 articles | 510,177 articles |
| 2012 | 2,537 articles | 500,131 articles |
| 2011 | 2,424 articles | 480,846 articles |
| 2010 | 2,486 articles | 461,646 articles |
| 2009 | 2,677 articles | 449,914 articles |
| 2008 | 2,280 articles | 430,826 articles |
| 2007 | 2,431 articles | 410,767 articles |
| 2006 | 1,902 articles | 392,756 articles |
| 2005 | 2,023 articles | 374,012 articles |
| 2004 | 1,842 articles | 338,573 articles |
| 2003 | 1,710 articles | 319,973 articles |
| 2002 | 1,685 articles | 307,259 articles |
| 2001 | 1,658 articles | 299,798 articles |
| 2000 | 1,677 articles | 290,458 articles |
| 1999 | 1,800 articles | 277,469 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.9% from 4,859 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 2,640 articles, the figure has changed by +89.4%.
- Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Bulgaria has the 61st highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 558,077 articles.
More for Bulgaria
All statistics for Bulgaria
Researchers per million people
2,401 per million people
2023 · World Bank
R&D spending share of GDP
0.74%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Researchers as a share of the labour force
0.60%
2024 · Eurostat
European patent applications
11.2p (Provisional) per million people
2025 · Eurostat
R&D spending share of GDP
0.79%
2023 · World Bank