Scientific and technical journal articles in Burkina Faso

Researchers in Burkina Faso published 520 scientific and technical articles in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Burkina Faso, 2023 520 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 +15.0% 2022: 452 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 97th of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Burkina Faso over time

View
Places
2 selected
Burkina Faso World ×

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 Burkina FasoWorld
2023 520 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 452 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 357 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 314 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 292 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 247 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 202 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 201 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 190 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 169 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 159 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 185 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 146 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 122 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 129 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 116 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 102 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 99 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 71 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 72 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 76 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 72 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 64 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 49 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 62 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +15.0% from 452 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 159 articles, the figure has changed by +227.3%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Burkina Faso has the 97th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.

More for Burkina Faso

All statistics for Burkina Faso

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 Burkina Faso
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