Scientific and technical journal articles in Costa Rica

Researchers in Costa Rica published 661 scientific and technical articles in 2023.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Costa Rica, 2023 661 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 −8.9% 2022: 725 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 92nd of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Costa Rica 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 Costa RicaWorld
2023 661 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 725 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 751 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 711 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 614 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 524 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 477 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 421 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 352 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 355 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 267 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 308 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 262 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 267 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 251 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 242 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 229 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 224 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 219 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 216 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 153 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 159 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 169 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 122 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 127 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −8.9% from 725 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 267 articles, the figure has changed by +147.1%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Costa Rica has the 92nd 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 Costa Rica
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