Scientific and technical journal articles in Kuwait

Researchers in Kuwait published 1,395 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
Kuwait, 2023 1,395 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 +12.0% 2022: 1,246 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 83rd of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Kuwait 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 KuwaitWorld
2023 1,395 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 1,246 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 1,184 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 1,095 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 1,117 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 975 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 852 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 810 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 855 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 768 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 856 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 810 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 785 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 735 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 801 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 760 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 725 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 655 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 627 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 567 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 533 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 514 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 526 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 506 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 563 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +12.0% from 1,246 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 856 articles, the figure has changed by +62.9%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Kuwait has the 83rd 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 Kuwait
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