Scientific and technical journal articles in Latin America and Caribbean
Researchers in Latin America and Caribbean published 118,409 scientific and technical articles in 2023.
Latin America and Caribbean is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Latin America and Caribbean, 2023
118,409
Change from 2022
−4.2%
World, 2023
3,271,296 articles
Scientific and technical journal articles in Latin America and Caribbean 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 | Latin America and Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 118,409 articles | 3,271,296 articles |
| 2022 | 123,599 articles | 3,220,952 articles |
| 2021 | 131,962 articles | 3,111,013 articles |
| 2020 | 125,122 articles | 2,868,013 articles |
| 2019 | 115,485 articles | 2,708,531 articles |
| 2018 | 107,190 articles | 2,522,113 articles |
| 2017 | 99,994 articles | 2,425,390 articles |
| 2016 | 94,106 articles | 2,336,757 articles |
| 2015 | 88,593 articles | 2,252,543 articles |
| 2014 | 86,787 articles | 2,195,344 articles |
| 2013 | 81,615 articles | 2,125,848 articles |
| 2012 | 78,956 articles | 2,062,566 articles |
| 2011 | 72,625 articles | 2,003,515 articles |
| 2010 | 69,047 articles | 1,909,442 articles |
| 2009 | 64,788 articles | 1,827,111 articles |
| 2008 | 60,436 articles | 1,725,502 articles |
| 2007 | 53,469 articles | 1,636,696 articles |
| 2006 | 51,234 articles | 1,570,081 articles |
| 2005 | 42,857 articles | 1,484,401 articles |
| 2004 | 38,280 articles | 1,324,894 articles |
| 2003 | 35,116 articles | 1,213,775 articles |
| 2002 | 32,710 articles | 1,154,717 articles |
| 2001 | 29,528 articles | 1,109,574 articles |
| 2000 | 27,559 articles | 1,070,967 articles |
| 1999 | 25,578 articles | 1,020,793 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −4.2% from 123,599 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 81,615 articles, the figure has changed by +45.1%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.