Scientific and technical journal articles in Malawi

Researchers in Malawi published 378 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
Malawi, 2023 378 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 +5.5% 2022: 358 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 111th of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Malawi 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 MalawiWorld
2023 378 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 358 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 375 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 286 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 244 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 240 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 228 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 190 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 177 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 170 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 135 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 156 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 144 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 126 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 106 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 109 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 128 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 87 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 84 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 82 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 76 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 79 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 75 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 65 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 54 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.5% from 358 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 135 articles, the figure has changed by +179.5%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Malawi has the 111th 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 Malawi
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