Scientific and technical journal articles in Mauritania

Researchers in Mauritania published 47 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
Mauritania, 2023 47 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 +80.5% 2022: 26 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 156th of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Mauritania 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 MauritaniaWorld
2023 47 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 26 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 37 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 25 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 22 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 17 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 11 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 15 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 14 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 11 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 15 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 13 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 13 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 5 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 7 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 4 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 9 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 7 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 11 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 6 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 5 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 7 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 7 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 6 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 7 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +80.5% from 26 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 15 articles, the figure has changed by +219.3%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Mauritania has the 156th 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 Mauritania
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