Scientific and technical journal articles in Namibia

Researchers in Namibia published 231 scientific and technical articles in 2023.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Namibia, 2023 231 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 +8.2% 2022: 214 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 124th of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Namibia 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), 2004 to 2023
Period NamibiaWorld
2023 231 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 214 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 234 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 209 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 153 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 154 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 112 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 99 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 98 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 88 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 82 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 64 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 49 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 38 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 32 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 32 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 40 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 34 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 53 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 33 articles 1,324,894 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +8.2% from 214 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 82 articles, the figure has changed by +181.0%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Namibia has the 124th 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 Namibia
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