Scientific and technical journal articles in Nigeria
Researchers in Nigeria published 9,799 scientific and technical articles in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.
Nigeria, 2023
9,799
Change from 2022
+1.6%
World, 2023
3,271,296 articles
Position in 2023
43rd of 197
Scientific and technical journal articles in Nigeria 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 | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9,799 articles | 3,271,296 articles |
| 2022 | 9,649 articles | 3,220,952 articles |
| 2021 | 9,264 articles | 3,111,013 articles |
| 2020 | 8,324 articles | 2,868,013 articles |
| 2019 | 6,509 articles | 2,708,531 articles |
| 2018 | 5,097 articles | 2,522,113 articles |
| 2017 | 4,385 articles | 2,425,390 articles |
| 2016 | 3,764 articles | 2,336,757 articles |
| 2015 | 3,404 articles | 2,252,543 articles |
| 2014 | 3,387 articles | 2,195,344 articles |
| 2013 | 3,034 articles | 2,125,848 articles |
| 2012 | 2,992 articles | 2,062,566 articles |
| 2011 | 3,316 articles | 2,003,515 articles |
| 2010 | 3,101 articles | 1,909,442 articles |
| 2009 | 2,830 articles | 1,827,111 articles |
| 2008 | 2,219 articles | 1,725,502 articles |
| 2007 | 2,102 articles | 1,636,696 articles |
| 2006 | 1,926 articles | 1,570,081 articles |
| 2005 | 1,780 articles | 1,484,401 articles |
| 2004 | 1,471 articles | 1,324,894 articles |
| 2003 | 1,313 articles | 1,213,775 articles |
| 2002 | 1,220 articles | 1,154,717 articles |
| 2001 | 1,059 articles | 1,109,574 articles |
| 2000 | 1,036 articles | 1,070,967 articles |
| 1999 | 963 articles | 1,020,793 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.6% from 9,649 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 3,034 articles, the figure has changed by +223.0%.
- Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Nigeria has the 43rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.