Scientific and technical journal articles in Portugal
Researchers in Portugal published 18,225 scientific and technical articles in 2023.
Portugal, 2023
18,225
Change from 2022
+0.1%
European Union, 2023
558,077 articles
Position in 2023
27th of 197
Scientific and technical journal articles in Portugal 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 | Portugal | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 18,225 articles | 558,077 articles |
| 2022 | 18,213 articles | 568,739 articles |
| 2021 | 18,388 articles | 588,274 articles |
| 2020 | 16,429 articles | 554,457 articles |
| 2019 | 15,863 articles | 543,786 articles |
| 2018 | 14,381 articles | 530,444 articles |
| 2017 | 14,109 articles | 530,740 articles |
| 2016 | 14,038 articles | 528,513 articles |
| 2015 | 14,401 articles | 525,923 articles |
| 2014 | 14,103 articles | 519,982 articles |
| 2013 | 13,594 articles | 510,177 articles |
| 2012 | 12,734 articles | 500,131 articles |
| 2011 | 11,711 articles | 480,846 articles |
| 2010 | 10,421 articles | 461,646 articles |
| 2009 | 9,383 articles | 449,914 articles |
| 2008 | 8,625 articles | 430,826 articles |
| 2007 | 7,602 articles | 410,767 articles |
| 2006 | 7,193 articles | 392,756 articles |
| 2005 | 5,939 articles | 374,012 articles |
| 2004 | 5,204 articles | 338,573 articles |
| 2003 | 4,648 articles | 319,973 articles |
| 2002 | 4,061 articles | 307,259 articles |
| 2001 | 3,822 articles | 299,798 articles |
| 2000 | 3,329 articles | 290,458 articles |
| 1999 | 3,129 articles | 277,469 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1% from 18,213 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 13,594 articles, the figure has changed by +34.1%.
- Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Portugal has the 27th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 558,077 articles.
More for Portugal
All statistics for Portugal
Researchers per million people
5,983 per million people
2023 · World Bank
R&D spending share of GDP
1.81%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Researchers as a share of the labour force
1.25%
2024 · Eurostat
European patent applications
34.2p (Provisional) per million people
2025 · Eurostat
R&D spending share of GDP
1.69%
2023 · World Bank