Scientific and technical journal articles in South Africa
Researchers in South Africa published 14,949 scientific and technical articles in 2023.
South Africa, 2023
14,949
Change from 2022
−5.9%
World, 2023
3,271,296 articles
Position in 2023
33rd of 197
Scientific and technical journal articles in South Africa 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 | South Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14,949 articles | 3,271,296 articles |
| 2022 | 15,881 articles | 3,220,952 articles |
| 2021 | 15,479 articles | 3,111,013 articles |
| 2020 | 15,309 articles | 2,868,013 articles |
| 2019 | 14,690 articles | 2,708,531 articles |
| 2018 | 13,232 articles | 2,522,113 articles |
| 2017 | 12,810 articles | 2,425,390 articles |
| 2016 | 11,955 articles | 2,336,757 articles |
| 2015 | 10,889 articles | 2,252,543 articles |
| 2014 | 10,087 articles | 2,195,344 articles |
| 2013 | 9,548 articles | 2,125,848 articles |
| 2012 | 8,947 articles | 2,062,566 articles |
| 2011 | 8,241 articles | 2,003,515 articles |
| 2010 | 7,577 articles | 1,909,442 articles |
| 2009 | 7,118 articles | 1,827,111 articles |
| 2008 | 6,337 articles | 1,725,502 articles |
| 2007 | 5,972 articles | 1,636,696 articles |
| 2006 | 5,816 articles | 1,570,081 articles |
| 2005 | 5,247 articles | 1,484,401 articles |
| 2004 | 4,943 articles | 1,324,894 articles |
| 2003 | 4,353 articles | 1,213,775 articles |
| 2002 | 4,482 articles | 1,154,717 articles |
| 2001 | 4,157 articles | 1,109,574 articles |
| 2000 | 3,965 articles | 1,070,967 articles |
| 1999 | 4,045 articles | 1,020,793 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −5.9% from 15,881 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 9,548 articles, the figure has changed by +56.6%.
- Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, South Africa has the 33rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.