Scientific and technical journal articles in Sub-Saharan Africa
Researchers in Sub-Saharan Africa published 48,023 scientific and technical articles in 2023.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2023
48,023
Change from 2022
−0.2%
World, 2023
3,271,296 articles
Scientific and technical journal articles in Sub-Saharan 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 48,023 articles | 3,271,296 articles |
| 2022 | 48,126 articles | 3,220,952 articles |
| 2021 | 44,647 articles | 3,111,013 articles |
| 2020 | 39,972 articles | 2,868,013 articles |
| 2019 | 34,314 articles | 2,708,531 articles |
| 2018 | 29,280 articles | 2,522,113 articles |
| 2017 | 26,870 articles | 2,425,390 articles |
| 2016 | 24,198 articles | 2,336,757 articles |
| 2015 | 21,805 articles | 2,252,543 articles |
| 2014 | 20,477 articles | 2,195,344 articles |
| 2013 | 18,750 articles | 2,125,848 articles |
| 2012 | 17,594 articles | 2,062,566 articles |
| 2011 | 16,835 articles | 2,003,515 articles |
| 2010 | 15,463 articles | 1,909,442 articles |
| 2009 | 14,264 articles | 1,827,111 articles |
| 2008 | 12,474 articles | 1,725,502 articles |
| 2007 | 11,898 articles | 1,636,696 articles |
| 2006 | 11,163 articles | 1,570,081 articles |
| 2005 | 10,134 articles | 1,484,401 articles |
| 2004 | 9,261 articles | 1,324,894 articles |
| 2003 | 8,366 articles | 1,213,775 articles |
| 2002 | 8,236 articles | 1,154,717 articles |
| 2001 | 7,615 articles | 1,109,574 articles |
| 2000 | 7,275 articles | 1,070,967 articles |
| 1999 | 7,420 articles | 1,020,793 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2% from 48,126 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 18,750 articles, the figure has changed by +156.1%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.