Scientific and technical journal articles in Sweden
Researchers in Sweden published 21,244 scientific and technical articles in 2023.
Sweden, 2023
21,244
Change from 2022
−1.3%
European Union, 2023
558,077 articles
Position in 2023
24th of 197
Scientific and technical journal articles in Sweden 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 | Sweden | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21,244 articles | 558,077 articles |
| 2022 | 21,515 articles | 568,739 articles |
| 2021 | 22,022 articles | 588,274 articles |
| 2020 | 21,154 articles | 554,457 articles |
| 2019 | 20,888 articles | 543,786 articles |
| 2018 | 20,850 articles | 530,444 articles |
| 2017 | 21,054 articles | 530,740 articles |
| 2016 | 20,912 articles | 528,513 articles |
| 2015 | 20,900 articles | 525,923 articles |
| 2014 | 20,763 articles | 519,982 articles |
| 2013 | 19,861 articles | 510,177 articles |
| 2012 | 19,206 articles | 500,131 articles |
| 2011 | 18,275 articles | 480,846 articles |
| 2010 | 17,768 articles | 461,646 articles |
| 2009 | 17,476 articles | 449,914 articles |
| 2008 | 16,377 articles | 430,826 articles |
| 2007 | 16,445 articles | 410,767 articles |
| 2006 | 16,547 articles | 392,756 articles |
| 2005 | 16,312 articles | 374,012 articles |
| 2004 | 15,154 articles | 338,573 articles |
| 2003 | 14,686 articles | 319,973 articles |
| 2002 | 14,561 articles | 307,259 articles |
| 2001 | 14,742 articles | 299,798 articles |
| 2000 | 14,570 articles | 290,458 articles |
| 1999 | 14,203 articles | 277,469 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.3% from 21,515 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 19,861 articles, the figure has changed by +7.0%.
- Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Sweden has the 24th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 558,077 articles.
More for Sweden
All statistics for Sweden
Researchers per million people
8,911 per million people
2023 · World Bank
R&D spending share of GDP
3.52%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Researchers as a share of the labour force
1.99%
2024 · Eurostat
European patent applications
446.2p (Provisional) per million people
2025 · Eurostat
R&D spending share of GDP
3.60%
2023 · World Bank