Scientific and technical journal articles in Uganda

Researchers in Uganda published 1,424 scientific and technical articles in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Uganda, 2023 1,424 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 +13.9% 2022: 1,250 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 82nd of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Uganda 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.

Scientific and technical journal articles (articles, fractional count), 1999 to 2023
Period UgandaWorld
2023 1,424 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 1,250 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 1,211 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 927 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 792 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 662 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 636 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 592 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 600 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 505 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 466 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 447 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 415 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 405 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 305 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 252 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 280 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 208 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 219 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 211 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 137 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 131 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 136 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 131 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 118 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +13.9% from 1,250 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 466 articles, the figure has changed by +205.3%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Uganda has the 82nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.

Source and dates

Original producer
US National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IP.JRN.ARTC.SC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1996 to 2023 for Uganda
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: US National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators