Sub-Saharan Africa
Scientific and technical journal articles

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, South Africa leads Scientific and technical journal articles in 2023 at 14,949.03, while Equatorial Guinea sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 3.44. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.03.7 K7.5 K11 K15 KSouth AfricaSouth Africa: 14,949.0315 KNigeriaNigeria: 9,799.399.8 KEthiopiaEthiopia: 6,727.916.7 KGhanaGhana: 3,269.863.3 KKenyaKenya: 2,078.832.1 KCameroonCameroon: 1,546.901.5 KTanzaniaTanzania: 1,452.531.5 KUgandaUganda: 1,423.591.4 KZimbabweZimbabwe: 519.85520Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 519.72520SenegalSenegal: 489.62490SudanSudan: 470.62471

Country table

#CountryValue
1 South Africa 14,949.03
2 Nigeria 9,799.39
3 Ethiopia 6,727.91
4 Ghana 3,269.86
5 Kenya 2,078.83
6 Cameroon 1,546.90
7 Tanzania 1,452.53
8 Uganda 1,423.59
9 Zimbabwe 519.85
10 Burkina Faso 519.72
11 Senegal 489.62
12 Sudan 470.62
13 Benin 437.17
14 Rwanda 433.51
15 Cote d'Ivoire 391.71
16 Botswana 383.84
17 Malawi 377.51
18 Zambia 367.30
19 Congo, Dem. Rep. 243.06
20 Namibia 231.33
21 Mauritius 205.31
22 Mozambique 204.82
23 Madagascar 153.44
24 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 151.88
25 Togo 135.94
26 Mali 116.65
27 Congo, Rep. 95.66
28 Gabon 90.57
29 Niger 90.18
30 Sierra Leone 86.32
31 Gambia, The 79.80
32 Lesotho 60.18
33 Guinea 54.90
34 Chad 52.36
35 Angola 50.27
36 Mauritania 46.84
37 Burundi 36.26
38 Liberia 31.54
39 Eswatini 30.94
40 Eritrea 29.08
41 Central African Republic 25.75
42 Cabo Verde 18.34
43 South Sudan 17.18
44 Seychelles 15.17
45 Guinea-Bissau 13.70
46 Comoros 8.01
47 Sao Tome and Principe 4.71
48 Equatorial Guinea 3.44

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Scientific and technical journal articles in 2023, South Africa leads with a gap of 5,149.64 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Equatorial Guinea at 3.44.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.