Gambia, The's scientific and technical journal articles was 79.8 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 72.91% from 46.15 in 2013 (5.63% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 79.8 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 35.71 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 46.15 | 2013 |
| Highest | 79.8 | 2023 |
| Lowest | 25.78 | 2002 |
| Average since 2014 | 56.55 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 37.61 | 1996 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Gambia, The's scientific and technical journal articles rose 0.5% on 2022 (from 79.44 to 79.8).
Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2022), the average change was +4.7% and a typical year strayed about 19.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 39.9% in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 27% in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 4.49 a year. A straight line explains 69% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Gambia, The had the 145th highest value of the 197 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Gambia, The | 79.8 | 2023 |
| World | 3.27 million | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 48,023 | 2023 |
| Low income | 12,773 | 2023 |
Closest to Gambia, The in the 2023 ranking
- Gabon — 142nd of 197: 90.57
- Niger — 143rd of 197: 90.18
- Sierra Leone — 144th of 197: 86.32
- Lao PDR — 146th of 197: 72.2
- Papua New Guinea — 147th of 197: 69.76
- El Salvador — 148th of 197: 64.56
What this measures
Article counts refer to publications from a selection of conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals from Scopus in science and engineering fields, according to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Taxonomy of Disciplines.
Limitations: Because the bibliometric database is constantly updated, the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) does not recommend comparing bibliometric data across different editions of the Science and Engineering Indicators publication. For each edition of Indicators, NCSES uses a fixed snapshot of the database. This means that although trends are comparable, the exact number of articles, citations, and other data will vary across editions. For more information about comparing fixed versus dynamic journal data sets, see Schneider et al. (2019).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 28 values
| Year | Scientific and technical journal articles |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 79.8 |
| 2022 | 79.44 |
| 2021 | 75.92 |
| 2020 | 58.99 |
| 2019 | 49.97 |
| 2018 | 35.71 |
| 2017 | 45.83 |
| 2016 | 52.16 |
| 2015 | 41.42 |
| 2014 | 46.24 |
| 2013 |
Scientific and technical journal articles in nearby economies
- Angola — 50.27 (2023)
- Benin — 437.17 (2023)
- Botswana — 383.84 (2023)
- Burkina Faso — 519.72 (2023)
- Burundi — 36.26 (2023)
- Cabo Verde — 18.34 (2023)
- Cameroon — 1,547 (2023)
- Central African Republic — 25.75 (2023)
- Chad — 52.36 (2023)
- Comoros — 8.01 (2023)
More infrastructure data for Gambia, The
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 44,127 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 1.6 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 3.48 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 126.24 (2024)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 9.47% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 49.49% (2024)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$853,730 (2025)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 0.19% (2025)
- ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) — 0.6% (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Gambia, The's scientific and technical journal articles?
- 79.8 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1996?
- It is up 112.18% from 37.61 in 1996 (2.83% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 79.8 in 2023 and the lowest 25.78 in 2002.
- How does Gambia, The rank?
- 145th highest of 197 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in scientific and technical journal articles unusual for Gambia, The?
- In 2023, Gambia, The's scientific and technical journal articles rose 0.5% on 2022 (from 79.44 to 79.8). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2022), the average change was +4.7% and a typical year strayed about 19.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IP.JRN.ARTC.SC, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Science and Engineering Indicators, National Science Foundation (NSF), uri: https://ncses.nsf.gov/indicators Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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