Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 2,683 | 3,618 | 6,574 | 7,169 | 8,281 | 8,510 | 9,015 | 9,710 | 11,127 | 11,188 | 13,197 | 15,448 | 18,009 | 21,379 | 24,025 |
| Libya | 61 | 77 | 297 | 126 | 152 | 204 | 194 | 176 | 140 | 163 | 168 | 186 | 246 | 456 | 408 |
| Tunisia | 657 | 1,721 | 3,460 | 3,699 | 3,801 | 4,231 | 4,529 | 4,873 | 5,415 | 5,614 | 5,558 | 5,205 | 4,956 | 5,122 | 5,730 |
| Burundi | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 35 | 27 | 28 |
| Comoros | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 15 | 23 | 53 | 46 | 70 | 68 | 86 | 99 | 97 | 123 | 142 | 139 | 176 | 213 | 238 |
| Eritrea | 5 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 38 | 33 | 34 |
| Ethiopia | 166 | 223 | 446 | 492 | 650 | 771 | 985 | 1,015 | 1,168 | 1,631 | 2,100 | 2,735 | 4,142 | 5,716 | 7,156 |
| Kenya | 360 | 461 | 751 | 831 | 792 | 854 | 936 | 1,002 | 1,100 | 1,191 | 1,335 | 1,463 | 1,786 | 1,977 | 2,007 |
| Madagascar | 61 | 57 | 80 | 96 | 94 | 113 | 114 | 106 | 101 | 133 | 125 | 122 | 176 | 174 | 157 |
| Malawi | 65 | 86 | 127 | 141 | 158 | 136 | 172 | 179 | 195 | 235 | 246 | 252 | 291 | 372 | 362 |
| Mauritius | 54 | 75 | 85 | 64 | 116 | 121 | 122 | 121 | 155 | 167 | 134 | 237 | 193 | 194 | 239 |
| Rwanda | 3 | 7 | 45 | 47 | 54 | 88 | 97 | 103 | 130 | 128 | 173 | 198 | 265 | 329 | 353 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 22 | 20 |
| Somalia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 54 | 106 |
| Sudan | 69 | 110 | 239 | 273 | 244 | 321 | 222 | 252 | 366 | 322 | 401 | 390 | 386 | 548 | 507 |
| Eswatini | 8 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 43 |
| Uganda | 131 | 220 | 407 | 416 | 451 | 472 | 510 | 609 | 605 | 653 | 686 | 802 | 921 | 1,208 | 1,244 |
| Zambia | 34 | 61 | 88 | 101 | 107 | 121 | 130 | 162 | 180 | 208 | 218 | 210 | 267 | 313 | 344 |
| Zimbabwe | 236 | 141 | 147 | 142 | 205 | 221 | 270 | 275 | 323 | 340 | 393 | 426 | 456 | 496 | 563 |