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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 45 | 61 | 106 | 129 | 143 | 179 | 180 | 180 | 173 | 208 | 233 | 277 | 317 | 382 | 414 |
| Burkina Faso | 49 | 73 | 125 | 150 | 189 | 164 | 169 | 193 | 206 | 209 | 255 | 262 | 262 | 332 | 411 |
| Cabo Verde | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 24 | 22 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 76 | 102 | 155 | 180 | 186 | 158 | 181 | 177 | 174 | 206 | 248 | 241 | 249 | 334 | 298 |
| Ghana | 139 | 189 | 355 | 410 | 514 | 580 | 623 | 786 | 1,008 | 1,117 | 1,364 | 1,656 | 2,077 | 2,560 | 3,075 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 15 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 26 | 26 |
| Mali | 16 | 41 | 74 | 86 | 85 | 62 | 70 | 66 | 77 | 99 | 87 | 92 | 99 | 113 | 118 |
| Niger | 25 | 22 | 68 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 48 | 53 | 51 | 57 | 66 | 64 | 68 | 57 | 74 |
| Nigeria | 1,036 | 1,785 | 3,173 | 3,410 | 3,114 | 3,138 | 3,554 | 3,562 | 3,959 | 4,503 | 5,529 | 6,894 | 8,170 | 9,423 | 9,408 |
| Senegal | 146 | 203 | 189 | 261 | 261 | 276 | 296 | 328 | 333 | 339 | 385 | 377 | 413 | 421 | 451 |
| Sierra Leone | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 33 | 47 | 42 | 41 | 52 | 64 | 79 | 87 |
| Gambia, The | 28 | 37 | 45 | 34 | 37 | 46 | 46 | 42 | 52 | 47 | 36 | 51 | 61 | 81 | 78 |
| Togo | 31 | 25 | 49 | 49 | 44 | 57 | 75 | 70 | 67 | 66 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 107 | 135 |