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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 6 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 35 | 32 | 38 | 55 | 30 | 36 | 49 | 42 | 45 |
| Botswana | 112 | 124 | 164 | 168 | 160 | 167 | 205 | 164 | 236 | 240 | 285 | 309 | 324 | 386 | 393 |
| 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 |
| Lesotho | 8 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 38 | 34 | 44 | 48 |
| 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 |
| Mozambique | 23 | 39 | 47 | 74 | 63 | 70 | 87 | 105 | 110 | 133 | 151 | 155 | 176 | 220 | 194 |
| Namibia | 21 | 53 | 38 | 49 | 64 | 85 | 92 | 100 | 101 | 114 | 161 | 158 | 204 | 231 | 220 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 22 | 20 |
| South Africa | 3,965 | 5,277 | 7,697 | 8,324 | 9,105 | 9,656 | 10,324 | 11,148 | 12,185 | 13,020 | 13,477 | 15,148 | 15,745 | 16,093 | 16,651 |
| Eswatini | 8 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 43 |
| Tanzania | 151 | 219 | 363 | 401 | 393 | 401 | 530 | 538 | 563 | 616 | 627 | 791 | 889 | 997 | 1,171 |
| 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 |