Scarcity

Quality:

Scarcity - fundamental problem of economics where there are limited resources to fulfill society's unlimited wants. Article “Scarcity” in Simple English Wikipedia has 11.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Scarcity”, its content was written by 14 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 933 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 25 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3219 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #75 in December 2003
• Global: #765 in January 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #2232 in September 2019
• Global: #12785 in September 2013

There are 34 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Scarcity		57.7122
2	German (de) Knappheit		50.4095
3	Korean (ko) 희소성		44.218
4	Armenian (hy) Ռեսուրսների սակավություն		39.4567
5	Persian (fa) کمیابی		36.2494
6	Japanese (ja) 希少性		32.4201
7	Turkish (tr) Kıtlık (ekonomi)		30.115
8	Croatian (hr) Oskudnost dobara		28.1677
9	Chinese (zh) 稀缺性		27.7878
10	Basque (eu) Baliabideen eskasia		25.8187

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Scarcity		3 772 007
2	Spanish (es) Escasez		2 549 327
3	Indonesian (id) Kelangkaan		1 272 481
4	Portuguese (pt) Escassez		713 916
5	Russian (ru) Редкость ресурсов		572 403
6	French (fr) Rareté		249 569
7	German (de) Knappheit		243 651
8	Polish (pl) Rzadkość		179 748
9	Japanese (ja) 希少性		158 735
10	Chinese (zh) 稀缺性		156 869

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Scarcity		2 742
2	Chinese (zh) 稀缺性		487
3	Spanish (es) Escasez		475
4	Portuguese (pt) Escassez		402
5	Japanese (ja) 希少性		288
6	German (de) Knappheit		218
7	Russian (ru) Редкость ресурсов		186
8	French (fr) Rareté		126
9	Korean (ko) 희소성		126
10	Simple English (simple) Scarcity		99

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Scarcity		349
2	German (de) Knappheit		85
3	Spanish (es) Escasez		56
4	Chinese (zh) 稀缺性		50
5	Dutch (nl) Schaarste		48
6	French (fr) Rareté		43
7	Portuguese (pt) Escassez		33
8	Japanese (ja) 希少性		29
9	Vietnamese (vi) Sự khan hiếm		27
10	Russian (ru) Редкость ресурсов		23

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) ندرة (اقتصاد)		1
2	Basque (eu) Baliabideen eskasia		1
3	Uzbek (uz) Resurslar kamyobligi		1
4	Chinese (zh) 稀缺性		1
5	Azerbaijani (az) Qıtlıq		0
6	Catalan (ca) Escassetat		0
7	Czech (cs) Vzácnost		0
8	German (de) Knappheit		0
9	English (en) Scarcity		0
10	Spanish (es) Escasez		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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