Total Chemistry Literature Peace Physics Physiology or Medicine Economics
United States 323 63 12 21 88 94 45
United Kingdom 117 28 13 12 23 33 8
Germany 103 30 10 6 32 23 2
France 57 8 15 9 11 12 2
Sweden 28 4 7 5 4 6 2
Switzerland 25 6 2 3 5 9
Russia 23 2 5 2 11 1 2
Austria 20 5 1 2 4 7 1
Canada 20 7 1 1 3 4 4
Italy 20 1 6 1 5 6 1
Netherlands 19 3 1 10 3 2
Japan 18 7 2 1 7 1
Denmark 13 1 3 1 3 5
Poland 12 2 5 2 2 1
Norway 11 2 3 2 1 3
Australia 10 1 1 1 7
Belgium 9 1 1 3 4
Hungary 9 2 1 3 2 1
India 9 1 2 1 2 2 1
Israel 9 3 1 3 2
South Africa 9 2 4 3
Spain 8 6 2
China 7 1 2 4
Ireland 6 4 1 1
Argentina 5 1 2 2
Czech Republic 5 1 1 1 2
Egypt 4 1 1 2
Finland 4 1 1 1 1
Mexico 3 1 1 1
New Zealand 3 2 1
Romania 3 1 1 1
Algeria 2 1 1
Bosnia & Herzegovina 2 1 1
Chile 2 2
East Timor 2 2
Greece 2 2
Guatemala 2 1 1
Iran 2 1 1
Portugal 2 1 1
Saint Lucia 2 1 1
South Korea 2 1
Bangladesh 1 1
Belarus 1 1
Brazil 1 1
Bulgaria 1 1
Burma 1 1
Colombia 1 1
Costa Rica 1 1
Croatia 1 1
Faroe Islands 1 1
Ghana 1 1
Hong Kong 1 1
Iceland 1 1
Kenya 1 1
Latvia 1 1
Lithuania 1 1
Macedonia 1 1
Nigeria 1 1
Pakistan 1 1
Palestinian Authority 1 1
Peru 1 1
Slovenia 1 1
Taiwan 1 1
Tibet 1 1
Trinidad & Tobago 1 1
Turkey 1 1
Ukraine 1 1
Venezuela 1 1
Vietnam 1 1
Notes:
The figures include all Nobel Prizes awarded up to and including 8 October 2010.
The Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is not a Nobel Prize per se, but it is awarded by the Royal Swedish Aca
Prizes are allocated to the country/countries stated on the website of the Nobel Prize committee (www.nobelprize.org).
Where the website mentions multiple countries in relation to a prize winner (country of birth; country of citizenship; country of reside
Where a prize has multiple winners, the country (or countries) of each winner are credited.
Winners from Belarus and Ukraine are not credited to Russia. Winners born in what was then Poland but is now Ukraine are credite
Prizes which were declined by the winner are included.
Prizes won by organisations are not allocated to countries.
Organisations who won prizes:
International Committee of the Red Cross (three times)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (twice)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Grameen Bank
International Atomic Energy Agency
United Nations
Medecins Sans Frontieres
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
United Nations Peacekeeping Forces
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Amnesty International
International Labour Organization
United Nations Children's Fund
League of Red Cross Societies
Friends Service Council
American Friends Service Committee
Nansen International Office for Refugees
Permanent International Peace Bureau
Institute of International Law
awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences according to the same principles as for the Nobel Prizes. We therefore include it.
(www.nobelprize.org).
ntry of citizenship; country of residence at time of award) each of those countries is credited as having won the prize.
oland but is now Ukraine are credited to Poland.
Prizes. We therefore include it.