The Nobel Prize is awarded in six different categories – Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Medicine, Literature and Peace – and these charts will give you a good idea about countries that have won the most awards in a particular category.
The charts on Nobel prize winners by country are used from Flickr (available under CC Attribution). You may also refer to this page on the official Nobel Prize site for a list of all Nobel Laureates sorted by the prize category and the year.
All Nobel Prize Winners by Country
Nobel Peace Prize Winners by Country
Nobel Prize Winners in Literature by Country
Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry by Country
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences by Country
Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine by Country
Nobel Prize Winners in Physics by Country
All Nobel Prize Winners by Gender
A total of 40 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2009.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/nobel-prize-winners-by-country/10570/
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Reader Comments
I protest. My country, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is not shaded in the literature category although Ivo Andric won in 1961.
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Written by oregac on 10.12.09
I don’t know about the Nobel Price in Chemistry. How come Poland isn’t marked? Didn’t Maria Curie-Sklodowska receive one for chemistry and one for physics?
Written by Filip on 10.12.09
कुल मिलाकर संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका ही विजेता है.
Written by अंकुर गुप्ता on 10.12.09
Hello,
Nice post. It was very interesting.
However, if your server is hosted in India, you might want to blur the boundaries of India. The geographical boundaries that you are showing on the international map are the real ones and not the ones approved by the Survey of India.
regards,
ashish
Written by Ashish on 10.12.09
Is it only me who thinks there cannot be a more biased organization than the Nobel prize committee?
Written by Anand Srinivasan on 10.12.09
don’t the results speak for themselves… skewed and biased… its a stupid prize for western thought!
Written by ringlerun on 10.13.09
Poland has one Nobel price in Physics and one in Chemistry, both thanks to Maria Skłodowska-Curie, who was of Polish and French nationality.
Written by Jędruś Wincenty on 10.13.09
Hi!
Maybe I don’t see well, but on Nobel Prise for Peace should be also Romania (my country) win by Ioan Moraru!
I think that on that picture map Romania is with white color, but maybe I’m wrong!
Written by vasiauvi on 10.13.09
Nobel Prize For Sale..! (Only in United States)
Written by Y920 on 10.13.09
Excellent Nobel States. Thanks Amit. – Dutt
Written by Dutt on 10.13.09
The Male/Female ratio is interesting.
Written by Vamsi on 10.14.09
@ringlerun Maria Skłodowska-Curie born as Polish, but she did her work in Radium Institute of the University of Paris, France. Nobel prize give for the work they did.
Eg: Mother Teresa got for India not for Turkey, she worked for Leader of Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, India.
Written by Jack lucky on 10.14.09
This is the most idiotic exercise in statistical masturbation I have ever seen. What is this data supposed to show? This is like presuming some significance to the number of gold medals won at the Olympics by a particular political entity. At least recently Olympians sometimes represent their native lands. And, even if you sorted out the prizes by the actual individual winner’s ethnicity rather than their current national address, what does that tell you?
Written by Ray Silva on 10.14.09