This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates by country. Listings for Economics refer to the related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded 577 times to 889 recipients, of which 26 awards (all Peace Prizes) were to organizations. Due to some recipients receiving multiple awards, the total number of recipients is 860 individuals and 22 organizations.Statistics about the Nobel Prize at the official website.
The present list ranks laureates under the country/countries that are stated by the Nobel Prize committee on its website.Chronological list of All Nobel Laureates on the official website of the Nobel Prize committee. The list does not distinguish between laureates who received a full prize and the majority who shared a prize. Some laureates are listed under more than one country, because the official website mentions multiple countries in relation to the laureate.Example of an award applied to more than one country. If a country is merely mentioned as the place of birth, an asterisk (*) is used in the respective listing to indicate this.Example of a birthplace mentioned in addition to the country the award is applied to. In this case, the birth country is mentioned in italics at the other listings of this laureate.
Organizations are listed here if the Nobel Prize committee relates them to a single country.Example of an awarded organization that is related to a country
Summary
+Number of Nobel laureates by country Country Number of Nobel laureates(number of Nobel Prizes) 425 (428) 144 (145)Frederick Sanger awarded twice in chemistry - 1958 and 1980 116 78 (79)Marie Curie awarded once in physics and once in chemistry 34 33 / 30 29 27 25 22 21 18 (19)Marie Curie awarded once in physics and once in chemistry 16 15 14 14 14 13 12 11 11 / 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 1–4Samuel C. C. Ting, Chen-Ning Yang, and Tsung-Dao Lee were born outside Taiwan during Republic of China Rule on mainland, and are thus generally considered Chinese-American rather than Taiwanese-American. 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Notes
Nobel Prizes by category/country of birth
Algeria
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji*, Physics, 1997 Albert Camus*, Literature, 1957
Argentina
César Milstein*, Physiology or Medicine, 1984 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Peace, 1980 Luis Federico Leloir, born in France, Chemistry, 1970 Bernardo Houssay, Physiology or Medicine, 1947 Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Peace, 1936
Australia
Richard Robson, born in the United Kingdom, Chemistry, 2025 Brian Schmidt, born in the United States, Physics, 2011 Elizabeth Blackburn*, Physiology or Medicine, 2009 Barry Marshall, Physiology or Medicine, 2005 J. Robin Warren, Physiology or Medicine, 2005 Peter C. Doherty, Physiology or Medicine, 1996 Rolf Zinkernagel, Physiology or Medicine, 1996 John Cornforth*, Chemistry, 1975 Patrick White, born in the United Kingdom, Literature, 1973 Aleksandr M. Prokhorov, Physics, 1964 John Carew Eccles, Physiology or Medicine, 1963 Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Physiology or Medicine, 1960 Howard Florey, Physiology or Medicine, 1945 William Lawrence Bragg, Physics, 1915 William Henry Bragg, Physics, 1915
Austria Anton Zeilinger, Physics, 2022 Peter Handke, Literature, 2019 Martin Karplus*, Chemistry, 2013 Elfriede Jelinek, Literature, 2004 Eric Kandel*, Physiology or Medicine, 2000 Walter Kohn*, Chemistry, 1998 Friedrich Hayek, Economics, 1974 Konrad Lorenz, Physiology or Medicine, 1973 Karl von Frisch*, Physiology or Medicine, 1973 Max Perutz, Chemistry, 1962 Ivo Andrić*, born in the Dolac, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina), Literature, 1961 Carl Ferdinand Cori, born in Austria, Physiology or Medicine, 1947 Gerty Cori, born in Austria, Physiology or Medicine, 1947 Wolfgang Pauli, Physics, 1945 Isidor Rabi, Polish-Jewish Orthodox, born in Rymanów, Galicia, Austria in Austro-Hungarian Empire, Physics, 1944 Richard Kuhn*, Chemistry, 1938 Otto Loewi, born in Germany, Physiology or Medicine, 1936 Victor Francis Hess, Physics, 1936 Erwin Schrödinger, Physics, 1933 Karl Landsteiner, Physiology or Medicine, 1930 Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Physiology or Medicine, 1927 Fritz Pregl*, born in Laibach, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Ljubljana, Slovenia), Chemistry, affiliation: Graz University, 1923 Róbert Bárány, born in Austria, Physiology or Medicine, 1914 Alfred Hermann Fried, Peace, 1911 Bertha von Suttner, born in the Austrian Empire, now Czech Republic, Peace, 1905
Azerbaijan Lev Landau, born in Baku Governorate (Russian Empire), now Azerbaijan, Physics, 1962
Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus, Peace, 2006
Belarus Ales Bialiatski, Peace, 2022 Svetlana Alexievich, born in Ukraine, then a part of Soviet Union, Literature, 2015 Zhores Alferov*, born in Belarus, then a part of Soviet Union, Physics, 2000 Shimon Peres*, as an Israeli citizen (born in Belarus, then a part of Poland), Peace, 1994 Menachem Begin*, as an Israeli citizen (born in Belarus, then a part of Russian Empire), Peace, 1978 Simon Kuznets*, born in Belarus, then a part of Russian Empire, Economics, 1971
Belgium
Francis Halzen, Physics, 2026 François Englert, Physics 2013 Ilya Prigogine, born in Russia, Chemistry, 1977 Christian de Duve, born in the United Kingdom, Physiology or Medicine, 1974 Albert Claude, Physiology or Medicine, 1974 Dominique Pire, Peace, 1958 Corneille Heymans, Physiology or Medicine, 1938 Jules Bordet, Physiology or Medicine, 1919 Henri La Fontaine, Peace, 1913 Maurice Maeterlinck, Literature, 1911 Auguste Beernaert, Peace, 1909 Institut de Droit International, Peace, 1904
Brazil Peter Medawar*, Physiology or Medicine, 1960
Bulgaria Elias Canetti*, Literature, 1981
Canada Peter Howitt, Economics, 2025 Geoffrey Hinton, born in the United Kingdom, Physics, 2024 David Card, Economics, 2021 Jim Peebles, Physics, 2019 Donna Strickland, Physics, 2018 Arthur B. McDonald, Physics, 2015 Alice Munro, Literature, 2013 Ralph M. Steinman, Physiology or Medicine, 2011 Willard S. Boyle, Physics, 2009 Jack W. Szostak, born in the United Kingdom, Physiology or Medicine, 2009 Robert Mundell, Economics, 1999 Myron Scholes*, Economics, 1997 William Vickrey*, Economics, 1996 Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Peace, 1995 Bertram Brockhouse, Physics, 1994 Michael Smith, born in the United Kingdom, Chemistry, 1993 Rudolph A. Marcus*, Chemistry, 1992 Richard E. Taylor, Physics, 1990 Sidney Altman*, Chemistry, 1989 John Polanyi, born in Germany, Chemistry, 1986 Henry Taube*, Chemistry, 1983 David H. Hubel*, Physiology or Medicine, 1981 Saul Bellow*, Literature, 1976 Gerhard Herzberg, born in Germany, Chemistry, 1971 Charles B. Huggins*, Physiology or Medicine, 1966 Lester B. Pearson, Peace, 1957 William Giauque*, Chemistry, 1949 Frederick Banting, Physiology or Medicine, 1923 John Macleod, born in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Physiology or Medicine, 1923
Chile Pablo Neruda, Literature, 1971 Gabriela Mistral, Literature, 1945
China, People's Republic of
Tu Youyou, Physiology or Medicine, 2015 Mo Yan, Literature, 2012 Liu Xiaobo, Peace, 2010
China, Republic of Tu Youyou, Physiology or Medicine, 2015 Charles K. Kao*, Physics, 2009 Gao Xingjian*, Literature, 2000 Daniel C. Tsui*, Physics, 1998 Chen-Ning Yang*, Physics, 1957 Tsung-Dao Lee*, Physics, 1957
Colombia Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, Peace, 2016 Gabriel García Márquez, Literature, 1982
Congo, Democratic Republic Denis Mukwege, Peace, 2018
Costa Rica Óscar Arias Sánchez, Peace, 1987
Cyprus
Christopher A. Pissarides*, Economics, 2010
Czechia Peter Grünberg*, born in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, (now Czech Republic), Physics, 2007 Jaroslav Seifert, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, (now Czech Republic), Literature, 1984 Jaroslav Heyrovský, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, (now Czech Republic), Chemistry, 1959 Carl Ferdinand Cori*, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, (now Czech Republic), Physiology or Medicine, 1947 Gerty Cori*, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, (now Czech Republic), Physiology or Medicine, 1947 Bertha von Suttner*, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, (now Czech Republic), Peace, 1905
Denmark
Morten P. Meldal, Chemistry, 2022 Jens Christian Skou, Chemistry, 1997 Niels Kaj Jerne, born in United Kingdom, Physiology or Medicine, 1984 Aage Bohr, Physics, 1975 Ben Roy Mottelson, born in United States, Physics, 1975 Johannes V. Jensen, Literature, 1944 Henrik Dam, Physiology or Medicine, 1943 Johannes Fibiger, Physiology or Medicine, 1926 Niels Bohr, Physics, 1922 August Krogh, Physiology or Medicine, 1920 Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Literature, 1917 Henrik Pontoppidan, Literature, 1917 Fredrik Bajer, Peace, 1908 Niels Ryberg Finsen, born in Faroe Islands, Physiology or Medicine, 1903
East Timor Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Peace, 1996 José Ramos-Horta, Peace, 1996
Egypt
Mohamed ElBaradei, Peace, 2005 Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American dual-national born in Egypt, Chemistry, 1999 Yasser Arafat, Palestinian national born in Egypt, Peace, 1994 Naguib Mahfouz, Literature, 1988 Anwar Sadat, Peace, 1978 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British national born in Egypt, Chemistry, 1964
Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali, Peace, 2019
Faroe Islands Niels Ryberg Finsen*, Physiology or Medicine, 1903
Finland Bengt R. Holmström, Economics, 2016 Martti Ahtisaari, Peace, 2008 Ragnar Granit, born in the Grand Duchy of Finland, a part of the Russian Empire in 1809–1917, Physiology or Medicine, 1967 Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, born in the Grand Duchy of Finland, a part of the Russian Empire in 1809–1917, Chemistry, 1945 Frans Eemil Sillanpää, born in the Grand Duchy of Finland, a part of the Russian Empire in 1809–1917, Literature, 1939
France Philippe Aghion, Economics, 2025 Michel Devoret, Physics, 2025 Moungi Bawendi, Chemistry, 2023 Pierre Agostini, born in Tunisia, Physics, 2023 Anne L'Huillier, Physics, 2023 Annie Ernaux, Literature, 2022 Alain Aspect, Physics, 2022 Emmanuelle Charpentier, Chemistry, 2020 Esther Duflo, Economics, 2019 Gérard Mourou, Physics, 2018 Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Chemistry, 2016 Jean Tirole, Economics, 2014 Patrick Modiano, Literature, 2014 Serge Haroche, born in Morocco, then under French protectorate, Physics, 2012 Jules A. Hoffmann, born in Luxembourg, Physiology or Medicine, 2011 J. M. G. Le Clézio, Literature, 2008 Luc Montagnier, Physiology or Medicine, 2008 Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Physiology or Medicine, 2008 Albert Fert, Physics, 2007 Yves Chauvin, Chemistry, 2005 Gao Xingjian, born in China, Literature, 2000 Médecins Sans Frontières, Peace, 1999 Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, born in French Algeria, Physics, 1997 Georges Charpak, born in then Poland (Second Polish Republic), now Ukraine, Physics, 1992 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Physics, 1991 Maurice Allais, Economics, 1988 Jean-Marie Lehn, Chemistry, 1987 Claude Simon, Literature, 1985 Gérard Debreu, Economics, 1983 Jean Dausset, Physiology or Medicine, 1980 Roger Guillemin*, Physiology or Medicine, 1977 Seán MacBride*, Peace, 1974 Louis Néel, Physics, 1970 Luis Federico Leloir*, Chemistry, 1970 René Cassin, Peace, 1968 Alfred Kastler, Physics, 1966 François Jacob, Physiology or Medicine, 1965 Jacques Monod, Physiology or Medicine, 1965 André Lwoff, Physiology or Medicine, 1965 Jean-Paul Sartre, Literature, 1964 (declined the prize) Saint-John Perse, Literature, 1960 Albert Camus, born in French Algeria, Literature, 1957 André Frédéric Cournand, Physiology or Medicine, 1956 François Mauriac, Literature, 1952 Albert Schweitzer, born in Alsace, then in Germany, Peace, 1952 Léon Jouhaux, Peace, 1951 André Gide, Literature, 1947 Roger Martin du Gard, Literature, 1937 Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Chemistry, 1935 Irène Joliot-Curie, Chemistry, 1935 Ivan Bunin, born in Russia, Literature, 1933 Louis de Broglie, Physics, 1929 Charles Nicolle, Physiology or Medicine, 1928 Henri Bergson, Literature, 1927 Ferdinand Buisson, Peace, 1927 Aristide Briand, Peace, 1926