Countries by Nobel Prize Winners All Time

Source: Nobel Prize

Countries by Nobel Prize Winners All Time

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Key Findings

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United States leads in Nobel Prize Laureates (All Time) with 411.

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Average Nobel Prize Laureates (All Time): 107 · median: 53.

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Gap: United States is 15.2× larger than Switzerland.

About This Dataset

Countries by Nobel Prize Winners All Time

The Nobel Prizes, awarded annually since 1901, are the world's most prestigious recognition in science, literature, and peace — and their distribution maps the geography of modern intellectual power. The United States leads by a vast margin, with over 400 laureates, driven by its extraordinary concentration of research universities and its long tradition of attracting immigrant scholars fleeing persecution in Europe and elsewhere. Germany dominated the early Nobel decades, particularly in chemistry and physics, with laureates such as Max Planck, Wilhelm Röntgen, and Albert Einstein anchoring its historic total. Remarkably, Sweden — the small nation of just 10 million that administers the prizes — has itself produced 33 laureates, an extraordinary per-capita rate. Japan has accelerated its tally in recent decades, especially in physics, chemistry, and medicine, reflecting massive public investment in basic research since the 1980s.

Analysis

United States (411), United Kingdom (137) and Germany (114) take the top three in Nobel Prize Laureates (All Time). Values run from 411 at the top to 27 at the bottom, a spread of 384. Most of that gap is between first and second alone (274 of 384); the other 7 are separated by just 110. Only 1 of the 8 reaches even half the leader's figure (205.5 or more).

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Top Value

411

United States

Nobel Prize Laureates (All Time) · All Time

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Nobel Prize Laureates (All Time)

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All Time

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Methodology & source

Data source: Nobel Prize
Coverage: 8 entities · 8 observations
Measure: Nobel Prize Laureates (All Time)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

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Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Nobel Prize Laureates (All Time) · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	United States	411
🥈	United Kingdom	137
🥉	Germany	114
4	France	73
5	Sweden	33
6	Russia	32
7	Japan	30
8	Switzerland	27

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/facts/nobel-prize-facts/ Visit ↗

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