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Countries by nobel laureates

People awarded a Nobel Prize so far, by country of citizenship (laureates with several citizenships count for each). Organizations are not included. 75 countries ranked for 2025 (laureates).

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1United States362 laureates

2United Kingdom121 laureates

3Germany80 laureates

		Value
1	United States	362 laureates	+14.6%	=
2	United Kingdom	121 laureates	+16.3%	=
3	Germany	80 laureates	+5.3%	=
4	France	74 laureates	+13.8%	=
5	Sweden	34 laureates	+6.3%	=
6	Japan	32 laureates	+28.0%	▲ 1
7	Switzerland	29 laureates	+11.5%	▼ 1
8	Russia	25 laureates	+13.6%	=
9	Canada	21 laureates	+16.7%	=
10	Austria	18 laureates	+20.0%	▲ 1
11	Netherlands	18 laureates	+5.9%	▼ 1
12	Australia	13 laureates	+8.3%	=
13	Hungary	13 laureates	+30.0%	▲ 4
14	Italy	13 laureates	+8.3%	▼ 1
15	Norway	12 laureates	+9.1%	=
16	Poland	12 laureates	+20.0%	▲ 2
17	Belgium	11 laureates	+10.0%	▼ 1
18	Israel	11 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 4
19	South Africa	10 laureates	+0.0%	=
20	Spain	8 laureates	+0.0%	=
21	Ireland	6 laureates	+0.0%	=
22	Argentina	5 laureates	+0.0%	=
23	China	5 laureates	+0.0%	=
24	Czechia	5 laureates	+0.0%	=
25	India	5 laureates	+0.0%	=
26	Egypt	4 laureates	+0.0%	=
27	Finland	4 laureates	+0.0%	=
28	Mexico	3 laureates	+0.0%	=
29	New Zealand	3 laureates	+0.0%	=
30	Romania	3 laureates	+0.0%	=
31	Taiwan	3 laureates	+0.0%	=
32	Belarus	2 laureates	+100.0%	▲ 11
33	Chile	2 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 1
34	Colombia	2 laureates	+100.0%	▲ 10
35	Greece	2 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 2
36	Guatemala	2 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 2
37	Iran	2 laureates	+100.0%	▲ 11
38	South Korea	2 laureates	+100.0%	▲ 13
39	Luxembourg	2 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 4
40	Pakistan	2 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 4
41	Portugal	2 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 4
42	Timor-Leste	2 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 4
43	Turkey	2 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 4
44	Venezuela	2 laureates	+100.0%	▲ 18
45	Albania	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 5
46	Armenia	1 laureates	–	–
47	Bangladesh	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 6
48	Bulgaria	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 6
49	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1 laureates	–	–
50	Costa Rica	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 5
51	Dominican Republic	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 5
52	Ethiopia	1 laureates	–	–
53	Ghana	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 6
54	Iraq	1 laureates	–	–
55	Iceland	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 6
56	Jordan	1 laureates	–	–
57	Kenya	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 7
58	Lebanon	1 laureates	–	–
59	Liberia	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 7
60	Saint Lucia	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 7
61	Lithuania	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 7
62	Myanmar	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 7
63	Mauritius	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 7
64	Nigeria	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 7
65	Peru	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 7
66	Philippines	1 laureates	–	–
67	Palestine	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 8
68	Saudi Arabia	1 laureates	–	–
69	Republic of Serbia	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 9
70	Slovenia	1 laureates	–	–
71	Trinidad and Tobago	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 10
72	Tunisia	1 laureates	–	–
73	United Republic of Tanzania	1 laureates	–	–
74	Vietnam	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 11
75	Yemen	1 laureates	+0.0%	▼ 11