🏅 Most Nobel Laureates
Nobel laureates by country (at the time of the award), all prizes since 1901.
🇺🇸 United States35%🇬🇧 United Kingdom12%🇩🇪 Germany9.5%🇫🇷 France6.4%🇯🇵 Japan2.8%🇸🇪 Sweden2.8%🇨🇦 Canada2.4%🇨🇭 Switzerland2.2%🇦🇹 Austria2%🇳🇱 Netherlands🇮🇹 Italy🇵🇱 Poland🇭🇺 Hungary🇦🇺 Australia🇩🇰 Denmark🇮🇱 Israel🇳🇴 Norway🇧🇪 Belgium🇮🇳 India🇿🇦 South Africa🇮🇪 Ireland🇪🇸 Spain🇺🇦 Ukraine🇧🇾🇨🇿🇪🇬🇦🇷🇫🇮🇷🇴
40 others4.1%
1
🇺🇸United States
429
2
🇬🇧United Kingdom
144
3
🇩🇪Germany
116
4
🇫🇷France
79
5
🇯🇵Japan
34
6
🇸🇪Sweden
34
7
🇨🇦Canada
30
8
🇨🇭Switzerland
27
9
🇦🇹Austria
25
10
🇳🇱Netherlands
22
11
🇮🇹Italy
21
12
🇵🇱Poland
19
13
🇭🇺Hungary
16
14
🇦🇺Australia
15
15
🇩🇰Denmark
14
16
🇮🇱Israel
14
17
🇳🇴Norway
14
18
🇧🇪Belgium
12
19
🇮🇳India
12
20
🇿🇦South Africa
12
21
🇮🇪Ireland
11
22
🇪🇸Spain
8
23
🇺🇦Ukraine
7
24
🇧🇾Belarus
6
25
🇨🇿Czechia
6
26
🇪🇬Egypt
6
27
🇦🇷Argentina
5
28
🇫🇮Finland
5
29
🇷🇴Romania
4
30
🇨🇳China
3
31
🇮🇸Iceland
3
32
🇱🇹Lithuania
3
33
🇲🇽Mexico
3
34
🇳🇿New Zealand
3
35
🇰🇷South Korea
3
36
🇹🇷Türkiye
3
37
🇩🇿Algeria
2
38
🇨🇱Chile
2
39
🇨🇴Colombia
2
40
🇬🇷Greece
2
41
🇬🇹Guatemala
2
42
🇮🇷Iran
2
43
🇱🇷Liberia
2
44
🇱🇺Luxembourg
2
45
🇵🇰Pakistan
2
46
🇵🇹Portugal
2
47
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
2
48
🇹🇱Timor-Leste
2
49
🇹🇳Tunisia
2
50
🇻🇪Venezuela
2
Highlights
As of 2026, United States ranks first with 429, followed by United Kingdom (144) and Germany (116).
United States is 3 times higher than United Kingdom, the runner-up.
Across 80 countries and territories, values run from 429 (United States) to 1 (Zimbabwe), with a median of 2.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Europe, 2 from the Americas and 1 from Asia.
Source: Nobel Foundation, laureates by country of affiliation (via Wikipedia), 2026. Unit: laureates.
Source: Nobel Foundation, laureates by country of affiliation (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026