Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: nobel-laureates-by-birth-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

Every column in the newest file of Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.

Column	What it holds	Stored as	Range, 2025	Distinct	Empty	Spread
CountrycountryName	The country’s name, as this file spells it.	Text	—	83	0
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.	Text · 3 letters	—	83	0
Laureates born in the country, 1901 to date (people)laureatesHeadline	The headline figure: Laureates born in the country, 1901 to date (people).	Number · whole numbers	134 share it296United Statesmiddle 2	21	0

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

One year, covering 83 countries.

Not in this dataset · 142 places this site covers

Nobel Prize Outreach gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

AfghanistanAlbaniaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArmeniaArubaBahamasBahrainBarbadosBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBotswanaBritish Virgin IslandsBruneiBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChannel IslandsComorosCook IslandsCôte d’IvoireCubaCuraçaoDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniFijiFrench PolynesiaGabonGambiaGeorgiaGibraltarGreenlandGrenadaGuamGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHondurasHong KongIsle of ManJamaicaKazakhstanKiribatiKosovoKuwaitKyrgyzstanLaosLesothoLibyaLiechtensteinMacauMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritaniaMauritiusMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMozambiqueNamibiaNauruNepalNew CaledoniaNicaraguaNigerNiueNorth KoreaNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsOmanPalauPalestinePanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPuerto RicoQatarRepublic of the CongoRwandaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint MartinSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSão Tomé and PríncipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint MaartenSolomon IslandsSomaliaSomalilandSouth SudanSri LankaSudanSurinameSyriaTajikistanTanzaniaThailandTogoTongaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluUgandaUnited Arab EmiratesUnited States Virgin IslandsUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVatican CityZambia

1. 1 · Publisher

   Nobel Prize Outreach

   nobelprize.org

2. 2 · Their file

   Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, 1901–2025

   laureates

3. 3 · Read by this site

   September 29, 2026

   Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

4. 4 · Stored as

   1 file, one per year

   It downloads as a CSV: nobel-laureates-by-birth-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

5. 5 · Used on

   Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

   /statistics/nobel-laureates-by-birth

Counted from the Nobel Prize API's laureate records by the country of birth it gives. Laureates born in Scotland and Northern Ireland are counted under the United Kingdom, and one born in Guadeloupe under France. Three laureates whose records give no birthplace, and prize-winning organisations, are not counted.

• Charted

  Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth by country

  Who is highest, the map, the spread, who rose and fell, and the records.

• Subjects

  • Education & Knowledge

• Near neighbours

  • Government Spending on EducationUIS · 51 held · 1971–2023
  • Upper Secondary Completion RateUIS · 45 held · 1981–2025
  • Out-of-School Rate, PrimaryUIS · 32 held · 1981–2024