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Nobel laureates by country of birth by country
How many Nobel Prize winners were born in each country?
Of the 83 countries compared in 2025, United States had the highest reading, 296, and 34 countries shared the lowest reading, 1. In the middle country the figure was 2.
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Nobel laureates by country of birth · 2025
Context statistic
Highest of 83United States
296012025 · values only
The highest and the lowest
The three countries with the highest values of 83 compared, the three with the lowest, and the highest on each continent. This statistic has no better end, so no country is shown as leading.
02Every measured country
Nobel laureates by country of birth on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value. This statistic has no better end, so the shades describe size, not success.
- 1
- 2–3
- 4–7
- 9–20
- 22–296
- No reading in 2025
- Europe
5
the middle country, of 34 measured · 49 members
United Kingdom1109 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Americas
2
the middle country, of 13 measured · 48 members
United States2964 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Africa
1
the middle country, of 13 measured · 55 members
South Africa99 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Asia
1
the middle country, of 21 measured · 52 members
Japan3012 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Oceania
2 of 21 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
Australia10
New Zealand3Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
18 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Western Europe
19
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
Germany84
Luxembourg2Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Eastern Europe
5
the middle country, of 9 measured · 10 members
Russia292 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Northern Europe
5
the middle country, of 10 measured · 13 members
United Kingdom1103 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- South America
2
the middle country, of 6 measured · 12 members
Argentina42 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Southern Europe
2
the middle country, of 8 measured · 17 members
Italy204 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- South-eastern Asia
1
the middle country, of 5 measured · 11 members
Timor-Leste24 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Western Asia
1
the middle country, of 8 measured · 19 members
Israel66 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
Australia10New Zealand3Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Caribbean
2 of 24 measured — too few for a middle: Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago.
Saint Lucia2
Trinidad and Tobago1Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Central America
3 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico.
Mexico3
Costa Rica1Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Eastern Africa
4 of 19 measured — too few for a middle: Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Zimbabwe.
4 share 1
4 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Eastern Asia
4 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan.
Japan30
Taiwan1Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Middle Africa
1 of 9 measured — too few for a middle: DR Congo.
DR Congo1Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Northern Africa
4 of 6 measured — too few for a middle: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia.
Egypt62 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Northern America
2 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Canada, United States.
United States296
Canada22Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Southern Africa
1 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: South Africa.
South Africa9Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- Southern Asia
4 of 9 measured — too few for a middle: Bangladesh, India, Iran, Pakistan.
India9
Bangladesh1Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Western Africa
3 of 16 measured — too few for a middle: Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria.
Liberia22 share 1
Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
03The whole field at once
The spread
83 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 2; a quarter are above 8, and a quarter below 1. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 83 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. Neither end is better. Birthplace is not nationality: many laureates did their work, and won, in another country, and the count is concentrated in a small number of countries. Birthplaces are given as today's countries, as the Nobel Prize organisation records them. Only countries with at least one laureate are listed.
Showing 25 of 83 countries
Values for 2025.
05In this edition
Nobel laureates by country of birth in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading
296
Laureates born in the country, 1901 to date (people)
Lowest reading
Reached 34 times by 34 countries — shared, so no holder is named
1
Laureates born in the country, 1901 to date (people)
06The measure
About nobel laureates by country of birth
How many people awarded a Nobel Prize — or the prize in economic sciences awarded in Alfred Nobel's memory — were born in each of today's countries, from the first prizes in 1901 to the most recent. It is counted from the laureate records the Nobel Prize organisation publishes.
What the number is: Laureates born in the country, 1901 to date (people).
07Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Education & Knowledge, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Moves with
Where nobel laureates by country of birth is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 81 countries in commonρ 0.70
- Government AI Readiness IndexKeyOxford Insights · 82 countries in commonρ 0.66
- International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 83 countries in commonρ 0.64
Moves against
Where nobel laureates by country of birth is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)KeyNotre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame · 81 countries in commonρ −0.61
- Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 80 countries in commonρ −0.57
- Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 81 countries in commonρ −0.56
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 162 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
08Keep reading
Explore further
The subject
The data, edition by edition
The countries at either end
09Questions
Nobel laureates by country of birth: questions and answers
Which country has the highest nobel laureates by country of birth?
United States, at 296, among the 83 countries compared in 2025.
Which country has the lowest nobel laureates by country of birth?
34 countries share the lowest reading, 1, among the 83 compared in 2025, so no single country is named.
How many countries does the Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth cover?
83 in 2025.
What is the world average nobel laureates by country of birth?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 83 compared in 2025, the figure was 2.
Is this Nobel Prize Outreach’s own ranking?
No ranking is shown. Nobel Prize Outreach publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.
How often is the Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth published?
This site holds one edition, describing 2025.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From Nobel Prize Outreach, under CC0 1.0 (with terms of use). 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. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
10Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth — Nobel Prize Outreach
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.
Newest edition
Report year 2025Data year 2025
Cite the source as: Nobel Prize Outreach. Nobel Prize API, version 2.1. https://api.nobelprize.org/
Licence: CC0 1.0 (with terms of use), checked 2026-09-29.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: Nobel Prize Outreach publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
- This statistic has no better end, so the page describes higher and lower values and never calls a country a leader.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Nobel laureates by country of birth by country: Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, data from Nobel Prize Outreach. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/nobel-laureates-by-birth