The Vast Gender Gap Behind The Nobel Prize

According to the Nobel website, 896 laureates and 27 organizations have received the Nobel Prize since 1901. The vast majority of recipients fall into a single category - old, white and male. According to AEI, 854 men have been awarded a Nobel Prize over its 118 year history compared to only 50 women (as of yesterday - it's now 51 as Donna Strickland has just won a Nobel Prize in physics).

The male-to-female ratio for Nobel Prizes is 17.1-to-1 and men account for a whopping 94.5 percent of all prizes awarded since 1901.