Nobel Prize Laureates for chemistry by nationality

There have been 75 Nobel Prize Laureates for chemistry from the United States since 1901. Furthermore, there have been 34 Nobel Prize Laureates each from Germany and the United Kingdom. The 2023 winners of the Nobel Price in chemistry came from the United States, France, and Russia.

Number of Nobel Prize Laureates for chemistry by nationality 1901-2023

Characteristic	Number of awards
United States	75
Germany	34
United Kingdom	34
France	11
Japan	8
Switzerland	7
Israel	6
Sweden	5
Canada	5
Netherlands	4
Hungary	3
Austria	2
New Zealand	2
Denmark	2
Russia (USSR)	2
Taiwan	1
India	1
Romania	1
Italy	1
Croatia	1
Turkey	1
Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia)	1
Norway	1
Australia	1
Egypt	1
Argentina	1
Finland	1
Belgium	1
Mexico	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Yugoslavia)	1
Poland	1

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Release date

October 2023

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Worldwide

Survey time period

1901 to 2023

Special properties

by birthplace

Supplementary notes

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded 115 times to 194 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2023. A Nobel Prize can be awarded to several participants in a research team.
The number of laureates in this statistic may differ from other sources because of geographical classification.

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