Nobel Prize winners in medicine by country

There have been 106 Nobel Prize winners in medicine from the United States since the founding of the Foundation in 1901. The country with the second most Nobel laureates is the United Kingdom, with 31 people as of 2024. The two 2024 Nobel prize winners in medicine both come from the United States.

Number of Nobel Prize laureates in medicine from 1901 to 2024, by country

Characteristic	Number of Nobel Laureates in medicine or physiology
USA	106
United Kingdom	31
Germany	17
France	11
Sweden	9
Australia	7
Switzerland	7
Austria	7
Denmark	5
Italy	5
Japan	4
Canada	4
Belgium	4
Netherlands	3
South Africa	3
Russia	2
Norway	2
Argentina	2
Spain	2
Hungary	2
Portugal	1
Luxemburg	1
Ireland	1
China	1
New Zealand	1
Lebanon	1

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Release date

October 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

1901 to 2024

Special properties

by birthplace

Supplementary notes

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded 115 times to 229 Nobel laureates between 1901 and 2024. It should be noted that a Nobel Prize can be awarded to several participants in a research team. In such cases, all winners of a research group have been counted, since everyone of them is a Nobel Laureate. In general, the award of a Nobel prize goes to a group of no more than three researchers. In exceptional cases it may occur, that more than one research achievement in a specific field is honored with a Nobel Prize in one year. However, this is the exception. In such a case, the prize money is divided. These winners are also referred to as "Nobel Laureate". 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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