Nobel Prize

List of Nobel Laureates by Country
The Nobel Prize was established as per the wish of Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel in 1895. Since 1901 the Nobel Prize is prized in the areas of Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine and economics (1968).Medals made before 1980 were struck in 23 carat gold, and later made from 18 carat green gold plated with a 24 carat gold coating.

The prize distribution ceremony takes place annually in Stockholm, Sweden. Each recipient, or laureate, receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money (from 2012, each prize was worth US$1.2 million, €0.93million, or £0.6 million). The prize is not prized posthumously; however, if a person is prized a prize and dies before receiving it, the prize may still be presented. Since 1901 to 2016, 885 Laureates* and 26 organizations have been prized the Nobel Prize.
     In this article we included only those countries which have won at least 5 prizes. Here is the list of all recipients’ countries and their number of prizes:
1. United States 363

2. United Kingdom 124
3. Germany 106
4. France 68
5. Sweden 31
6. Russia 27
7. Switzerland  26
8. Japan 25
9. Canada 25
10. Austria 21
11. Italy 20
12. Netherlands 20
13. Norway 13
14. Denmark 14
15. Australia 12
16. IsraeI 12

17. Poland 12
18. China 12
19. Ireland 10
20. South Africa 10
21. Belgium 10
22. Hungary 9
23. India 8
24. Spain 8
25. Israel 6
26. Belgium 6
27. Finland 5
28. Argentina 5

29. Czech Republic 5
30. Pakistan 2
   
     There are 885 Nobel prizes distributed in the World till date.

Indian Citizens Who Won the Nobel Prize
 1. Rabindranath Tagore – The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913
2. CV Raman – The Nobel Prize in Physics 1930
3. Mother Teresa – The Nobel Peace Prize 1979
 4. Amartya Sen – The Nobel Prize in Economics 1998
5. Kailash Satyarthi – The Nobel Peace Prize 2014

India-born Nobel Laureates are:
1. Har Gobind Khorana – The
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968
2. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – The Nobel Prize in Physics 1983
3. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan – The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
Nobel Prize is considered the most prestigious prize in the field of academics. Till the date India managed to win just 8 prizes. On the other hand USA is the leader which got 363 prizes and there are so many other small countries in the Europe which have won more medals than India. This must be the matter of concern for Indian government along with all the citizens that why our country is lagging behind this area.