10 Countries that Have Won the Most Nobel Prizes

Nobel Prize bears the name of Alfred Nobel, a man of great knowledge and many interests. He is most famous for his invention of dynamite, but apart from that he was also a scientist, poet, philosopher, he was fluent in several languages, and was interested in social issues of his time. Nobel Prize was established in 1901, just several years after Nobel died. In his testament, he left almost all of his fortune for establishing prizes for many fields: physics, chemistry, philosophy, literature… And they were all included under a well-known name – the Nobel Prize. Insidermonkey experts made a list of 10 countries that have won the most Nobel Prizes.

We have picked three countries from their list for now. The first one is Netherlands. Netherlands has won Nobel Prizes mostly in fields of physics and chemistry. The first winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry was Jacobus Henricus, a chemist. Second one is Italy. Italy has won the most awards in the field of literature, the first Nobel Prize being given to Giosue Carducci in 1906, just one year before his death. The last one is Japan. Japan won the most awards in the fields of physics and chemistry. The first Japanese awarded with the Nobel Prize in the field of physics in 1949. You can also check our list of 6 Nobel Prize Winners Who Declined the Prize.

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