Nobel Peace Prize Data Visualizations

This page contains the underlying Nobel Peace Prize dataset and two generated data visualizations:


Underlying Data Table

Year Laureate Country Type Gender Age Category Award Contribution Shared Prize
1960Albert LutuliSouth AfricaIndividualM62Human RightsFor his role in non-violent struggle against apartheidNo
1961Dag HammarskjöldSwedenIndividualM56DiplomacyFor strengthening UN peacekeeping missions posthumouslyNo
1962Linus PaulingUnited StatesIndividualM61Anti-WarFor anti-nuclear activism and peace advocacyNo
1963International Committee of the Red CrossSwitzerlandOrganizationOrgHumanitarian AidFor humanitarian work worldwideYes
1963League of Red Cross SocietiesSwitzerlandOrganizationOrgHumanitarian AidFor global humanitarian cooperationYes
1964Martin Luther King Jr.United StatesIndividualM35Human RightsFor leadership in nonviolent civil rights movementNo
1965UNICEFGlobalOrganizationOrgHumanitarian AidFor global child welfare and relief workNo
1968Rene CassinFranceIndividualM70Human RightsFor drafting Universal Declaration of Human RightsNo
1969International Labour OrganizationGlobalOrganizationOrgHuman RightsFor improving working conditions internationallyNo
1970Norman BorlaugUnited StatesIndividualM56Humanitarian AidFor contributions to global food security via Green RevolutionNo
1971Willy BrandtGermanyIndividualM57DiplomacyFor Ostpolitik policy improving East-West relationsNo
1973Henry KissingerUnited StatesIndividualM50DiplomacyFor negotiating Vietnam War ceasefireYes
1973Le Duc ThoVietnamIndividualM61DiplomacyFor Paris Peace Accords; declined the awardYes
1975Andrei SakharovRussiaIndividualM54Human RightsFor advocacy of human rights against Soviet repressionNo
1976Betty WilliamsNorthern IrelandIndividualF33Anti-WarFor grassroots movement ending violence in Northern IrelandYes
1976Mairead CorriganNorthern IrelandIndividualF32Anti-WarFor founding Community of Peace PeopleYes
1977Amnesty InternationalGlobalOrganizationOrgHuman RightsFor global campaigns against torture and political oppressionNo
1979Mother TeresaIndiaIndividualF69Humanitarian AidFor lifelong work aiding the poor in CalcuttaNo
1980Adolfo Pérez EsquivelArgentinaIndividualM49Human RightsFor nonviolent resistance to military dictatorshipNo
1981Office of the UN High Commissioner for RefugeesGlobalOrganizationOrgHumanitarian AidFor global refugee protection workNo
1983Lech WałęsaPolandIndividualM40Human RightsFor founding the Solidarity movementNo
1984Desmond TutuSouth AfricaIndividualM53Human RightsFor opposition to apartheidNo
1987Oscar Arias SánchezCosta RicaIndividualM46DiplomacyFor Central American peace planNo
1990Mikhail GorbachevRussiaIndividualM59DiplomacyFor ending Cold War tensions peacefullyNo
1991Aung San Suu KyiMyanmarIndividualF46Human RightsFor nonviolent struggle for democracyNo
1992Rigoberta MenchúGuatemalaIndividualF33Human RightsFor indigenous rights advocacyNo
1993Nelson MandelaSouth AfricaIndividualM75Human RightsFor ending apartheid and promoting reconciliationYes
1993F.W. de KlerkSouth AfricaIndividualM57Human RightsFor dismantling apartheidYes
1994Yitzhak RabinIsraelIndividualM72DiplomacyFor Oslo peace effortsYes
1994Shimon PeresIsraelIndividualM71DiplomacyFor Middle East peace negotiationsYes
1994Yasser ArafatPalestineIndividualM65DiplomacyFor Oslo peace frameworkYes
1997Jody WilliamsUnited StatesIndividualF47DisarmamentFor global landmine ban treatyYes
1997International Campaign to Ban LandminesGlobalOrganizationOrgDisarmamentFor treaty eliminating anti-personnel minesYes
1999Doctors Without BordersGlobalOrganizationOrgHumanitarian AidFor medical aid in conflict zonesNo
2001Kofi AnnanGhanaIndividualM63DiplomacyFor revitalizing the UN and prioritizing human rightsYes
2001United NationsGlobalOrganizationOrgDiplomacyFor strengthening international peaceYes
2003Shirin EbadiIranIndividualF56Human RightsFor democracy and women’s rights advocacyNo
2004Wangari MaathaiKenyaIndividualF64ClimateFor sustainable development and reforestation effortsNo
2006Muhammad YunusBangladeshIndividualM66Humanitarian AidFor pioneering microfinanceYes
2006Grameen BankBangladeshOrganizationOrgHumanitarian AidFor community-based microcredit modelYes
2007Al GoreUnited StatesIndividualM59ClimateFor climate change awareness effortsYes
2007IPCCGlobalOrganizationOrgClimateFor scientific contributions to climate knowledgeYes
2009Barack ObamaUnited StatesIndividualM48DiplomacyFor international cooperation and nuclear non-proliferationNo
2011Ellen Johnson SirleafLiberiaIndividualF73Human RightsFor women’s safety and political participation effortsYes
2011Leymah GboweeLiberiaIndividualF39Human RightsFor peace movement ending civil warYes
2011Tawakkol KarmanYemenIndividualF32Human RightsFor civil rights and women’s leadership in protestsYes
2014Malala YousafzaiPakistanIndividualF17EducationFor girls’ education advocacyYes
2014Kailash SatyarthiIndiaIndividualM60EducationFor ending child labor and empowering childrenYes
2016Juan Manuel SantosColombiaIndividualM65DiplomacyFor ending Colombia’s 50-year civil warNo
2017ICANGlobalOrganizationOrgDisarmamentFor work toward nuclear disarmament treatyNo
2018Nadia MuradIraqIndividualF25Human RightsFor advocacy for survivors of sexual violenceYes
2018Denis MukwegeDR CongoIndividualM63Human RightsFor treatment and advocacy for war-time sexual victimsYes
2019Abiy AhmedEthiopiaIndividualM43DiplomacyFor peace agreement with EritreaNo
2020World Food ProgrammeGlobalOrganizationOrgHumanitarian AidFor combating global hungerNo
2021Dmitry MuratovRussiaIndividualM59Human RightsFor freedom of expression advocacyYes
2021Maria RessaPhilippinesIndividualF58Human RightsFor safeguarding press freedomsYes
2022Ales BialiatskiBelarusIndividualM60Human RightsFor democracy and human rights activismYes
2022MemorialRussiaOrganizationOrgHuman RightsFor documenting political repressionYes
2022Center for Civil LibertiesUkraineOrganizationOrgHuman RightsFor documenting war crimes and civil rightsYes
2023Narges MohammadiIranIndividualF51Human RightsFor campaign for women’s rights and political freedomNo
2024International Peacebuilders Youth NetworkGlobalOrganizationOrgEducationFor empowering youth in conflict mediation worldwideNo

Visualization A: Nobel Prize Count by Category

Visualization D: Age Distribution of Laureates