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United States nationals obtained 82 awards or more than 39% of the total Nobel prizes for chemistry since 1901. The North American region, United States and Canada, reaches a 41% share of the prizes, to 49.8% for Europe as a whole, and 9% for the rest of the world. Small nations such as Switzerland, Israel and Sweden appear in the top 10 places.
In the chart, former Soviet Union appears under Russia and former Czechoslovakia as Czechia. Double nationals are counted twice, once for each nationality.
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| Nation | Number of awards¹ | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1 | 0.5% |
| Australia | 1 | 0.5% |
| Austria | 2 | 1.0% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.5% |
| Canada | 4 | 1.9% |
| China | 1 | 0.5% |
| Czechia | 1 | 0.5% |
| Denmark | 2 | 1.0% |
| Egypt | 1 | 0.5% |
| Finland | 1 | 0.5% |
| France | 11 | 5.3% |
| Germany | 31 | 14.8% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.5% |
| Israel | 6 | 2.9% |
| Italy | 1 | 0.5% |
| Japan | 6 | 2.9% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1.0% |
| Norway | 1 | 0.5% |
| Russia | 2 | 1.0% |
| Sweden | 5 | 2.4% |
| Switzerland | 7 | 3.3% |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0.5% |
| Turkey | 1 | 0.5% |
| United Kingdom | 33 | 15.8% |
| United States | 82 | 39.2% |
| Total | 209 | 100.00% |
| ¹ Double nationals counted twice, once for each nationality. National of former Czechoslovakia appears under Czechia. Nationals of former Soviet Union appear under Russia. | ||
Sources: Nobelprize