Nobel Prize winners...
The United States and the United Kingdom dominate when it comes to Nobel Prize winners - but where do the other countries rank?
By Ashley Kirk
Western countries have received a disproportionately high number of Nobel Prizes throughout the award's history.
The top five countries with the most Nobel laureates are all western nations - with the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Sweden topping the rankings for the best minds in peace, literature, science and economics.
The United States has had the most Nobel Prize winners, with 336 winners overall. It has been most successful in the area of Physiology or Medicine, with 94 laureates since 1901.
Similarly, the United Kingdom that majority of its 117 Nobel laureates winning in Chemistry and Physiology or Medicine.
The top 10 countries: In which area have they won their awards?
Italy
Canada
Switzerland
Japan
Russia
Sweden
France
Germany
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The United States tops the rankings for all prizes except Literature - where France, Germany and the United Kingdom perform better.
France has had 17 Nobel laureates in Literature, as well as 11 in Physics and 11 in Physiology or Medicine.
The dominance of Western countries is to be expected, due to the huge sociopolitical power these nations have held over the last century.
There are 31 countries which have had one Nobel Prize winner. Many of these are developing nations, including Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil and Kenya.
The divide is among gender too - with just five per cent Nobel Prizes being awarded to women.
How many women have won the Nobel Prize?
The dominance of the United States only began after World War II - before which the European nations were much more successful.
Number of laureates over time
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2015's Nobel Prize winners have now all been announced - with the last winner being Angus Deaton, who won the Economic Prize for "for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare".
This year's highly prestigious Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, due to its role in the country's transition to democracy.
Where a Nobel Prize winner has had dual, or triple, nationality, each country has been counted once in the count./Telegraph
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