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Nobel laureates
Nobel laureates by place of birth, per million current residents. Birthplace credit is one convention among several (laureates often work elsewhere), and small places swing wildly per capita. For fun, not policy.
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 193 countries · Nobel Foundation API · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 51 states · Nobel Foundation API (birthplace)
Countries
193 · Nobel Foundation API- 1stSaint Lucia11.1
- 2ndLuxembourg2.91
- 3rdSweden2.83
- 4thIceland2.55
- 5thNorway2.32
- 6thDenmark2.16
- 7thSwitzerland2.09
- 8thAustria2.06
- 9thUnited Kingdom1.58
- 10thTimor-Leste1.41
- 11thHungary1.26
- 12thNetherlands1.11
- 13thLithuania1.04
- 14thGermany1.01
- 15thFrance0.93
- 16thIreland0.91
- 17thFinland0.89
- 18thUnited States0.87
- 19thPoland0.77
- 20thBelgium0.75
- 21stTrinidad and Tobago0.73
- 22ndCyprus0.73
- 23rdBosnia and Herzegovina0.64
- 24thIsrael0.59
- 25thNew Zealand0.56
- 26thCzechia0.55
- 27thNorth Macedonia0.55
- 28thLatvia0.54
- 29thCanada0.53
- 30thSlovenia0.47
- 31stBelarus0.44
- 32ndAustralia0.36
- 33rdLiberia0.35
- 34thItaly0.34
- 35thCroatia0.26
- 36thJapan0.24
- 37thRomania0.21
- 38thRussia0.2
- 39thCosta Rica0.19
- 40thPortugal0.19
- 41stSlovakia0.18
- 42ndLebanon0.17
- 43rdBulgaria0.16
- 44thSpain0.14
- 45thSouth Africa0.14
- 46thUkraine0.13
- 47thGuatemala0.11
- 48thChile0.1
- 49thAzerbaijan0.1
- 50thGreece0.1
- 51stArgentina0.09
- 52ndJordan0.09
- 53rdTunisia0.08
- 54thVenezuela0.07
- 55thZimbabwe0.06
- 56thSouth Korea0.06
- 57thEgypt0.05
- 58thTürkiye0.05
- 59thAlgeria0.04
- 60thColombia0.04
- 61stIran0.03
- 62ndMadagascar0.03
- 63rdPeru0.03
- 64thGhana0.03
- 65thMorocco0.03
- 66thYemen0.02
- 67thMexico0.02
- 68thIraq0.02
- 69thMyanmar0.02
- 70thKenya0.02
- 71stPakistan0.01
- 72ndVietnam0.01
- 73rdDR Congo0.01
- 74thPhilippines0.01
- 75thChina0.01
- 76thEthiopia0.01
- 77thIndia0.01
- 78thBangladesh0.01
- 79thBrazil0
- 80thNigeria0
- 81stIndonesia0
- 82ndAfghanistan0
- 82ndAlbania0
- 82ndAndorra0
- 82ndAngola0
- 82ndAntigua and Barbuda0
- 82ndArmenia0
- 82ndBahamas0
- 82ndBahrain0
- 82ndBarbados0
- 82ndBelize0
- 82ndBenin0
- 82ndBhutan0
- 82ndBolivia0
- 82ndBotswana0
- 82ndBrunei0
- 82ndBurkina Faso0
- 82ndBurundi0
- 82ndCambodia0
- 82ndCameroon0
- 82ndCape Verde0
- 82ndCentral African Republic0
- 82ndChad0
- 82ndComoros0
- 82ndCuba0
- 82ndDjibouti0
- 82ndDominica0
- 82ndDominican Republic0
- 82ndEcuador0
- 82ndEl Salvador0
- 82ndEquatorial Guinea0
- 82ndEritrea0
- 82ndEstonia0
- 82ndEswatini0
- 82ndFiji0
- 82ndGabon0
- 82ndGambia0
- 82ndGeorgia0
- 82ndGrenada0
- 82ndGuinea0
- 82ndGuinea-Bissau0
- 82ndGuyana0
- 82ndHaiti0
- 82ndHonduras0
- 82ndIvory Coast0
- 82ndJamaica0
- 82ndKazakhstan0
- 82ndKiribati0
- 82ndKuwait0
- 82ndKyrgyzstan0
- 82ndLaos0
- 82ndLesotho0
- 82ndLibya0
- 82ndLiechtenstein0
- 82ndMalawi0
- 82ndMalaysia0
- 82ndMaldives0
- 82ndMali0
- 82ndMalta0
- 82ndMarshall Islands0
- 82ndMauritania0
- 82ndMauritius0
- 82ndMicronesia0
- 82ndMoldova0
- 82ndMonaco0
- 82ndMongolia0
- 82ndMontenegro0
- 82ndMozambique0
- 82ndNamibia0
- 82ndNauru0
- 82ndNepal0
- 82ndNicaragua0
- 82ndNiger0
- 82ndNorth Korea0
- 82ndOman0
- 82ndPalau0
- 82ndPanama0
- 82ndPapua New Guinea0
- 82ndParaguay0
- 82ndQatar0
- 82ndRepublic of the Congo0
- 82ndRwanda0
- 82ndSaint Kitts and Nevis0
- 82ndSaint Vincent and the Grenadines0
- 82ndSamoa0
- 82ndSan Marino0
- 82ndSão Tomé and Príncipe0
- 82ndSaudi Arabia0
- 82ndSenegal0
- 82ndSerbia0
- 82ndSeychelles0
- 82ndSierra Leone0
- 82ndSingapore0
- 82ndSolomon Islands0
- 82ndSomalia0
- 82ndSouth Sudan0
- 82ndSri Lanka0
- 82ndSudan0
- 82ndSuriname0
- 82ndSyria0
- 82ndTajikistan0
- 82ndTanzania0
- 82ndThailand0
- 82ndTogo0
- 82ndTonga0
- 82ndTurkmenistan0
- 82ndTuvalu0
- 82ndUganda0
- 82ndUnited Arab Emirates0
- 82ndUruguay0
- 82ndUzbekistan0
- 82ndVanuatu0
- 82ndZambia0
US states
51 · Nobel Foundation API (birthplace)- 1stDistrict of Columbia11.53
- 2ndNew York3.7
- 3rdMassachusetts3.35
- 4thVermont3.1
- 5thNebraska2.48
- 6thConnecticut2.44
- 7thIllinois2.2
- 8thSouth Dakota2.14
- 9thNew Hampshire1.41
- 10thIowa1.24
- 11thWisconsin1.17
- 12thPennsylvania1.15
- 13thIndiana1.15
- 14thWest Virginia1.13
- 15thMinnesota1.03
- 16thDelaware0.94
- 17thNew Mexico0.94
- 18thOregon0.94
- 19thMontana0.87
- 20thOhio0.84
- 21stMissouri0.8
- 22ndMichigan0.79
- 23rdWashington0.75
- 24thHawaii0.7
- 25thKansas0.67
- 26thColorado0.67
- 27thKentucky0.65
- 28thNew Jersey0.63
- 29thUtah0.57
- 30thSouth Carolina0.54
- 31stIdaho0.49
- 32ndCalifornia0.48
- 33rdMississippi0.34
- 34thArkansas0.32
- 35thMaryland0.32
- 36thTennessee0.27
- 37thGeorgia0.27
- 38thVirginia0.23
- 39thAlabama0.19
- 40thNorth Carolina0.18
- 41stTexas0.16
- 42ndFlorida0.13
- 43rdAlaska0
- 43rdArizona0
- 43rdLouisiana0
- 43rdMaine0
- 43rdNevada0
- 43rdNorth Dakota0
- 43rdOklahoma0
- 43rdRhode Island0
- 43rdWyoming0
193 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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More on education
- Years in educationExpected years of schooling for a child entering school today.
- Pupil performanceStandardized test performance (PISA countries, NAEP states, linked scale).
- Adult literacyHow well working-age adults read and use written information.
- Adult numeracyHow well working-age adults handle numbers and mathematical ideas.
- Adults with weak literacyShare of adults at PIAAC literacy Level 1 or below — they can read short, simple texts but little more.
- Adults with weak numeracyShare of adults at PIAAC numeracy Level 1 or below — they manage single-step arithmetic but little more.
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
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