EXPLAINERNews|PoliticsComplete list of Nobel Peace Prize winners (1901–2024)The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 105 times to 142 laureates in its 124 year history.
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is scheduled for announcement on Friday, Oct 10, 2025, at 11:00 am local time in Oslo, Norway (09:00 GMT). This announcement is made by the Norwegian Nobel Institute, overseen by the five-member Nobel Committee appointed by the…
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is scheduled for announcement on Friday, Oct 10, 2025, at 11:00 am local time in Oslo, Norway (09:00 GMT). This announcement is made by the Norwegian Nobel Institute, overseen by the five-member Nobel Committee appointed by the Norwegian Parliament.
Nominations for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize closed on Jan 31, 2025. The selection process remains confidential, with committee members bound to secrecy for 50 years. The list of nominees includes 338 candidates, comprising 244 individuals and 94 organizations, an increase from 286 in the previous year.
The Nobel Prizes were established by Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist, renowned for inventing dynamite. Nobel's will allocated his fortune to fund annual prizes for those who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901 for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. In 1968, the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was added.
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 105 times to 142 laureates as of 2024, with 92 men and 19 women among the individual recipients. The youngest laureate is Malala Yousafzai, awarded at age 17, while the oldest is Joseph Rotblat, awarded at 86. The International Committee of the Red Cross has received the Peace Prize three times, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees twice.
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is scheduled for announcement on Friday, Oct 10, 2025, at 11:00 am local time in Oslo, Norway (09:00 GMT).
The Nobel Peace Prize has not been awarded on 19 occasions, often due to war or the lack of a suitable candidate. According to the Nobel Foundation's statutes, if no candidate is deemed worthy, the prize can be withheld, with the prize money carried forward.
In 1948, the year of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, the prize was not awarded, citing "no suitable living candidate."
The Nobel Peace Prize has been refused once, in 1973, when Le Duc Tho declined the award, citing ongoing conflict in Vietnam, despite being awarded alongside Henry Kissinger for efforts to end the Vietnam War.
71 prizes were given to a single laureate, 31 prizes were shared between two laureates, 3 prizes were shared among three laureates.
The Nobel Foundation allows a prize to be shared among up to three individuals if their contributions are deemed joint.
Based on reporting by Al Jazeera.
