Nobel Prize
The Vast Gender Gap Behind The Nobel Prize
According to the Nobel website, 896 laureates and 27 organizations have received the Nobel Prize since 1901. The vast majority of recipients fall into a single category - old, white and male. According to , 854 men have been awarded a Nobel Prize over its 118 year history compared to only 50 women (as of yesterday - it's now 51 as Donna Strickland has just won a Nobel Prize in physics).
The male-to-female ratio for Nobel Prizes is 17.1-to-1 and men account for a whopping 94.5 percent of all prizes awarded since 1901.
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This chart shows Nobel Prize winners by gender from 1901 to 2018.
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