Nobel Prize winners from 1901 - 2014

The Nobel Peace Prize is an international prize which is awarded annually by the Norwegian Nobel Committee according to guidelines laid down in Alfred Nobel’s will.

The Peace Prize is one of five prizes that have been awarded annually since 1901 under the auspices of the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm for outstanding contributions in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace.

While the other prizes are awarded by specialist committees based in Sweden, the Peace Prize is awarded by a committee appointed by the Norwegian Storting.

According to Nobel’s will, the Peace Prize is to go to whoever “shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”.

The prize includes a medal, a personal diploma and a large sum of prize money (currently at 8 million Swedish crowns).

This year, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Kailash Satyarthi and Malalal Yousafzai “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”.

The Prize is awarded at a ceremony in the Oslo City Hall on December 10, the date on which Alfred Nobel died.

Below is a general view by the numbers of the Nobel Prizes that have been awarded since 1901 and 2014.