Troy Williams

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Troy Williams Economic Development and
International Politics INAF 100-14
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Question

• Which countries win the most Nobel Prizes?

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Hypothesis

• I believe countries with the highest Income (GDP
  per capita) and population will win the greatest
  number of Nobel Prizes

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GDP per Capita

• Income
• Investment in
• Research
• Research Staff
• Better Equipment
• over two-third of the laureates are American,
  25 are European economists. Only two Asian
  economists have been awarded the Prize. (Chong,
  Choi, and Everand 2)
• Chong, Terence tai-leung, Cally Choi, and
  Benjamin Everard. "Who will win the Nobel
  Prize?"Economics Bulletin. 29.2 (2009) 1-10.
  Web. 21 Nov. 2011. lthttp//www.accessecon.com/Pubs
  /EB/2009/Volume 29/EB-09-V29-I2-P58.pdfgt

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Population

• Greater candidate pool
• Example
• The best in
• Denmark (5.5 million) vs. US (307 million)
• Greatest Competition

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Data

• Nobel Prize
• Laureates from1960 to 2010
• Excluding Nobel Peace Prize Winners
• WDI
• GDP per Capita
• Population

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Most Successful Nations
Countries Chem. Lit. Physics Med. Econ. Total
US 47 8 61 65 36 217
UK 21 6 19 22 5 73
Germany 21 4 22 19 2 68
France 9 10 7 12 2 40
Sweden 3 6 4 7 2 22
Italy 1 5 5 5 1 17
Russia 3 4 6 1 2 16
Switzerland 2 1 5 6 0 14
Canada 4 1 3 3 3 14
Austria 2 1 2 5 1 11
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Top 10
Countries GDP per Capita (1,000) Population (1,000,000) Total Nobel Prizes
US 45.7 307 217
UK 35.2 61.8 73
Germany 40.7 81.9 68
France 40.1 64.5 40
Sweden 43.4 9.3 22
Italy 35.1 60.2 17
Russia 8.6 141.9 16
Switzerland 63.5 7.7 14
Canada 39.6 33.7 14
Austria 45.6 8.4 11
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Remember

• Importance of GDP per Capita and Population in
  International Competition
• Exclude Nobel Peace Prize