543 Nobel Prizes!
Between 1901 and 2010, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 543 times. There have been a few years in which the Nobel Prize was not awarded, particularly during World War I and II. In the statutes of the Nobel Foundation it says: "If none of the works under consideration is found to be of the importance indicated in the first paragraph, the prize money shall be reserved until the following year. If, even then, the prize cannot be awarded, the amount shall be added to the Foundation's restricted funds."
| Awarded to one Laureate | Shared by two Laureates | Shared by three Laureates | |
| Physics | 47 | 29 | 28 |
| Chemistry | 62 | 22 | 18 |
| Medicine | 38 | 31 | 32 |
| Literature | 99 | 4 | - |
| Peace | 62 | 28 | 1 |
| Economic Sciences | 22 | 15 | 5 |
| Total number: | 330 | 129 | 84 |
Why is that? In the statutes of the Nobel Foundation it says: "A prize amount may be equally divided between two works, each of which is considered to merit a prize. If a work that is being rewarded has been produced by two or three persons, the prize shall be awarded to them jointly. In no case may a prize amount be divided between more than three persons."
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