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All Nobel Peace Prizes

All Nobel Peace Prizes

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 107 times to 144 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2026, 113 individuals and 31 organisations. Since the International Committee of the Red Cross has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize three times (in 1917, 1944 and 1963), and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize two times (in 1954 and 1981), there are 28 individual organisations which have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

2020s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
2026	Navi Pillay	“for her efforts to promote peace and international law”
2025	Maria Corina Machado	“for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy”
2024	Nihon Hidankyo	“for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again”
2023	Narges Mohammadi	“for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”
2022	Ales Bialiatski, Memorial and Center for Civil Liberties	“The Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy”
2021	Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov	“for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace”
2020	World Food Programme	“for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict”

2010s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
2019	Abiy Ahmed Ali	“for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea”
2018	Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad	“for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict”
2017	International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons	“for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons”
2016	Juan Manuel Santos	“for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”
2015	National Dialogue Quartet	“for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011”
2014	Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai	“for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”
2013	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	“for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons”
2012	European Union	“for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”
2011	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman	“for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work”
2010	Liu Xiaobo	“for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”

2000s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
2009	Barack H. Obama	“for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”
2008	Martti Ahtisaari	“for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts”
2007	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore	“for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”
2006	Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank	“for their efforts to create economic and social development from below”
2005	International Atomic Energy Agency and Mohamed ElBaradei	“for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way”
2004	Wangari Maathai	“for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace”
2003	Shirin Ebadi	“for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children”
2002	Jimmy Carter	“for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development”
2001	United Nations and Kofi Annan	“for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world”
2000	Kim Dae-jung	“for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular”

1990s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
1999	Doctors Without Borders	“in recognition of the organisation's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents”
1998	John Hume and David Trimble	“for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland”
1997	International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Jody Williams	“for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines”
1996	Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta	“for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor”
1995	Joseph Rotblat and Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs	“for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms”
1994	Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin	“for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East”
1993	Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk	“for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa”
1992	Rigoberta Menchú Tum	“for her struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples”
1991	Aung San Suu Kyi	“for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights”
1990	Mikhail Gorbachev	“for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations”

1980s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
1989	The 14th Dalai Lama	“for advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people”
1988	United Nations Peacekeeping Forces	“for preventing armed clashes and creating conditions for negotiations”
1987	Oscar Arias Sánchez	“for his work for lasting peace in Central America”
1986	Elie Wiesel	“for being a messenger to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and dignity”
1985	International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War	“for spreading authoritative information and by creating awareness of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war”
1984	Desmond Tutu	“for his role as a unifying leader figure in the non-violent campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa”
1983	Lech Wałęsa	“for non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland”
1982	Alva Myrdal and Alfonso García Robles	“for their work for disarmament and nuclear and weapon-free zones”
1981	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	“for promoting the fundamental rights of refugees”
1980	Adolfo Pérez Esquivel	“for being a source of inspiration to repressed people, especially in Latin America”

1970s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
1979	Mother Teresa	“for her work for bringing help to suffering humanity”
1978	Anwar al-Sadat and Menachem Begin	“for jointly having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978”
1977	Amnesty International	“for worldwide respect for human rights”
1976	Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan	“for the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland”
1975	Andrei Sakharov	“for his struggle for human rights in the Soviet Union, for disarmament and cooperation between all nations”
1974	Seán MacBride; Eisaku Satō	“for his efforts to secure and develop human rights throughout the world”; “for his contribution to stabilize conditions in the Pacific rim area and for signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty”
1973	Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho	“for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973”
1972	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money for 1972 was allocated to the Main Fund.
1971	Willy Brandt	“for paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West”
1970	Norman Borlaug	“for having given a well-founded hope - the green revolution”

1960s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
1969	International Labour Organization	“for creating international legislation insuring certain norms for working conditions in every country”
1968	René Cassin	“for his struggle to ensure the rights of man as stipulated in the UN Declaration”
1967	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section.
1966	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1965	United Nations Children's Fund	“for its effort to enhance solidarity between nations and reduce the difference between rich and poor states”
1964	Martin Luther King Jr.	“for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population”
1963	International Committee of the Red Cross and League of Red Cross Societies	“for promoting the principles of the Geneva Convention and cooperation with the UN”
1962	Linus Pauling	“for his fight against the nuclear arms race between East and West”
1961	Dag Hammarskjöld	“for developing the UN into an effective and constructive international organization, capable of giving life to the principles and aims expressed in the UN Charter”
1960	Albert Lutuli	“for his non-violent struggle against apartheid”

1950s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
1959	Philip Noel-Baker	“for his longstanding contribution to the cause of disarmament and peace”
1958	Georges Pire	“for his efforts to help refugees to leave their camps and return to a life of freedom and dignity”
1957	Lester Bowles Pearson	“for his crucial contribution to the deployment of a United Nations Emergency Force in the wake of the Suez Crisis”
1956	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section.
1955	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1954	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	“for its efforts to heal the wounds of war by providing help and protection to refugees all over the world”
1953	George C. Marshall	“for proposing and supervising the plan for the economic recovery of Europe”
1952	Albert Schweitzer	“for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one”
1951	Léon Jouhaux	“for having devoted his life to the fight against war through the promotion of social justice and brotherhood among men and nations”
1950	Ralph Bunche	“for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949”

1940s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
1949	Lord Boyd Orr	“for his lifelong effort to conquer hunger and want, thereby helping to remove a major cause of military conflict and war”
1948	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section.
1947	Friends Service Council and American Friends Service Committee	“for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering, thereby promoting the fraternity between nations”
1946	Emily Greene Balch; John R. Mott	“for her lifelong work for the cause of peace”; “for his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries”
1945	Cordell Hull	“for his indefatigable work for international understanding and his pivotal role in establishing the United Nations”
1944	International Committee of the Red Cross	“for the great work it has performed during the war on behalf of humanity”
1943	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section.
1942	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section.
1941	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section.
1940	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section.

1930s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
1939	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section.
1938	Nansen International Office for Refugees	“for having carried on the work of Fridtjof Nansen to the benefit of refugees across Europe”
1937	Robert Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood	“for his tireless effort in support of the League of Nations, disarmament and peace”
1936	Carlos Saavedra Lamas	“for his role as father of the Argentine Antiwar Pact of 1933, which he also used as a means to mediate peace between Paraguay and Bolivia in 1935”
1935	Carl von Ossietzky	“for his burning love for freedom of thought and expression and his valuable contribution to the cause of peace”
1934	Arthur Henderson	“for his untiring struggle and his courageous efforts as Chairman of the League of Nations Disarmament Conference 1931-34”
1933	Sir Norman Angell	“for having exposed by his pen the illusion of war and presented a convincing plea for international cooperation and peace”
1932	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1931	Jane Addams and Nicholas Murray Butler	“for their assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind”
1930	Nathan Söderblom	“for promoting Christian unity and helping create 'that new attitude of mind which is necessary if peace between nations is to become reality'”

1920s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
1929	Frank B. Kellogg	“for his crucial role in bringing about the Briand-Kellogg Pact”
1928	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1927	Ferdinand Buisson and Ludwig Quidde	“for their contribution to the emergence in France and Germany of a public opinion which favours peaceful international cooperation”
1926	Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann	“for their crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty”
1925	Sir Austen Chamberlain; Charles G. Dawes	“for his crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty”; “for his crucial role in bringing about the Dawes Plan”
1924	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1923	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1922	Fridtjof Nansen	“for his leading role in the repatriation of prisoners of war, in international relief work and as the League of Nations' High Commissioner for refugees”
1921	Hjalmar Branting and Christian Lange	“for their lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organized internationalism”
1920	Léon Bourgeois	“for his longstanding contribution to the cause of peace and justice and his prominent role in the establishment of the League of Nations”

1910s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
1919	Woodrow Wilson	“for his role as founder of the League of Nations”
1918	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1917	International Committee of the Red Cross	“for the efforts to take care of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war and their families”
1916	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1915	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1914	No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1913	Henri La Fontaine	“for his unparalleled contribution to the organization of peaceful internationalism”
1912	Elihu Root	“for bringing about better understanding between the countries of North and South America and initiating important arbitration agreements between the United States and other countries”
1911	Tobias Asser; Alfred Fried	“for his role as co-founder of the Institut de droit international, initiator of the Conferences on International Private Law (Conférences de Droit international privé) at the Hague, and pioneer in the field of international legal relations”; “for his effort to expose and fight what he considers to be the main cause of war, namely, the anarchy in international relations”
1910	Permanent International Peace Bureau	“for acting as a link between the peace societies of the various countries, and helping them to organize the world rallies of the international peace movement”

1900s

Year	Laureate(s)	Why the Prize Was Awarded
1909	Auguste Beernaert and Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant	“for their prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration”
1908	Klas Pontus Arnoldson and Fredrik Bajer	“for their long time work for the cause of peace as politicians, peace society leaders, orators and authors”
1907	Ernesto Teodoro Moneta; Louis Renault	“for his work in the press and in peace meetings, both public and private, for an understanding between France and Italy”; “for his decisive influence upon the conduct and outcome of the Hague and Geneva Conferences”
1906	Theodore Roosevelt	“for his role in bringing to an end the bloody war recently waged between two of the world's great powers, Japan and Russia”
1905	Bertha von Suttner	“for her audacity to oppose the horrors of war”
1904	Institute of International Law	“for its striving in public law to develop peaceful ties between nations and to make the laws of war more humane”
1903	Randal Cremer	“for his longstanding and devoted effort in favour of the ideas of peace and arbitration”
1902	Élie Ducommun; Albert Gobat	“for his untiring and skilful directorship of the Bern Peace Bureau”; “for his eminently practical administration of the Inter-Parliamentary Union”
1901	Henry Dunant; Frédéric Passy	“for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding”; “for his lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration”