List of female Nobel laureates
The Nobel Prizes are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to Mankind." Additionally, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was established by Sveriges Riksbank in 1968 and is awarded to a "person or persons in the field of economic sciences who have produced work of outstanding importance."
As of 2025, according to the Nobel Foundation, 68 Nobel Prizes and the Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to 67 women. Unique Nobel Prize laureates include 894 men, 64 women, and 27 organizations.
The approximate distribution of Nobel prizes awarded to women is as follows :
- twenty women have won the Nobel Peace Prize ;
- eighteen have won the Nobel Prize in Literature ;
- fourteen have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ;
- eight have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry ;
- five have won the Nobel Prize in Physics ;
- and three have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
The most recent women to be awarded a Nobel Prize were Maria Corina Machado for Peace, Mary Brunkow for Physiology or Medicine, Han Kang in Literature, Claudia Goldin in Economics, Narges Mohammadi for Peace, Anne L'Huillier in Physics and Katalin Karikó in Physiology or Medicine, Annie Ernaux in Literature and Carolyn R. Bertozzi for Chemistry, Maria Ressa for Peace, Louise Glück in Literature, Andrea M. Ghez in Physics, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna in Chemistry. The most Nobel Prizes awarded to women in a single year was in 2009, when five women became laureates in four categories.