Year |
Laureate |
Country |
Rationale |
1901 |
Henry Dunant |
Switzerland |
"for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding" |
Frédéric Passy |
France |
"for his lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration." |
1902 |
Élie Ducommun |
Switzerland |
"for his role as the first honorary secretary of the International Peace Bureau." |
Charles Albert Gobat |
Switzerland |
"for his role as the first Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union." |
1903 |
William Randal Cremer |
United Kingdom |
"for his role as the "first father" of the Inter-Parliamentary Union." |
1904 |
Institute of International Law |
Belgium |
"for its efforts as an unofficial body to formulate the general principles of the science of international law." |
1905 |
Bertha von Suttner |
Austria-Hungary |
"for writing Lay Down Your Arms and contributing to the creation of the Prize." |
1906 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
United States |
"for his successful mediation to end the Russo-Japanese war and for his interest in arbitration, having provided the Hague arbitration court with its very first case." |
1907 |
Louis Renault |
France |
"for his work as a leading French international jurist and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague." |
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta |
Italy |
"for his work as a key leader of the Italian peace movement." |
1908 |
Klas Pontus Arnoldson |
Sweden |
"for his work as founder of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League." |
Fredrik Bajer |
Denmark |
"for being the foremost peace advocate in Scandinavia, combining work in the Inter-Parliamentary Union with being the first president of the International Peace Bureau." |
1909 |
Auguste Beernaert |
Belgium |
"for being a representative to the two Hague conferences, and a leading figure in the Inter-Parliamentary Union." |
Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant |
France |
"for combined diplomatic work for Franco-German and Franco-British understanding with a distinguished career in international arbitration." |
1910 |
Permanent International Peace Bureau |
Switzerland |
"for acting as a link between the peace societies of the various countries." |
1911 |
Tobias Asser |
Netherlands |
"for being a member of the Court of Arbitration as well as the initiator of the Conferences on International Private Law." |
Alfred Fried |
Austria-Hungary |
"for his work as founder of the German Peace Society." |
1912 |
Elihu Root |
United States |
"for his strong interest in international arbitration and for his plan for a world court." |
1913 |
Henri La Fontaine |
Belgium |
"for his work as head of the International Peace Bureau." |
1914 |
Not awarded due to World War I. |
1915 |
Not awarded due to World War I. |
1916 |
Not awarded due to World War I. |
1917 |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
"for the efforts to take care of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war and their families." |
1918 |
Not awarded due to World War I. |
1919 |
Woodrow Wilson |
United States |
"for his crucial role in establishing the League of Nations" |
1920 |
Léon Bourgeois |
France |
"for his participation in both the Hague Conferences of 1899 and 1907 and for his work towards what became the League to such an extent that he was frequently called its 'spiritual father'." |
1921 |
Hjalmar Branting |
Sweden |
"for his work in the League of Nations." |
Christian Lange |
Norway |
"for his work as the first secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union." |
1922 |
Fridtjof Nansen |
Norway |
"for his work in aiding the millions in Russia struggling against famine and for the refugees in Asia Minor and Thrace." |
1923 |
Not awarded |
1924 |
Not awarded |
1925 |
Sir Austen Chamberlain |
United Kingdom |
"for his work on the Locarno Treaties."[ |
Charles Gates Dawes |
United States |
"for his work on the Dawes Plan for German reparations which was seen as having provided the economic underpinning of the Locarno Pact of 1925." |
1926 |
Aristide Briand |
France |
"for their work on the Locarno Treaties." |
Gustav Stresemann |
Germany |
1927 |
Ferdinand Buisson |
France |
"for their contributions to Franco-German popular reconciliation." |
Ludwig Quidde |
Germany |
1928 |
Not awarded |
1929 |
Frank Billings Kellogg |
United States |
"for the Kellogg-Briand pact, whose signatories agreed to settle all conflicts by peaceful means and renounced war as an instrument of national policy." |
1930 |
Nathan Söderblom |
Sweden |
"for his efforts to involve the churches not only in work for ecumenical unity, but also for world peace." |
1931 |
Jane Addams |
United States |
"for her social reform work and leading the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom." |
Nicholas Murray Butler |
United States |
"for his promotion of the Briand-Kellogg pact and for his work as the leader of the more establishment-oriented part of the American peace movement." |
1932 |
Not awarded |
1933 |
Sir Norman Angell |
United Kingdom |
"for authoring The Great Illusion and for being a supporter of the League of Nations as well as an influential publicist and educator for peace in general." |
1934 |
Arthur Henderson |
United Kingdom |
"for his work for the League, particularly its efforts in disarmament." |
1935 |
Carl von Ossietzky |
Germany |
"for his struggle against Germany's rearmament." |
1936 |
Carlos Saavedra Lamas |
Argentina |
"for his mediation of an end to the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia." |
1937 |
The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood |
United Kingdom |
"for his work with the League of Nations." |
1938 |
Nansen International Office for Refugees |
League of Nations |
"for its work in aiding refugees." |
1939 |
Not awarded due to World War II. |
1940 |
Not awarded due to World War II. |
1941 |
Not awarded due to World War II. |
1942 |
Not awarded due to World War II. |
1943 |
Not awarded due to World War II. |
1944 |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
Switzerland |
"for the great work it has performed during the war in behalf of humanity." |
1945 |
Cordell Hull |
United States |
"for his fight against isolationism at home, his efforts to create a peace bloc of states on the American continents, and his work for the United Nations Organization." |
1946 |
Emily Greene Balch |
United States |
"for her work with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom." |
John Raleigh Mott |
United States |
"for establishing and strengthening international Protestant Christian student organizations that worked to promote peace." |
1947 |
The Quakers (represented by Friends Service Council and American Friends Service Committee) |
United States & United Kingdom |
"for their work in assisting and rescuing victims of the Nazis." |
1948 |
Not awarded because "there was no suitable living candidate." (A tribute to the recently assassinated Gandhi in India.) |
1949 |
The Lord Boyd-Orr |
United Kingdom |
"for his scientific research into nutrition and his works as the first Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization." |
1950 |
Ralph Bunche |
United States |
"for his works in resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict in Palestine." |
1951 |
Léon Jouhaux |
France |
"for his work on social equality and Franco-German renconciliation." |
1952 |
Albert Schweitzer |
France |
"for his propagation for the reverence of life, the very foundations of a lasting peace between individuals, nations, and races." |
1953 |
George Catlett Marshall Jr. |
United States |
"for his work on the post-war European recovery." |
1954 |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
United Nations |
"for protecting refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people, and assisting in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country." |
1955 |
Not awarded |
1956 |
Not awarded |
1957 |
Lester Bowles Pearson |
Canada |
"for his role in helping end the Suez conflict and trying to solve the Middle East question through the United Nations." |
1958 |
Dominique Pire |
Belgium |
"for his work in helping refugees in the post-World War II Europe." |
1959 |
Philip Noel-Baker |
United Kingdom |
"for his lifelong work for international peace and cooperation." |
1960 |
Albert Lutuli |
South Africa |
"for his role in the non-violent struggle against apartheid in South Africa." |
1961 |
Dag Hammarskjöld |
Sweden |
"for strengthening the foundations of the United Nations Organization." |
1962 |
Linus Pauling |
United States |
"for his campaign against nuclear weapons testing." |
1963 |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
Switzerland |
"for their work in the protection of human rights in the ICRC's 100 years of existence." |
League of Red Cross Societies |
1964 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. |
United States |
"for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance." |
1965 |
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) |
United States |
"for their efforts in providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide." |
1966 |
Not awarded |
1967 |
Not awarded |
1968 |
René Cassin |
France |
"for creating the first full draft of the Universal Declaration and his work in the European Court for Human Rights." |
1969 |
International Labour Organization |
United Nations |
"for improving fraternity and peace among nations, pursuing decent work and justice for workers, and providing technical assistance to other developing nations." |
1970 |
Norman Ernest Borlaug |
United States |
"for his contributions to the 'green revolution' that was having such an impact on food production, particularly in Asia and Latin America." |
1971 |
Willy Brandt |
Germany |
"for his efforts to strengthen cooperation in Western Europe through the European Economic Community and to achieve reconciliation between West Germany and the other countries of Eastern Europe." |
1972 |
Not awarded |
1973 |
Henry Kissinger |
United States |
"for the 1973 Paris agreement intended to bring about a cease-fire in the Vietnam war and a withdrawal of the American forces." |
Lê Đức Thọ |
North Vietnam |
1974 |
Seán MacBride |
Ireland |
"for his strong interest in human rights by piloting the European Convention on Human Rights through the Council of Europe, helping found and then lead Amnesty International and serving as secretary-general of the International Commission of Jurists." |
Eisaku Satō |
Japan |
"for his renunciation of the nuclear option for Japan and his efforts to further regional reconciliation." |
1975 |
Andrei Sakharov |
Soviet Union |
"for his struggle for human rights, for disarmament, and for cooperation between all nations." |
1976 |
Betty Williams |
United Kingdom |
"for their works as cofounders of Community of Peace People, an organization dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to the Troubles in Northern Ireland." |
Mairead Corrigan |
United Kingdom |
1977 |
Amnesty International |
United Kingdom |
"for protecting the human rights of prisoners of conscience." |
1978 |
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat |
Egypt |
"for the Camp David Agreement, which brought about a negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel" Sadat was assassinated in 1981." |
Menachem Begin |
Israel |
1979 |
Mother Teresa |
India
(Born in Macedonia) |
"for her work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitutes a threat to peace." |
1980 |
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel |
Argentina |
"for his efforts in the defense of human rights and for his opposition to Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship." |
1981 |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
United Nations |
"for its effective and continuous work on refugees." |
1982 |
Alva Myrdal |
Sweden |
"for their magnificent work in the disarmament negotiations of the United Nations, where they have both played crucial roles and won international recognition." |
Alfonso García Robles |
Mexico |
1983 |
Lech Wałęsa |
Poland |
"for his contribution and considerable personal sacrifice to ensure the workers' right to establish their own organizations." |
1984 |
Desmond Tutu |
South Africa |
"for his role as a unifying leader-figure in the campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa." |
1985 |
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War |
United States |
"for their authoritative information and by creating an awareness of the catastrophic consequences of atomic warfare." |
1986 |
Elie Wiesel |
United States |
"for his tireless efforts and speaking out against violence, repression and racism." |
1987 |
Óscar Arias |
Costa Rica |
"for his work for peace in Central America, efforts which led to the accord signed in Guatemala on August 7 this year." |
1988 |
United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces |
United Nations |
"for their efforts [that] have made important contributions towards the realization of one of the fundamental tenets of the United Nations." |
1989 |
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama |
India
(Born in Tibet) |
"for his non-violent struggle for the liberation of Tibet and advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people." |
1990 |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
Soviet Union |
"for his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of the international community." |
1991 |
Aung San Suu Kyi |
Burma |
"for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights." |
1992 |
Rigoberta Menchú |
Guatemala |
"for her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples." |
1993 |
Nelson Mandela |
South Africa |
"for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa." |
Frederik Willem de Klerk |
South Africa |
1994 |
Yasser Arafat |
Palestine |
"to honour a political act which called for great courage on both sides, and which has opened up opportunities for a new development towards fraternity in the Middle East." |
Yitzhak Rabin |
Israel |
Shimon Peres |
Israel |
1995 |
Joseph Rotblat |
Poland |
"for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms." |
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs |
Canada |
1996 |
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo |
East Timor |
"for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor." |
José Ramos-Horta |
East Timor |
1997 |
International Campaign to Ban Landmines |
Switzerland |
"for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines." |
Jody Williams |
United States |
1998 |
John Hume |
Ireland |
"for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland." |
David Trimble |
United Kingdom |
1999 |
Médecins Sans Frontières |
France |
"in recognition of the organization's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents." |
2000 |
Kim Dae-jung |
South Korea |
"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." |
2001 |
United Nations |
United Nations |
"for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world." |
Kofi Annan |
Ghana |
2002 |
Jimmy Carter |
United States |
"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." |
2003 |
Shirin Ebadi |
Iran |
"for her efforts for democracy and human rights, focused especially on the rights of women and children." |
2004 |
Wangari Muta Maathai |
Kenya |
"for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace." |
2005 |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
United Nations |
"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." |
Mohamed ElBaradei |
Egypt |
2006 |
Muhammad Yunus |
Bangladesh |
"for advancing economic and social opportunities for the poor, especially women, through their pioneering microcredit work." |
Grameen Bank |
Bangladesh |
2007 |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
United Nations |
"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." |
Al Gore |
United States |
2008 |
Martti Ahtisaari |
Finland |
"for his efforts on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts." |
2009 |
Barack Obama |
United States |
"for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." |
2010 |
Liu Xiaobo |
China |
"for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China." |
2011 |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |
Liberia |
"for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work." |
Leymah Gbowee |
Liberia |
Tawakkul Karman |
Yemen |
2012 |
European Union |
European Union |
"for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe." |
2013 |
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
Netherlands |
"for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons." |
2014 |
Kailash Satyarthi |
India |
"for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education." |
Malala Yousafzai |
Pakistan |
2015 |
Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet |
Tunisia |
"for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011." |
2016 |
Juan Manuel Santos |
Colombia |
"for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people." |
2017 |
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons |
Switzerland |
"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." |
2018 |
Denis Mukwege |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
"for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict." |
Nadia Murad |
Iraq |
2019 |
Abiy Ahmed |
Ethiopia |
"for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea." |
2020 |
World Food Programme |
United Nations |
"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." |
