Nobel Peace Prize 2025, Winner Name, Contribution

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 efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again

2023

Narges Mohammadi

For her fight against oppression of women in Iran and promotion of human rights and freedom

2022

Ales Bialiatski, Memorial, Center for Civil Liberties

Representing civil society, promoted the right to criticise power, documented war crimes, and protected fundamental rights

2021

Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov

For efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, a precondition for democracy and lasting peace

2020

World Food Programme

For combating hunger, contributing to peace in conflict areas, and preventing hunger as a weapon of war

2019

Abiy Ahmed Ali

For achieving peace and international cooperation, especially resolving the border conflict with Eritrea

2018

Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad

For efforts to end sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict

2017

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

For highlighting catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and promoting treaty-based prohibition

2016

Juan Manuel Santos

For resolute efforts to end Colombia’s 50-year-long civil war

2015

National Dialogue Quartet

For decisive contribution to building a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia after the Jasmine Revolution

2014

Kailash Satyarthi, Malala Yousafzai

For struggle against suppression of children and promoting the right of all children to education

2013

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

For extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons

2012

European Union

For over six decades contributing to peace, reconciliation, democracy, and human rights in Europe

2011

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman

For non-violent struggle for women’s safety and participation in peace-building

2010

Liu Xiaobo

For long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China

2009

Barack H. Obama

For extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples

2008

Martti Ahtisaari

For efforts to resolve international conflicts on several continents over three decades

2007

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore

For disseminating knowledge about man-made climate change and laying foundations for countermeasures

2006

Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank

For creating economic and social development from below

2005

International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei

For efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used militarily and ensuring safe peaceful use

2004

Wangari Maathai

For contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace

2003

Shirin Ebadi

For efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women and children’s rights

2002

Jimmy Carter

For decades of effort to find peaceful solutions, advance democracy and human rights, and promote economic and social development

2001

United Nations, Kofi Annan

For work towards a better organized and more peaceful world

2000

Kim Dae-jung

For work for democracy, human rights, and peace and reconciliation with North Korea

1999

Doctors Without Borders

For pioneering humanitarian work on several continents

1998

John Hume, David Trimble

For efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland

1997

International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Jody Williams

For work in banning and clearing anti-personnel mines

1996

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, José Ramos-Horta

For efforts towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor

1995

Joseph Rotblat, Pugwash Conferences

For efforts to diminish nuclear arms’ role in politics and eliminate them in the long run

1994

Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin

For efforts to create peace in the Middle East

1993

Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk

For work to end apartheid peacefully and lay foundations for democratic South Africa

1992

Rigoberta Menchú Tum

For struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation respecting indigenous peoples’ rights

1991

Aung San Suu Kyi

For non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights

1990

Mikhail Gorbachev

For leading role in radical changes in East-West relations

1989

The 14th Dalai Lama

For advocating peaceful solutions based on tolerance and mutual respect to preserve cultural heritage

1988

United Nations Peacekeeping Forces

For preventing armed clashes and creating conditions for negotiations

1987

Oscar Arias Sánchez

For work for lasting peace in Central America

1986

Elie Wiesel

For being a messenger of peace, atonement, and dignity

1985

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

For spreading awareness of catastrophic consequences of nuclear war

1984

Desmond Tutu

For role as unifying leader in non-violent campaign to end apartheid in South Africa

1983

Lech Wałęsa

For non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland

1982

Alva Myrdal, Alfonso García Robles

For work for disarmament and nuclear-free zones

1981

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

For promoting fundamental rights of refugees

1980

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

For being an inspiration to repressed people, especially in Latin America

1979

Mother Teresa

For work bringing help to suffering humanity

1978

Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin

For jointly negotiating peace between Egypt and Israel

1977

Amnesty International

For promoting worldwide respect for human rights

1976

Betty Williams, Mairead Corrigan

For founding a movement to end violent conflict in Northern Ireland

1975

Andrei Sakharov

For struggle for human rights, disarmament, and international cooperation

1974

Seán MacBride

For securing and developing human rights globally

1974

Eisaku Satō

For stabilizing conditions in the Pacific and signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

1973

Henry Kissinger, Le Duc Tho

For negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam

1972

Not awarded

Prize money allocated to the Main Fund

1971

Willy Brandt

For paving way for meaningful dialogue between East and West

1970

Norman Borlaug

For providing hope via the Green Revolution

1969

International Labour Organization

For creating international legislation ensuring working condition norms

1968

René Cassin

For struggle to ensure human rights as stipulated in UN Declaration

1967

Not awarded

1/3 to main fund, 2/3 to special fund

1966

Not awarded

Prize money allocated to Special Fund

1965

United Nations Children’s Fund

For enhancing solidarity between nations and reducing differences between rich and poor states

1964

Martin Luther King Jr.

For non-violent struggle for civil rights for Afro-Americans

1963

International Committee of the Red Cross, League of Red Cross Societies

For promoting Geneva Convention principles and cooperation with UN

1962

Linus Pauling

For fight against the nuclear arms race

1961

Dag Hammarskjöld

For developing UN into an effective international organization

1960

Albert Lutuli

For non-violent struggle against apartheid

1959

Philip Noel-Baker

For longstanding contribution to disarmament and peace

1958

Georges Pire

For helping refugees leave camps and return to life of dignity

1957

Lester Bowles Pearson

For crucial contribution to UN Emergency Force deployment after Suez Crisis

1956

Not awarded

1/3 to main fund, 2/3 to special fund

1955

Not awarded

Prize money allocated to Special Fund

1954

Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees

For helping refugees worldwide and healing war wounds

1953

George C. Marshall

For proposing and supervising Europe’s economic recovery plan

1952

Albert Schweitzer

For altruism, reverence for life, and humanitarian work

1951

Léon Jouhaux

For fight against war via social justice and brotherhood

1950

Ralph Bunche

For work as mediator in Palestine (1948-49)

1949

Lord Boyd Orr

For lifelong effort to conquer hunger, removing a major cause of conflict

1948

Not awarded

1/3 to main fund, 2/3 to special fund

1947

Friends Service Council, American Friends Service Committee

For pioneering work in international peace movement and relieving human suffering

1946

Emily Greene Balch

For lifelong work for peace

1946

John R. Mott

For contribution to peace-promoting religious brotherhood across nations

1945

Cordell Hull

For indefatigable work for international understanding and UN establishment

1944

International Committee of the Red Cross

For humanitarian work during the war

1943

Not awarded

1/3 to main fund, 2/3 to special fund

1942

Not awarded

1/3 to main fund, 2/3 to special fund

1941

Not awarded

1/3 to main fund, 2/3 to special fund

1940

Not awarded

1/3 to main fund, 2/3 to special fund

1939

Not awarded

1/3 to main fund, 2/3 to special fund

1938

Nansen International Office for Refugees

For work benefiting refugees across Europe

1937

Robert Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

For efforts supporting League of Nations, disarmament, and peace

1936

Carlos Saavedra Lamas

For Argentine Antiwar Pact mediation and peace efforts

1935

Carl von Ossietzky

For advocating freedom of thought and contributing to peace

1934

Arthur Henderson

For untiring efforts as Chairman of League of Nations Disarmament Conference

1933

Sir Norman Angell

For exposing illusion of war and promoting international cooperation

1932

Not awarded

Prize money allocated to Special Fund

1931

Jane Addams, Nicholas Murray Butler

For assiduous effort to revive and rekindle peace spirit

1930

Nathan Söderblom

For promoting Christian unity and creating mindset necessary for peace

1929

Frank B. Kellogg

For crucial role in Briand-Kellogg Pact

1928

Not awarded

Prize money allocated to Special Fund

1927

Ferdinand Buisson, Ludwig Quidde

For promoting public opinion favoring peaceful international cooperation

1926

Aristide Briand, Gustav Stresemann

For crucial role in Locarno Treaty

1925

Sir Austen Chamberlain

For role in Locarno Treaty

1925

Charles G. Dawes

For role in Dawes Plan

1924

Not awarded

Prize money allocated to Special Fund

1923

Not awarded

Prize money allocated to Special Fund

1922

Fridtjof Nansen

For repatriation of prisoners of war, international relief work, and UN refugee work

1921

Hjalmar Branting, Christian Lange

For lifelong contributions to peace and organized internationalism

1920

Léon Bourgeois

For contributions to peace, justice, and League of Nations establishment

1919

Woodrow Wilson

For role as founder of League of Nations

1918

Not awarded

Prize money allocated to Special Fund

1917

International Committee of the Red Cross

For efforts to care for wounded soldiers, POWs, and their families

1916

Not awarded

Prize money allocated to Special Fund

1915

Not awarded

Prize money allocated to Special Fund

1914

Not awarded

Prize money allocated to Special Fund

1913

Henri La Fontaine

For contribution to peaceful internationalism

1912

Elihu Root

For better understanding between North and South America, initiating arbitration agreements

1911

Tobias Asser

For co-founding Institut de droit international and initiating Hague Conferences

1911

Alfred Fried

For efforts exposing and fighting causes of war

1910

Permanent International Peace Bureau

For linking peace societies worldwide and organizing international peace rallies

1909

Auguste Beernaert, Paul Henri d’Estournelles de Constant

For prominent positions in international peace and arbitration movement

1908

Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Fredrik Bajer

For long-time work for peace as politicians, leaders, and authors

1907

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta

For press and peace meetings promoting understanding between France and Italy

1907

Louis Renault

For decisive influence on Hague and Geneva Conferences

1906

Theodore Roosevelt

For ending war between Japan and Russia

1905

Bertha von Suttner

For audacity opposing the horrors of war

1904

Institute of International Law

For striving to develop peaceful international ties and humane laws of war

1903

Randal Cremer

For devoted effort in favor of peace and arbitration

1902

Élie Ducommun

For untiring direction of Bern Peace Bureau

1902

Albert Gobat

For practical administration of Inter-Parliamentary Union

1901

Henry Dunant

For humanitarian efforts helping wounded soldiers and creating international understanding

1901

Frédéric Passy

For lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy, and arbitration