These are some of the awards Gapminder & Staff has received for using and developing innovative and interesting methods to explain the world.
| Year | Award | Description |
| 2009 | Top 10 Websites for 2009 Planetizen | www.gapminder.org |
| 2009 | Georg and Greta Borgstrom Award, Swedish Royal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry |
Hans Rosling |
| 2008 | The Big Debate Award, Dagens Medicine | Hans Rosling |
| 2008 | Speaker of the Year, Swedish Event Academy | Hans Rosling |
| 2007 | Knowledge Prize, National Encyclopaedia of Sweden | Hans Rosling |
| 2007 | Jubilee Prize, Swedish Medical Society | Hans Rosling |
| 2007 | Statistician of the Year Award, Swedish Association for Statistics |
Hans Rosling |
| 2007 |
The Webby Awards |
Gapminder World 2006 Nominee |
| 2006 | Årets folkbildare, Swedish Skeptic Society | Hans Rosling |
| 2006 | Ångpanneföreningens kunskapspris | Hans Rosling |
| 2006 |
World Technology Award |
Trendalyzer Nominee |
| 2005 | Årets FN-vän | Hans Rosling |
| 2004 | Appropriate and Sustainable solution of the month, Engineers Without Borders – International |
Gapminder |
| 2003 |
Annual World Panorama Award, Category: Education |
Dollar Street |
| 2002 | European Academic Software Award (EASA) | Dollar Street |