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Intelligence and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

Table 4
IQs for 185 countries
National IQs Based on the Results of Intelligence Tests and Estimated
National IQs (marked by *) Based on the IQs of Neighbouring or Other
Comparable Countries.

Country - National IQ


Hong Kong - 107
Korea, South - 106
Japan - 105
Korea, North - 105*
Taiwan - 104
Austria - 102
Germany - 102
Italy - 102
Netherlands - 102
Luxembourg - 101*
Sweden -  101
Switzerland - 101
Belgium - 100
China - 100
New Zealand - 100
Singapore - 100
United Kingdom - 100
Hungary - 99
Poland - 99
Spain - 99
France - 98
Australia - 98
Denmark - 98
Iceland - 98*
Mongolia - 98*
Norway - 98
United States - 98
Canada - 97
Czech Republic - 97
Estonia - 97*
Finland - 97
Latvia - 97*
Lithuania - 97*
Argentina - 96
Belarus - 96*
Russia - 96
Slovakia - 96
Ukraine - 96*
Uruguay - 96
Vietnam - 96*
Malta - 95*
Moldova - 95*
Portugal - 95
Slovenia - 95
Israel - 94
Romania - 94
Armenia - 93*
Chile - 93*
Bulgaria - 93
Georgia - 93*
Ireland - 93
Kazakhstan - 93*
Macedonia - 93*
Yugoslavia - 93*
Brunei - 92*
Cyprus - 92*
Greece - 92
Malaysia - 92
Costa Rica - 91*
Thailand - 91
Albania -  90*
Croatia - 90
Peru - 90
Turkey - 90
Cambodia - 89*
Indonesia - 89
Suriname - 89
Laos - 89*
Colombia - 88
Venezuela - 88*
Azerbaijan - 87*
Brazil - 87
Iraq - 87
Jordan - 87*
Kyrgyzstan - 87*
Mexico - 87
Samoa (Western) - 87
Syria - 87*
Tajikistan - 87*
Tonga - 87
Turkmenistan - 87*
Uzbekistan - 87*
Burma (Myanmar) - 86*
Philippines - 86
Lebanon - 86
Bolivia - 85*
Cuba - 85
Morocco - 85
Paraguay - 85*
Algeria - 84*
Dominican Republic - 84*
El Salvador - 84*
Guyana - 84*
Honduras - 84*
Iran - 84
Kiribati - 84*
Libya - 84*
Marshall Islands - 84
Micronesia - 84*
Nicaragua - 84*
Panama - 84*
Papua New Guinea - 84*
Puerto Rico - 84
Solomon Islands - 84*
Tunisia - 84*
Vanuatu - 84*
Afghanistan - 83*
Bahrain - 83*
Belize - 83*
Egypt - 83
Kuwait - 83*
Oman - 83*
Saudi Arabia - 83*
United Arab Emirates - 83*
Yemen - 83*
Bangladesh - 81*
India - 81
Maldives - 81*
Mauritius - 81*
Pakistan - 81*
Seychelles - 81*
Sri Lanka - 81*
Ecuador - 80
Trinidad & Tobago - 80*
Comoros - 79*
Guatemala - 79
Madagascar - 79*
Barbados - 78
Bahamas - 78*
Bhutan - 78*
Cape Verde - 78*
Nepal - 78
Qatar - 78
Zambia - 77
Antigua & Barbuda - 75*
Grenada - 75*
Dominica - 75*
St. Kitts & Nevis - 75*
St. Lucia - 75*
St.Vincent/Grenadines - 75*
Congo (Braz) - 73
Mauritania - 73*
Uganda - 73
Botswana - 72*
Chad - 72*
Haiti - 72*
Jamaica - 72
Kenya - 72
Lesotho - 72*
Mosambique - 72*
Namibia - 72*
South Africa - 72
Swaziland - 72*
Sudan - 72
Tanzania - 72
Côte d'Ivoire - 71*
Ghana - 71
Malawi - 71*
Burundi - 70*
Cameroon - 70*
Rwanda - 70*
Angola - 69*
Benin - 69*
Togo - 69*
Central African Rep. - 68*
Djibouti - 68*
Eritrea - 68*
Mali - 68*
Somalia - 68*
Niger - 67*
Nigeria - 67
Burkina Faso - 66*
Gabon - 66*
Zimbabwe - 66
Congo (Zaire) - 65
Gambia - 64*
Liberia - 64*
Senegal - 64*
Sierra Leone - 64
Ethiopia - 63
Guinea - 63
Guinea-Bissau - 63*
Sao Tome/Principe - 59*
Equatorial Guinea - 59


[ prozak's comments:

1. i don't trust anything quantified.
2. i trust spectral measurements if consistent with natural 
constructs, and can abstract quantified measurements to generalized 
spectralities. ]

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