National I.Q. Tests

I saw an interesting list of National Average I.Q. ratings. The people from Hong Kong are very bright and those from Equatorial Guinea are as thick as two planks. I once did one of those I.Q. tests where you have to put little squares into larger squares and then into triangles, and work out what the fourth triangle looks like.

I was hopeless, I’m not linear, my I.Q. is zero. I tossed the test in the trash! I was smart enough to do that. So maybe my I.Q. is 1 at least. Stuart Wilde

Average IQ of Countries

The average IQ in the United States is usually set at 100. Groups within the US score different average IQ’s, such as 115 for college grads, or 85 for African-Americans. Similarly, average IQ varies from country to country, shown in the 2002 book IQ and the Wealth of Nations (sets Britain at 100):

From Intelligence and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations by Richard Lynn

Rank	Country	IQ estimate
1	Hong Kong	107
2	South Korea	106
3 ^	Japan	105
4	Taiwan	104
5	Singapore	103
6 *	Austria	102
6 ^	Germany	102
6 **	Italy	102
6 *	Netherlands	102
10	Sweden	101
10	Switzerland	101
12	Belgium	100
12 **	China	100
12	New Zealand	100
12 **	United Kingdom	100
16	Hungary	99
16	Poland	99
16 **	Spain	99
19	Australia	98
19	Denmark	98
19 *	France	98
19	Mongolia	98
19	Norway	98
19 *	United States	98
25	Canada	97
25	Czech Republic	97
25	Finland	97
28	Argentina	96
28 ^	Russia	96
28	Slovakia	96
28	Uruguay	96
32 ^	Portugal	95
32	Slovenia	95
34	Israel	94
34	Romania	94
36	Bulgaria	93
36	Ireland	93
36 *	Greece	93
39	Malaysia	92
40	Thailand	91
41	Croatia	90
41 ^	Peru	90
41 ^	Turkey	90
44	Colombia	89
44	Indonesia	89
44	Suriname	89
47	Brazil	87
47 * *	Iraq	87
47 ^	Mexico	87
47	Samoa	87
47	Tonga	87
52 *	Lebanon	86
52	Philippines	86
54	Cuba	85
54	Morocco	85
56	Fiji	84
56 *	Iran	84
56	Marshall Islands	84
56	Puerto Rico	84
60 **	Egypt	83
60	Saudi Arabia	83
60	United Arab Emirates	83
61 *	India	81
62	Ecuador	80
63	Guatemala	79
64	Barbados	78
64	Nepal	78
64	Qatar	78
67	Zambia	77
68	Congo	73
68	Uganda	73
70	Jamaica	72
70	Kenya	72
70	South Africa	72
70	Sudan	72
70	Tanzania	72
75	Ghana	71
76	Nigeria	67
77	Guinea	66
77 ^	Zimbabwe	66
79	Democratic Republic of the Congo	65
80	Sierra Leone	64
81	Ethiopia	63
82	Equatorial Guinea	59