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 Neighboring or Other Comparable Countries.
Country National IQ based on Comparison countries
arithmetic means.
1 |
Afghanistan
|
83* |
Iran 84,
India 81 |
2 |
Albania |
90* |
Croatia
90, Turkey 90 |
3 |
Algeria |
84* |
Morocco
85, Egypt 83 |
4 |
Angola |
69* |
Zambia
77, Zimbabwe 66, Congo (Z) 65 |
5 |
Antigua
& Barbuda |
75* |
Barbados
78, Jamaica 72 |
6 |
Argentina
|
96 |
|
7 |
Armenia |
93* |
Turkey
90, Russia 96 |
8 |
Australia
|
98 |
|
9 |
Austria |
102 |
|
10 |
Azerbaijan
|
87* |
Turkey
90, Iran 84 |
11 |
Bahamas |
78* |
Barbados
78 |
12 |
Bahrain |
83* |
Iraq 87,
Qatar 78 |
13 |
Bangladesh
|
81* |
India 81 |
14 |
Barbados |
78 |
|
15 |
Belarus |
96* |
Russia 96
|
16 |
Belgium |
100 |
|
17 |
Belize |
83* |
Guatemala
79, Mexico 87 |
18 |
Benin |
69* |
Ghana 71,
Nigeria 67 |
19 |
Bhutan |
78* |
Nepal 78 |
20 |
Bolivia |
85* |
Ecuador
80, Peru 90 |
21 |
Botswana |
72* |
Zambia
77, Zimbabwe 66 |
22 |
Brazil |
87 |
|
23 |
Brunei |
92* |
Malaysia
92 |
24 |
Bulgaria |
93 |
|
25 |
Burkina
Faso |
66* |
Guinea
63, Sierra Leone 64, Ghana 71 |
26 |
Burma
(Myanmar) |
86* |
India 81,
Thailand 91 |
27 |
Burundi |
70* |
Congo (Z)
65, Tanzania 72, Uganda 73 |
28 |
Cambodia |
89* |
Thailand
91, Philippines 86 |
29 |
Cameroon |
70* |
Nigeria
67, Congo (Braz) 73 |
30 |
Canada |
97 |
|
31 |
Cape
Verde |
78* |
Mixed
population-see notes |
32 |
Central
African Rep. |
68* |
Congo (B) 73, Congo (Z) 65, Nigeria 67 |
33 |
Chad |
72* |
Sudan 72 |
34 |
Chile |
93* |
Argentina
96, Peru 90 |
35 |
China |
100 |
|
36 |
Colombia |
88 |
|
37 |
Comoros |
79* |
Mixed
Negroid-Arab-Malay population - see notes |
38 |
Congo (Braz)
|
73 |
|
39 |
Congo
(Zaire) |
65 |
|
40 |
Costa
Rica |
91* |
Argentina
96, Uruguay 96, Colombia 88, Puerto Rico 84 |
41 |
C�te
d'Ivoire |
71* |
Ghana 71 |
42 |
Croatia |
90 |
|
43 |
Cuba |
85 |
|
44 |
Cyprus |
92* |
Greece 92
|
45 |
Czech
Republic |
97 |
|
46 |
Denmark |
98 |
|
47 |
Djibouti |
68* |
Sudan 72,
Ethiopia 63 |
48 |
Dominica |
75* |
Barbados
78, Jamaica 72 |
49 |
Dominican
Republic |
84* |
Mixed population, Puerto Rico 84 |
50 |
Ecuador |
80 |
|
51 |
Egypt |
83 |
|
52 |
El
Salvador |
84* |
Guatemala
79, Colombia 88 |
53 |
Equatorial
Guinea |
59 |
|
54 |
Eritrea |
68* |
Sudan 72,
Ethiopia 63 |
55 |
Estonia |
97* |
Finland
97, Russia 96 |
56 |
Ethiopia |
63 |
|
57 |
Fiji |
84 |
|
58 |
Finland |
97 |
|
59 |
France |
98 |
|
60 |
Gabon |
66* |
Congo (B)
73, Equatorial Guinea 59 |
61 |
Gambia |
64* |
Sierra
Leone 64, Guinea 63 |
62 |
Georgia |
93* |
Russia
96, Turkey 90 |
63 |
Germany |
102 |
|
64 |
Ghana |
71 |
|
65 |
Greece |
92 |
|
66 |
Grenada |
75* |
Barbados
78, Jamaica 72 |
67 |
Guatemala
|
79 |
|
68 |
Guinea |
63 |
|
69 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
63* |
Guinea 63
|
70 |
Guyana |
84* |
Suriname
89, Barbados 78 |
71 |
Haiti |
72* |
Jamaica
72 |
72 |
Honduras |
84* |
Guatemala
79, Colombia 88 |
73 |
Hong Kong
|
107 |
|
74 |
Hungary |
99 |
|
75 |
Iceland |
98* |
Norway 98
|
76 |
India |
81 |
|
77 |
Indonesia
|
89 |
|
78 |
Iran |
84 |
|
79 |
Iraq |
87 |
|
80 |
Ireland |
93 |
|
81 |
Israel |
94 |
|
82 |
Italy |
102 |
|
83 |
Jamaica |
72 |
|
84 |
Japan |
105 |
|
85 |
Jordan |
87* |
Iraq 87,
Lebanon 86 |
86 |
Kazakhstan
|
93* |
Russia
96, Turkey 90 |
87 |
Kenya |
72 |
|
88 |
Kiribati |
84* |
Marshall
Islands 84, Fiji 84 |
89 |
Korea,
North |
105* |
South
Korea 106,Japan 105 |
90 |
Korea,
South |
106 |
|
91 |
Kuwait |
83* |
Iraq 87,
Qatar 78 |
92 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
87* |
Turkey
90, Iran 84 |
93 |
Laos |
89* |
Thailand
91, Philippines 86 |
94 |
Latvia |
97* |
Russia
96, Finland 97 |
95 |
Lebanon |
86 |
|
96 |
Lesotho |
72* |
Zambia
77, Zimbabwe 66 |
97 |
Liberia |
64* |
Sierra
Leone 64, Guinea 63 |
98 |
Libya |
84* |
Morocco
85, Egypt 83 |
99 |
Lithuania
|
97* |
Russia
96, Finland 97 |
100 |
Luxembourg
|
101* |
Netherlands
102, Belgium 100 |
101 |
Macedonia
|
93* |
Bulgaria
93, Greece 92 |
102 |
Madagascar |
79* |
Mixed
Malay-Negroid population - see notes |
103 |
Malawi |
71* |
Congo (Z)
65, Tanzania 72, Zambia 77 |
104 |
Malaysia |
92 |
|
105 |
Maldives |
81* |
India 81 |
106 |
Mali |
68* |
Guinea
63, Sudan 72 |
107 |
Malta |
95* |
Italy
102, Spain 99, Morocco 85 |
108 |
Marshall
Islands |
84 |
|
109 |
Mauritania
|
73* |
Guinea
63, Morocco 85, Sudan 72 |
110 |
Mauritius
|
81* |
Mixed
population-see notes |
111 |
Mexico |
87 |
|
112 |
Micronesia
|
84* |
Marshall
Islands 84 |
113 |
Moldova |
95* |
Romania
94, Russia 96 |
114 |
Mongolia |
98* |
Russia
96, China 100 |
115 |
Morocco |
85 |
|
116 |
Mosambique |
72* |
Tanzania
72, Zimbabwe 66, Zambia 77 |
117 |
Namibia |
72* |
Zambia
77, Zimbabwe 66 |
118 |
Nepal |
78 |
|
119 |
Netherlands |
102 |
|
120 |
New
Zealand |
100 |
|
121 |
Nicaragua |
84* |
Guatemala
79, Colombia 88 |
122 |
Niger |
67* |
Nigeria
67 |
123 |
Nigeria |
67 |
|
124 |
Norway |
98 |
|
125 |
Oman |
83* |
Iraq 87,
Qatar 78 |
126 |
Pakistan |
81* |
India 81 |
127 |
Panama |
84* |
Colombia
88, Ecuador 80 |
128 |
Papua New
Guinea |
84* |
Marshall
Islands 84, Fiji 84 |
129 |
Paraguay |
85* |
Ecuador
80, Peru 90 |
130 |
Peru |
90 |
|
131 |
Philippines |
86 |
|
132 |
Poland |
99 |
|
133 |
Portugal |
95 |
|
134 |
Puerto
Rico |
84 |
|
135 |
Qatar |
78 |
|
136 |
Romania |
94 |
|
137 |
Russia |
96 |
|
138 |
Rwanda |
70* |
Congo (Z)
65, Tanzania 72, Uganda 73 |
139 |
Samoa
(Western) |
87 |
|
140 |
Sao
Tome/Principe |
59* |
Equatorial
Guinea 59 |
141 |
Saudi
Arabia |
83* |
Iraq 87,
Qatar 78 |
142 |
Senegal |
64* |
Sierra
Leone 64, Guinea 63 |
143 |
Seychelles |
81* |
Mixed
population, India 81 |
144 |
Sierra
Leone |
64 |
|
145 |
Singapore |
100 |
|
146 |
Slovakia |
96 |
|
147 |
Slovenia |
95 |
|
148 |
Solomon
Islands |
84* |
Marshall
Islands 84, Fiji 84 |
149 |
Somalia |
68* |
Ethiopia
63, Kenya 72 |
150 |
South
Africa |
72 |
See notes |
151 |
Spain |
99 |
|
152 |
Sri Lanka |
81* |
India 81 |
153 |
St. Kitts
& Nevis |
75* |
Barbados
78, Jamaica 72 |
154 |
St. Lucia |
75* |
Barbados
78, Jamaica 72 |
155 |
St.Vincent/Grenadines |
75* |
Barbados
78, Jamaica 72 |
156 |
Sudan |
72 |
|
157 |
Suriname |
89 |
|
158 |
Swaziland |
72* |
Zambia
77, Zimbabwe 66 |
159 |
Sweden |
101 |
|
160 |
Switzerland |
101 |
|
161 |
Syria |
87* |
Iraq 87,
Lebanon 86 |
162 |
Taiwan |
104 |
|
163 |
Tajikistan |
87* |
Turkey
90, Iran 84 |
164 |
Tanzania |
72 |
|
165 |
Thailand |
91 |
|
166 |
Togo |
69* |
Ghana 71,
Nigeria 67 |
167 |
Tonga |
87 |
|
168 |
Trinidad
& Tobago |
80* |
78,
Jamaica 72 Suriname 89, Barbados |
169 |
Tunisia |
84* |
Morocco
85, Egypt 83 |
170 |
Turkey |
90 |
|
171 |
Turkmenistan |
87* |
Turkey
90, Iran 84 |
172 |
Uganda |
73 |
|
173 |
Ukraine |
96* |
Russia 96 |
174 |
United
Arab Emirates |
83* |
Iraq 87,
Qatar 78 |
175 |
United
Kingdom |
100 |
|
176 |
United
States |
98 |
|
177 |
Uruguay |
96 |
|
178 |
Uzbekistan |
87* |
Turkey
90, Iran 84 |
179 |
Vanuatu |
84* |
Marshall
Islands 84, Fiji 84 |
180 |
Venezuela |
88* |
Colombia
88 |
181 |
Vietnam |
96* |
China
100, Thailand 91 |
182 |
Yemen |
83* |
Iraq 87,
Qatar 78 |
183 |
Yugoslavia |
93* |
Croatia
90, Slovenia 95 |
184 |
Zambia |
77 |
|
185 |
Zimbabwe |
66 |
|