I.Q. Test Scores by Country

© Nov. 2010 Paul Cooijmans

National median protonorms and I.Q.s

Per country, the median of scores (expressed in protonorms) across a large number of high-range I.Q. tests is computed. Countries are ranked by median protonorm, and then by number of scores (n).

RankCountry n med. prot.I.Q. (σ = 15)
1Cambodia6500.0156
2Slovenia3500.0156
3Korea_South2480.5152
4Russia2480.0152
5Serbia5473.0151
6Germany72461.0150
7Switzerland11461.0150
8Denmark16456.5148
9Belgium65453.0147
10Malta15453.0147
11Canada71447.0146.2
12Poland20446.5146.2
13Austria6446.5146.2
14Portugal25440.0145
15Cyprus4439.5144.5
16Iceland2439.5144.5
17China2438.5144
18Bulgaria4434.5144
19United_Kingdom93433.0143
20India10433.0143
21.5Norway29428.0142
21.5Spain29428.0142
23Czech_Republic4422.5141
24Australia35420.0141
25Iran3418.0141
26Finland111415.0140
27Sweden103413.0140
28France49413.0140
29Brazil14413.0140
30Mexico5413.0140
31Luxembourg3412.0139
32United_States470400.0138
33Greece61393.0137
34Italy31393.0137
35Thailand5393.0137
36Yugoslavia3393.0137
37Netherlands156387.0135
38Israel11387.0135
39Hong_Kong9385.0134
40Bosnia_and_Herzegovina7375.0132
41New_Zealand6374.0132
42Japan8367.0131
43Argentina3367.0131
44Philippines7364.0130
45Turkey30363.5130
46Chile3345.0129
47South_Africa13343.0129
48Lithuania4340.5128
49Singapore12293.5119.5

Total n = 1658

Most of the country names hyper-refer to images of those countries' stamps; these are scans of stamps actually received in correspondence with test candidates from the countries in question, in many cases in the period before Internet and e-mail become dominant.

Tests used