Average IQ by country (2024 update)

Here are the average IQ scores by country, updated on January 1, 2024. This study is based from 1,691,740 people around the world who took the same test on this website in 2023. Countries shown in gray on the map were not included because of not enough data.

The average IQ seems to be generally higher in East Asia. Close to average in Europe, Western Asia, Oceania, North America and North Africa. And below average in Central and Southern Africa, and Latin America.

Country rankings by average IQ

Reliability of this ranking: All participants completed the same IQ test on this website in 2023. In 80% of the countries, the IQ scores are similar (<2 points difference) to those of the previous year.

Ranking	Country	IQ	Participants	Previous year	Difference
1.	South Korea	107.54	23616	107 (104316)	+0.54
2.	China	106.99	244532	106.59 (190255)	+0.4
3.	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	106.84	2959	106.52 (1657)	+0.32
4.	Japan	106.18	179992	108.14 (155534)	-1.96
5.	Singapore	106.18	4576	104.75 (5975)	+1.43
6.	Austria	102.71	4712	100.33 (6137)	+2.38
7.	Canada	102.6	9579	99.26 (14271)	+3.34
8.	Germany	102.36	33086	101.06 (32531)	+1.3
9.	Slovenia	102.31	3212	101.05 (2743)	+1.26
10.	Mongolia	102.3	3126	102.5 (1393)	-0.2
11.	Israel	102.18	4955	96.9 (3744)	+5.28
12.	Sri Lanka	102.16	1955	100.47 (3306)	+1.69
13.	Italy	102.11	34032	99.46 (39018)	+2.65
14.	Spain	102.01	20347	98.96 (31733)	+3.05
15.	New Zealand	101.76	3300	99.35 (2289)	+2.41
16.	Bulgaria	101.71	1758	100.21 (375)	+1.5
17.	Australia	101.7	12680	101.96 (6574)	-0.26
18.	Switzerland	101.58	5924	100.74 (7527)	+0.84
19.	Belgium	101.45	4984	100.03 (7759)	+1.42
20.	Viet Nam	101.45	20707	101.14 (10288)	+0.31
21.	Georgia	101.36	3084	98.96 (1112)	+2.4
22.	France	101.28	14012	97.46 (28767)	+3.82
23.	Belarus	100.78	12813	99.67 (20059)	+1.11
24.	Netherlands	100.66	18563	99.7 (18541)	+0.96
25.	Serbia	100.66	4449	99.74 (6055)	+0.92
26.	Russian Federation	100.64	92769	99.95 (68494)	+0.69
27.	Slovakia	100.62	6685	98.66 (8434)	+1.96
28.	Iceland	100.49	670	98.12 (892)	+2.37
29.	Luxembourg	100.35	707	99.66 (960)	+0.69
30.	Czechia	100.17	13746	99.32 (10471)	+0.85
31.	Ireland	100.11	1724	96.25 (1621)	+3.86
32.	Finland	99.92	12651	99.83 (17589)	+0.09
33.	Poland	99.87	28232	98.66 (15154)	+1.21
34.	Armenia	99.87	875	98.62 (1010)	+1.25
35.	United Kingdom	99.82	16648	99.05 (13237)	+0.77
36.	Croatia	99.73	5746	98.01 (7325)	+1.72
37.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.57	1135	98.15 (1452)	+1.42
38.	Malaysia	99.55	19565	99.07 (19532)	+0.48
39.	Sweden	99.44	8392	99.17 (9264)	+0.27
40.	Hungary	99.38	13514	98.21 (26383)	+1.17
41.	Montenegro	99.34	1041	97.58 (980)	+1.76
42.	India	99.31	71045	99.3 (16883)	+0.01
43.	Estonia	99.29	3554	96.97 (3667)	+2.32
44.	Portugal	99.27	8539	99.2 (9627)	+0.07
45.	Jordan	99.14	242	96.88 (1188)	+2.26
46.	United States	98.99	52666	99.9 (26465)	-0.91
47.	Lebanon	98.87	462	98.79 (636)	+0.08
48.	Egypt	98.86	4217	98.67 (2516)	+0.19
49.	North Macedonia	98.83	492	98.21 (1050)	+0.62
50.	Latvia	98.77	4137	97.07 (2900)	+1.7
51.	Norway	98.74	8199	97.41 (13591)	+1.33
52.	Algeria	98.64	3330	97 (5029)	+1.64
53.	Thailand	98.46	25366	98.32 (23074)	+0.14
54.	Nepal	98.43	519	99.74 (436)	-1.31
55.	Morocco	98.02	4502	96.72 (7390)	+1.3
56.	Lithuania	97.94	8294	95.73 (6673)	+2.21
57.	Tunisia	97.68	3070	97.38 (4686)	+0.3
58.	Qatar	97.59	445	94.41 (717)	+3.18
59.	Greece	97.51	20383	96.83 (14489)	+0.68
60.	United Arab Emirates	97.4	3436	97.01 (1547)	+0.39
61.	Myanmar	97.39	1743	98.15 (682)	-0.76
62.	Denmark	97.32	9952	96.81 (10830)	+0.51
63.	Albania	97.28	519	95.45 (1064)	+1.83
64.	Kazakhstan	97.26	6329	94.65 (11573)	+2.61
65.	Peru	97.26	10393	96.83 (12673)	+0.43
66.	Moldova (Republic of)	97.06	2104	95.34 (1989)	+1.72
67.	Cyprus	97.04	1983	97.48 (2329)	-0.44
68.	Azerbaijan	96.89	3932	97.37 (3816)	-0.48
69.	Saudi Arabia	96.58	2930	94.7 (1368)	+1.88
70.	Philippines	96.37	4440	95.39 (11585)	+0.98
71.	Romania	96.15	21449	93.86 (21004)	+2.29
72.	Bangladesh	95.84	1512	97.18 (1519)	-1.34
73.	Turkey	95.63	62741	97.13 (42801)	-1.5
74.	Pakistan	95.51	615	94.94 (646)	+0.57
75.	Cambodia	95.36	1143	95.44 (1177)	-0.08
76.	Madagascar	95.32	678	96.01 (857)	-0.69
77.	Ethiopia	95.3	318	95.01 (408)	+0.29
78.	Cuba	95.28	2940	96.43 (1431)	-1.15
79.	Iraq	94.86	1295	96.27 (383)	-1.41
80.	Uzbekistan	94.81	7033	95.24 (2945)	-0.43
81.	Ukraine	94.26	117375	94.78 (74246)	-0.52
82.	Oman	94.23	693	95.34 (839)	-1.11
83.	Uruguay	94.2	3232	96.13 (1437)	-1.93
84.	Chile	94.14	11188	93.6 (9878)	+0.54
85.	Brazil	94.02	54522	92 (47360)	+2.02
86.	Kuwait	93.85	368	94.15 (1471)	-0.3
87.	South Africa	93.73	4190	92.63 (5419)	+1.1
88.	Costa Rica	93.61	1487	90.43 (2578)	+3.18
89.	Kyrgyzstan	93.46	1942	92.98 (1991)	+0.48
90.	Argentina	92.98	22731	93.47 (16070)	-0.49
91.	Mexico	92.89	18571	94.45 (13480)	-1.56
92.	Ecuador	92.89	4959	94.87 (1628)	-1.98
93.	Lao People's Democratic Republic	92.72	423	95.28 (358)	-2.56
94.	Puerto Rico	92.67	900	89.02 (815)	+3.65
95.	Indonesia	92.64	154070	94.04 (170297)	-1.4
96.	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	92.58	2585	93.81 (1616)	-1.23
97.	Tajikistan	92.1	636	93.17 (441)	-1.07
98.	Nigeria	91.95	1582	91.92 (3772)	+0.03
99.	Colombia	90.91	10313	90.23 (10332)	+0.68
100.	Cameroon	90.86	625	91.15 (927)	-0.29
101.	Panama	90.47	1026	87.88 (1177)	+2.59
102.	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	90.43	4285	92.28 (2430)	-1.85
103.	Senegal	90.27	312	88.9 (759)	+1.37
104.	Honduras	90.2	964	86.87 (2010)	+3.33
105.	El Salvador	89.5	953	86.96 (1415)	+2.54
106.	Paraguay	89.46	1957	90.86 (1273)	-1.4
107.	Dominican Republic	88.98	932	87.19 (2578)	+1.79
108.	Benin	88.54	234	88.59 (303)	-0.05
109.	Guatemala	88.45	1698	87.92 (1659)	+0.53
110.	Nicaragua	87.75	971	86.3 (1585)	+1.45
111.	Cote d'Ivoire	87.6	677	88.38 (1631)	-0.78
112.	Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	87.25	276	87.07 (653)	+0.18
113.	Angola	86.7	393	88.52 (266)	-1.82
114.	Congo	86.65	280	86.91 (356)	-0.26
115.	Gabon	86.09	390	88.89 (401)	-2.8

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