Average IQ by country in 2022 (published in 2023)

Here is the average IQ by country for the year 2022. This result is based on 1,565,983 results from around the world who took the test in 2022. The countries in gray on the map below have been ignored because there wasn't enough data to include them.

It is interesting to note that only 33 of the 125 countries in this study have an average IQ score above 99. This is mainly due to China, which with its average score of 106.59 and its very large population, balances the overall average score at 100.

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 in 2022 by average IQ

Reliability of this ranking: All participants took the same IQ test on this website.

Ranking	Country	Average IQ	Participants
1.	Japan	108.14	155534
2.	South Korea	107	104316
3.	China	106.59	190255
4.	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	106.52	1657
5.	Singapore	104.75	5975
6.	Mongolia	102.5	1393
7.	Australia	101.96	6574
8.	Viet Nam	101.14	10288
9.	Germany	101.06	32531
10.	Slovenia	101.05	2743
11.	Switzerland	100.74	7527
12.	Sri Lanka	100.47	3306
13.	Austria	100.33	6137
14.	Bulgaria	100.21	375
15.	Belgium	100.03	7759
16.	Russian Federation	99.95	68494
17.	United States	99.9	26465
18.	Finland	99.83	17589
19.	Nepal	99.74	436
20.	Serbia	99.74	6055
21.	Netherlands	99.7	18541
22.	Belarus	99.67	20059
23.	Luxembourg	99.66	960
24.	Italy	99.46	39018
25.	New Zealand	99.35	2289
26.	Czechia	99.32	10471
27.	India	99.3	16883
28.	Canada	99.26	14271
29.	Portugal	99.2	9627
30.	Sweden	99.17	9264
31.	Malaysia	99.07	19532
32.	United Kingdom	99.05	13237
33.	Andorra	99.02	225
34.	Spain	98.96	31733
35.	Georgia	98.96	1112
36.	Lebanon	98.79	636
37.	Egypt	98.67	2516
38.	Poland	98.66	15154
39.	Slovakia	98.66	8434
40.	Armenia	98.62	1010
41.	Thailand	98.32	23074
42.	Hungary	98.21	26383
43.	North Macedonia	98.21	1050
44.	Myanmar	98.15	682
45.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	98.15	1452
46.	Iceland	98.12	892
47.	Croatia	98.01	7325
48.	Montenegro	97.58	980
49.	Cyprus	97.48	2329
50.	France	97.46	28767
51.	Norway	97.41	13591
52.	Tunisia	97.38	4686
53.	Azerbaijan	97.37	3816
54.	Bangladesh	97.18	1519
55.	Turkey	97.13	42801
56.	Latvia	97.07	2900
57.	United Arab Emirates	97.01	1547
58.	Algeria	97	5029
59.	Estonia	96.97	3667
60.	Israel	96.9	3744
61.	Jordan	96.88	1188
62.	Peru	96.83	12673
63.	Greece	96.83	14489
64.	Denmark	96.81	10830
65.	Morocco	96.72	7390
66.	Cuba	96.43	1431
67.	Iraq	96.27	383
68.	Ireland	96.25	1621
69.	Uruguay	96.13	1437
70.	Madagascar	96.01	857
71.	Lithuania	95.73	6673
72.	Albania	95.45	1064
73.	Cambodia	95.44	1177
74.	Philippines	95.39	11585
75.	Oman	95.34	839
76.	Moldova (Republic of)	95.34	1989
77.	Lao People's Democratic Republic	95.28	358
78.	Uzbekistan	95.24	2945
79.	Ethiopia	95.01	408
80.	Pakistan	94.94	646
81.	Ecuador	94.87	1628
82.	Ukraine	94.78	74246
83.	Saudi Arabia	94.7	1368
84.	Kazakhstan	94.65	11573
85.	Mexico	94.45	13480
86.	Qatar	94.41	717
87.	Kuwait	94.15	1471
88.	Indonesia	94.04	170297
89.	Romania	93.86	21004
90.	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	93.81	1616
91.	Chile	93.6	9878
92.	Argentina	93.47	16070
93.	Tajikistan	93.17	441
94.	Kyrgyzstan	92.98	1991
95.	South Africa	92.63	5419
96.	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	92.28	2430
97.	Kenya	92.25	687
98.	Brazil	92	47360
99.	Nigeria	91.92	3772
100.	Trinidad and Tobago	91.73	809
101.	Jamaica	91.62	258
102.	Cameroon	91.15	927
103.	Paraguay	90.86	1273
104.	Burkina Faso	90.7	209
105.	Costa Rica	90.43	2578
106.	Togo	90.38	266
107.	Colombia	90.23	10332
108.	Ghana	89.61	785
109.	Namibia	89.02	295
110.	Puerto Rico	89.02	815
111.	Senegal	88.9	759
112.	Gabon	88.89	401
113.	Benin	88.59	303
114.	Angola	88.52	266
115.	Cote d'Ivoire	88.38	1631
116.	Guatemala	87.92	1659
117.	Panama	87.88	1177
118.	Dominican Republic	87.19	2578
119.	Uganda	87.16	375
120.	Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	87.07	653
121.	El Salvador	86.96	1415
122.	Congo	86.91	356
123.	Honduras	86.87	2010
124.	Nicaragua	86.3	1585
125.	Mali	86.05	222