Average IQ by country (2025 update)

Below is the average IQ by country, updated as of January 1, 2025. This study is based on data from 1,352,763 worldwide who took the same IQ test on this website in 2024.

The average IQ by country appears to be generally higher in East Asia. It is close to the global average in Europe, Western Asia, Oceania, North America, and North Africa. Meanwhile, it tends to be below average in Central and Southern Africa, as well as Latin America.

Country rankings by average IQ

Reliability of this ranking: All participants completed the same IQ test on this website in 2024. In 83.18% of the countries, the IQ scores are similar to those from the previous year (< 2 points difference).

Ranking	Country	IQ	Participants	Previous year	Difference
1.	China	107.19	206994	106.79 (230997)	+0.4
2.	South Korea	106.43	23727	107.42 (22916)	-0.99
3.	Japan	106.4	145459	105.97 (172681)	+0.43
4.	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	106.3	3850	106.41 (2744)	-0.11
5.	Singapore	105.14	5159	106 (4390)	-0.86
6.	Russian Federation	103.16	19289	100.47 (90285)	+2.69
7.	Mongolia	102.86	2671	102.03 (3020)	+0.83
8.	Armenia	102.58	438	99.72 (849)	+2.86
9.	Australia	102.57	9626	101.6 (12289)	+0.97
10.	Spain	102.3	11359	101.88 (19835)	+0.42
11.	New Zealand	102.08	2410	101.74 (3202)	+0.34
12.	Sri Lanka	102.02	2840	101.82 (1868)	+0.2
13.	Slovenia	101.96	2472	102.13 (3114)	-0.17
14.	Canada	101.65	7888	102.5 (9338)	-0.85
15.	Thailand	101.52	22525	98.23 (24283)	+3.29
16.	Belarus	101.47	7154	100.6 (12456)	+0.87
17.	France	101.42	8088	101.28 (13949)	+0.14
18.	Serbia	100.86	5856	100.51 (4308)	+0.35
19.	Italy	100.84	18555	101.96 (33091)	-1.12
20.	Switzerland	100.75	5676	101.47 (5816)	-0.72
21.	Georgia	100.59	4700	101.15 (3003)	-0.56
22.	Malaysia	100.48	19388	99.29 (18688)	+1.19
23.	Finland	100.3	9135	99.78 (12327)	+0.52
24.	Viet Nam	100.12	47671	101.25 (19725)	-1.13
25.	Belgium	100.11	4418	101.37 (4909)	-1.26
26.	Greece	100.07	4772	97.29 (19692)	+2.78
27.	Luxembourg	100	345	100.24 (690)	-0.24
28.	Iceland	99.99	497	100.47 (652)	-0.48
29.	Slovakia	99.76	8628	100.48 (6560)	-0.72
30.	United States	99.74	27841	98.85 (51346)	+0.89
31.	Czechia	99.73	17135	100.06 (13522)	-0.33
32.	Netherlands	99.72	20694	100.56 (18264)	-0.84
33.	United Kingdom	99.68	9787	99.7 (16296)	-0.02
34.	Austria	99.65	4017	102.63 (4623)	-2.98
35.	Germany	99.64	29447	102.23 (32253)	-2.59
36.	Hungary	99.46	6662	99.3 (13240)	+0.16
37.	Lebanon	99.39	770	98.43 (439)	+0.96
38.	Estonia	99.39	2860	99.19 (3475)	+0.2
39.	Peru	99.37	8282	97.12 (10122)	+2.25
40.	Poland	99.35	27985	99.74 (27596)	-0.39
41.	Portugal	99.34	4352	99.15 (8365)	+0.19
42.	Malta	99.19	213	N/A (N/A)
43.	Croatia	99.17	6527	99.49 (5519)	-0.32
44.	India	99.08	17114	99.15 (68338)	-0.07
45.	Israel	99.07	7652	101.94 (4756)	-2.87
46.	Turkey	99.07	29431	95.47 (60914)	+3.6
47.	Latvia	98.84	4765	98.71 (4051)	+0.13
48.	Azerbaijan	98.71	2261	96.66 (3793)	+2.05
49.	Lithuania	98.67	7575	97.84 (8120)	+0.83
50.	Montenegro	98.65	1237	99.15 (1013)	-0.5
51.	Norway	98.52	8820	98.67 (8059)	-0.15
52.	Cyprus	98.51	1253	96.88 (1934)	+1.63
53.	Sweden	98.49	8509	99.31 (8241)	-0.82
54.	Ireland	98.32	1276	100.04 (1688)	-1.72
55.	Brunei Darussalam	98.14	212	N/A (N/A)
56.	Denmark	97.94	7946	97.25 (9800)	+0.69
57.	Bulgaria	97.79	4956	101.6 (1733)	-3.81
58.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	97.62	2468	99.29 (1090)	-1.67
59.	North Macedonia	97.59	615	98.6 (470)	-1.01
60.	Tunisia	97.51	2190	97.27 (2930)	+0.24
61.	Myanmar	97.37	1498	97.07 (1657)	+0.3
62.	Moldova (Republic of)	97.32	2619	96.88 (2055)	+0.44
63.	Egypt	97.21	3980	98.64 (4071)	-1.43
64.	Albania	97.19	577	97.04 (503)	+0.15
65.	Kazakhstan	97.17	5632	97.04 (6163)	+0.13
66.	Nepal	97.07	1025	98.47 (506)	-1.4
67.	Algeria	97.01	3224	98.27 (3189)	-1.26
68.	Mauritius	96.89	385	N/A (N/A)
69.	United Arab Emirates	96.8	2705	97.3 (3335)	-0.5
70.	Uzbekistan	96.79	8777	94.49 (6804)	+2.3
71.	Morocco	96.78	3476	97.69 (4308)	-0.91
72.	Jordan	96.71	1166	98.21 (228)	-1.5
73.	Philippines	96.66	8057	96.27 (4323)	+0.39
74.	Bangladesh	96.46	2935	95.7 (1467)	+0.76
75.	Romania	96.31	18781	96.01 (20955)	+0.3
76.	Cuba	96.02	675	94.72 (2747)	+1.3
77.	Mexico	95.51	15835	92.77 (18161)	+2.74
78.	Ukraine	95.38	86925	94.08 (114418)	+1.3
79.	Chile	95.38	8141	94 (10942)	+1.38
80.	Ethiopia	95.09	762	94.93 (300)	+0.16
81.	Kuwait	95.02	398	93.48 (356)	+1.54
82.	Uruguay	95.01	1791	93.85 (3101)	+1.16
83.	Ecuador	95	4303	92.78 (4839)	+2.22
84.	Kyrgyzstan	94.85	1508	93.22 (1885)	+1.63
85.	Madagascar	94.8	1016	95.01 (635)	-0.21
86.	Trinidad and Tobago	94.79	315	N/A (N/A)
87.	Qatar	94.77	529	97.49 (436)	-2.72
88.	Argentina	94.39	14181	92.85 (22248)	+1.54
89.	Costa Rica	94.15	1785	93.57 (1445)	+0.58
90.	South Africa	94.11	8248	93.6 (4078)	+0.51
91.	Oman	94.08	506	94.17 (674)	-0.09
92.	Bahrain	94.04	309	N/A (N/A)
93.	Iraq	93.99	2087	94.62 (1234)	-0.63
94.	Cambodia	93.97	1601	95.37 (1100)	-1.4
95.	Saudi Arabia	93.95	4388	96.47 (2832)	-2.52
96.	Tajikistan	93.55	410	92.05 (614)	+1.5
97.	Pakistan	93.25	1841	95.53 (606)	-2.28
98.	Indonesia	93.18	150041	92.28 (146876)	+0.9
99.	Colombia	93.17	9165	90.79 (10108)	+2.38
100.	Yemen	93.03	314	N/A (N/A)
101.	Brazil	92.92	43751	93.86 (53380)	-0.94
102.	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	92.76	2356	92.21 (2515)	+0.55
103.	Lao People’s Democratic Republic	92.05	885	92.29 (395)	-0.24
104.	Nigeria	91.35	1859	91.81 (1531)	-0.46
105.	Guatemala	91.29	1682	88.36 (1663)	+2.93
106.	Kenya	91.22	932	N/A (N/A)
107.	El Salvador	91.07	801	89.41 (932)	+1.66
108.	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	91.02	3254	90.16 (4152)	+0.86
109.	Paraguay	90.76	1515	89.3 (1920)	+1.46
110.	Honduras	90.53	716	90.17 (943)	+0.36
111.	Panama	90.49	864	90.23 (1006)	+0.26
112.	Ghana	90.25	339	N/A (N/A)
113.	Zimbabwe	90.21	310	N/A (N/A)
114.	Dominican Republic	90.06	857	88.95 (909)	+1.11
115.	Cameroon	89.94	544	90.49 (608)	-0.55
116.	Togo	89.94	231	N/A (N/A)
117.	Uganda	89.89	202	N/A (N/A)
118.	Tanzania, United Republic of	89.4	212	N/A (N/A)
119.	Nicaragua	88.7	861	87.54 (955)	+1.16
120.	Cote d’Ivoire	88.42	319	87.25 (657)	+1.17
121.	Senegal	88.27	281	89.7 (301)	-1.43
122.	Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	88.01	340	86.98 (262)	+1.03
123.	Mozambique	87.81	251	N/A (N/A)
124.	Benin	86.88	269	88.44 (225)	-1.56
125.	Angola	85.33	493	86.62 (376)	-1.29
126.	Gabon	85.08	275	85.75 (378)	-0.67