# Smartest Country.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartest-country/576128>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 27, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartest-country/576128 "2011-03-27T07:10:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![harryblack1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58f4c7/32.png) [@harryblack1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harryblack1)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartest-country/576128/1 "2011-03-27T07:10:59Z")

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OK - tell me which is the smartest country! Is there a standardized IQ test that is accepted in most of the world??

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartest-country/576128/2 "2011-03-27T07:39:25Z")

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Here’s a summary of what claims have been made about the differences in I.Q. in various countries:

> **[Nations and IQ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations_and_intelligence)**
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> The relationship between nations and IQ is a controversial area of study concerning differences between nations in average intelligence test scores, their possible causes, and their correlation with measures of social well-being and economic prosperity.
> Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen constructed IQ estimates for many countries using literature reviews, student assessment studies and other methodologies to create estimates, which have been widely criticized on theoretical and methodological groun...

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**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartest-country/576128/3 "2011-03-28T17:52:45Z")

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If you consider Hong Kong a country it is the country with the highest IQ at 107, otherwise South Korea has the highest average at 106.