The 2026 "average IQ by countries" list has been published.
Medianews.az reports that the research was conducted by the "International IQ Test" platform.
The analysis, updated in January this year, is based on the results of more than 1 million participants who took the same IQ test during 2025. The evaluation was carried out among countries with at least 100 participants.
The test consisted of Raven-type abstract logic questions, and all participants were assessed on the same scale. However, due to the voluntary nature of data collection, the list does not fully represent the overall populations of the countries.
The top 20 countries by average IQ:
- South Korea – 106.97
- China – 106.48
- Japan – 106.3
- Iran – 104.8
- Australia – 104.45
- Russia – 103.78
- Singapore – 103.56
- Mongolia – 102.61
- New Zealand – 102.35
- Vietnam – 102.26
- Spain – 102.24
- Cyprus – 102.12
- Canada – 102.09
- United Kingdom – 101.57
- Sri Lanka – 101.22
- Slovenia – 101.15
- Belarus – 101.05
- USA – 101.04
- Albania – 101
- Switzerland – 100.84
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