Coming in second place was the United Kingdom, followed by Germany in third place. Smartest Countries Would the smartest country be the one with the most literate citizens? Maybe the smartest countries in the world would be those whose residents had the highest average IQ score country-wide?
Or is the smartest country the one that has the highest percentage of extremely smart people? Could it even be the country whose citizens have earned the most Nobel Prizes? For instance, in China a lot less time is spent on group work and the arts in school. If an IQ test is written in Finland with the intention of testing Finnish students, it likely includes cultural contexts specific to that country.
In fact, if it is written by an upper middle class white Finn from Helsinki, it might be biased by an even more specific cultural context. If a lower-income Sami person an Indigenous Finn from Espoo took the same test, they may not perform as well as a fellow upper-middle-class white Finn from Helsinki.
Context matters. Even though test writers try their hardest to remove cultural context from their IQ tests, it is nearly impossible. However, looking at test results alone, the data might tell a different story. Again, similarly to the IQ chart results listed above, you can see that East Asian students rank highest for reading scores, maths scores, and science scores.
The explanation is likely the same. The education systems in these countries are highly focused on test results and grades, particularly in these areas of study. Parents, teachers, and the culture in general are all highly geared towards excellence in standardised testing.
Even when families from China move to Western countries, this cultural dedication to academic achievements remains. While there are undoubtedly some extremely smart and intelligent students in China, South Korea, and Japan, there are equally intelligent children in Nepal, Malawi, and Guatemala. However, many children in the latter countries lack the same kind of systemic access to educational opportunities.
A Nobel Prize is one of six major international prizes awarded annually for excellent work in chemistry, literature, economics, physics, physiology or medicine, and the promotion of peace. Here are the top ten countries with the most Nobel Prizes [8] :. So, do these results truly mean that the UK is in trouble when compared to other countries around the globe? The cookie settings on this website are set to 'allow all cookies' to give you the very best experience. Please click Accept Cookies to continue to use the site.
The human brain is capable of some pretty incredible stuff and is the epicentre of our bodies. Because a healthy brain is a healthy human. With our smarts in mind, we wanted to discover where in the world can claim to be the smartest.
Taking the top spot overall was Sweden, with an average score of 7. Average IQ - Tertiary education attainment - Just behind Sweden, in second, was neighbouring Norway. Rounding out the top three was another Nordic country, Iceland, with an average score of 7. Like their neighbours in Sweden and Norway, Iceland scored highly across the board, but particularly for both their spending on education services and their number of Nobel Prize winners per capita.
There is too much competition and pressure. Here, you can work however you want. The Scandinavian countries have a lot better social safety net so people are less stressed out. I can see why people are happier there.
Perfect for me. I think there is no link between intelligence and happiness. In fact, they can be quite opposites. Some very intelligent people can be unhappy because they can see what is wrong more easily. On the other hand, some people can be so stupid as to not even realizing their stupidity and live a happy and simple life without noticing what they are missing.
First, the difference between the averages between 98 and is very small. Second, averages could be explained solely by randomness or by some external factors like immigration — ie.
I think happiness derives mainly from freedom economic, social, legal, security, etc. They have a good balance between all aspect that give more freedom to individuals. Since the analysis is based on averages, and that more people will inevitably skew the statistics downward if they are poorer, I think this may explain why US and Canada are not at top of the list. As for Asian countries, I think they have a great culture, emphasising family and society first. But I think this is done at the expense of more freedom and hapiness for the individual.
There is some advantages of priorizing the community. I think intelligence comes from a combinaison of natural habilities and a lot of training studying, reading, exercising, etc. If I was living in a very bad country, like Afghanistan or Venezuela, I might want to look for a place elsewhere to live. I think intelligence and happiness depends much more on specific individuals.
If I had to choose between being smart or being happy, I think I would choose being smart. I think when you have intelligence, you can work your way through happiness. Overall, I think Switzerland has the best combinaison. They have more than years of history of protecting individual freedoms.
They have some of the biggest corporations — in finance and pharmaceuticals for example — assuring prosperity for their citizens. I think, in general, they are very smart and happy. I wholeheartedly agree with you! I would live in Switzerland in a second!!!
The beauty, the work-life balance, the people, the financial benefits, the location in Europe, etc. I am surprised you would choose intelligence over happiness. Do you think intelligence is a means to an end, which is usually happiness. I did not think that far. It was just a rethorical answer to your question — which I figured that if I get intelligence first, then I can get hapiness, and have both of them at the same time, instead of having to choose between one or the other.
But you are right. Intelligence is overrated now, especially since technology makes things so much easier to get smart, e. A diversity of perspectives should be a requirement for these types of endeavors.
Fascinating and fun read. And how entertaining to cross reference the two lists! Even though our country has its own issues, the benefits outweigh the cons for me. I like access to city resources but without the crowds and bad air. Also, it gets dark really early as well during the winters in Norway, Sweden, etc.
I was already bummed it was getting dark at 7pm here in SF, when the weather is temperate all year. You lost me at Amsterdam. It rains quite a bit over there and the Dutch have a major superiority complex. I know they have a reputation for being blunt, but I still just find them to be sour, stand-offish, and unpleasant overall. Plus, the only charming thing I find about Holland is the architecture in and around their city centre canals highlighted by an occasional windmill.
Everything else is just dreary and dull. Food stinks as well unless you like eating anything devoid of nutrition. I would have laughed. For seven months of the year, Amsterdam is nice, just like NYC. You can find the beauty in any city.
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