As such, the top 5 smartest countries in the world can all be found in Asia, where
Australia - 63.96 (A) Singapore - 63.60 (A)
TUESDAY'S TRIVIA ANSWER: What continent has, on average, the highest literacy rate, the highest IQ, and the lowest infant mortality rate? The answer: Antarctica. We'll admit this one is a bit of a trick question.
According to data obtained from Mensa, Finland has the most geniuses per capita, followed by Sweden and the United Kingdom. Mensa was founded in 1946 to create a "society for bright people, the only qualification for membership of which was a high IQ," according to its website.
Another key strength of Japan is its educational system. The country has a very high literacy rate and its students consistently rank among the best in the world in math and science. Japanese universities are also highly respected, with many of them ranked among the top-performing institutions in the world.
Most people have an average IQ between 85 and 115. Around 98% of people have a score below 130. Just 2% of the population score above that are considered above average.
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An average person scores 100 on an IQ test using the Stanford-Binet IQ scale. A score of 137 to 160 is considered the top 1 percent to .
CHIMPANZEES. RECKONED to be the most-intelligent animals on the planet, chimps can manipulate the environment and their surroundings to help themselves and their community. They can work out how to use things as tools to get things done faster, and they have outsmarted people many a time.
AMAZING ANTARCTIC FACTS
Antarctica contains 70% of Earth's freshwater and 90% of its ice. If melted, the ice sheets covering Antarctica would raise global sea level by almost 70 meters. The thin layer of sea ice that forms around Antarctica each winter helps create the densest water mass in the ocean.
The Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica has the air that shows the smallest concentration of particles caused by human pollution.
Zealandia: Earth's Hidden Continent.
This means their thinking and reasoning skills are well above their same-aged peers. To be classified as gifted, most education departments require children to have an IQ score at or above 130 on a standardised test administered by a psychologist.
An IQ of 120, therefore, implies that the testee is brighter than about 91% of the population, while 130 puts a person ahead of 98% of people.
By the current "deviation IQ" definition of IQ test standard scores, about two-thirds of all test-takers obtain scores from 85 to 115, and about 5 percent of the population scores above 125.
What Is the Lowest IQ Ever? There's no record of the lowest IQ ever. However, the lowest IQ score possible is zero.