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Intelligence:

A Measure of Human Capital in Nations (July 2010)
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Gerhard Meisenberg, Ross University School of Medicine
Richard Lynn, University of Ulster, Coleraine

Abstract
We estimate the validity of the national IQs presented by Lynn and Vanhanen (2002, 2006) by examining whether they are consistent with the educational attainment of school students in math, science and reading comprehension in 108 countries and provinces. The educational attainment scores in a number of studies are integrated to give EAs (educational attainments) for 86 countries and provinces that have measured IQs. The correlation of EA with measured IQ (N = 86 countries) is .917, and with measured + estimated IQ (N = 108 countries) is .907. Corrected for attenuation, r = 1.0. The quality of the data is evaluated, and the discrepancy between IQ and EA was greater for countries with low data quality, especially low quality of the EA data. There are no major anomalies in the relationship between IQ and EA in individual world regions. To some extent IQ and EA predict each other even within world regions. These results show that national IQs have a high degree of validity.

Article from the journal Intelligence, Volume 36, Number 4, pg 447, Winter 2011
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Appendix: National IQs calculated and validated for 108 nations (Alphabetical Sort)

Measures of human capital by country:

SchAch, school achievement on the 500/100 scale.

SA absolute, SchAch scaled to a mean of 100 and within-country standard deviation of 15 for the United Kingdom, assuming a within-country standard deviation of 90 for SchAch.

SA relative, SchAch scaled to the IQ metric by equalizing mean and standard deviation with IQ.

SAq and IQq, quality of data for school achievement and IQ.

Human capital is weighted average of SA relative and IQ. Estimates are in parentheses.



Measures of Human Capital by Country

Table Sorted Alphabetically
Table Sorted by Human Capital
Table Sorted by IQ

SchAch SA
absolute
SA
relative
SAq IQ IQq Human
Capital
 
Afghanistan (75.0)
Albania 390.7 78.1 82.9 2 82.9
Algeria 389.9 78.0 82.8 2 82.8
Andorra (97.2)
Angola (69.9)
Argentina 400.6 79.8 84.1 4 96.0 9 92.3
Armenia 487.7 94.3 94.5 4 92.0 3 93.5
Australia 532.5 101.8 99.9 16 98.0 10 99.2
Austria 521.0 99.9 98.5 10 99.5 4 98.8
Azerbaijan 406.6 80.8 84.8 4 84.8
Bahamas (84.0)
Bahrain 432.0 85.0 87.8 4 81.0 2 85.6
Bangladesh 81.0 4 81.0
Barbados 80.0 2 80.0
Belarus (95.1)
Belgium 526.9 100.8 99.3 14 99.0 7 99.2
Belize 339.0 69.5 76.7 1 76.7
Benin 264.1 57.0 67.7 1 67.7
Bermuda 90.0 4 90.0
Bhutan (84.2)
Bolivia 87.0 6 87.0
Bosnia 464.6 90.4 91.8 2 94.0 4 93.3
Botswana 369.7 74.6 80.4 4 72.15 2 77.2
Brazil 403.4 80.2 84.4 8 87.0 13 86.0
Brunei (88.9)
Bulgaria 480.4 93.1 93.7 12 92.5 6 93.3
Burkina Faso 292.2 61.7 71.0 1 71.0
Burundi 325.7 67.3 75.1 1 75.1
Cambodia (92.0)
Cameroon 339.4 69.6 76.7 1 64.0 2 68.2
Canada 538.0 102.7 100.6 16 100.0 6 100.4
Cape Verde (76.0)
Centr. Afr. R. 64.0 5 64.0
Chad 259.3 56.2 67.1 1 67.1
Chile 431.4 84.9 87.8 8 91.0 9 89.5
China 605.6 113.9 108.7 2 105.5 16 105.9
   Hong Kong 559.3 106.2 103.1 14 108.0 16 105.7
   Macau 532.5 101.8 99.9 6 99.9
   Tibet 92.0 2 92.0
Colombia 395.5 78.9 83.5 8 83.5 7 83.5
Comoros 288.3 61.1 70.6 1 70.6
Congo (B.) 288.0 61.0 70.5 1 73.0 7 72.7
Congo (K.) 68.0 8 68.0
Cook Islands 89.0 2 89.0
Costa Rica 444.9 87.2 89.4 1 86.0 89.4
Cote d'Ivoire 230.9 51.5 63.7 1 71.0 2 68.6
Croatia 489.5 94.6 94.8 4 99.0 7 97.5
Cuba 500.1 96.4 96.0 1 85.0 5 86.8
Cyprus 462.8 90.2 91.5 8 91.5
Czech Rep. 526.8 100.8 99.2 14 98.0 7 98.8
Denmark 508.5 97.8 97.0 10 98.0 5 97.4
Djibouti (74.8)
Dominica 73.0 5 73.0
Dominican R. 315.4 65.6 73.8 1 82.0 6 80.8
East Timor (85.4)
Ecuador 349.8 71.3 78.0 1 88.0 5 86.3
Egypt 407.0 80.8 84.8 4 81.0 5 82.7
El Salvador 357.7 72.6 78.9 2 78.9
Equ. Guinea (72.3)
Eritrea 75.5 4 75.5
Estonia 539.0 102.8 100.7 6 99.0 7 99.8
Ethiopia 68.5 8 68.5
Fiji 85.0 3 85.0
Finland 555.6 105.6 102.7 10 97.0 5 100.8
France 516.1 99.0 98.0 10 98.0 9 98.0
Gabon 338.8 69.5 76.6 1 76.6
Gambia 62.0 4 62.0
Georgia 420.5 83.1 86.5 2 86.5
Germany 516.1 99.0 98.0 10 99.0 16 98.6
Ghana 293.1 61.9 71.1 4 70.0 6 70.5
Greece 484.7 93.8 94.2 10 92.0 10 93.1
Guatemala 340.2 69.7 76.8 1 79.0 3 78.5
Guinea 66.5 6 66.5
Guinea-Bissao (66.5)
Guyana (86.0)
Haiti (70.0)
Honduras 81.0 6 81.0
Hungary 525.2 100.6 99.0 16 96.5 8 98.2
Iceland 511.2 98.2 97.4 10 101.0 4 98.4
India 434.1 85.4 88.1 2 82.0 19 82.6
Indonesia 408.9 81.2 85.1 12 87.0 8 85.8
Iran 433.3 85.2 88.0 8 83.5 9 85.6
Iraq 87.0 6 87.0
Ireland 523.2 100.2 98.8 10 92.5 10 95.7
Israel 480.8 93.2 93.7 12 95.0 14 94.4
Italy 492.3 95.1 95.1 16 97.0 13 95.9
Jamaica 71.0 12 71.0
Japan 558.7 106.1 103.1 16 105.0 20 104.1
Jordan 438.6 86.1 88.6 10 84.0 7 86.7
Kazakhstan 406.3 80.7 84.7 2 84.7
Kenya 371.5 74.9 80.6 2 74.0 11 75.0
S. Korea 567.4 107.6 104.1 16 106.0 9 104.8
Kuwait 387.8 77.7 82.5 4 86.5 9 85.3
Kyrgyztan 320.4 66.4 74.4 4 74.4
Laos 89.0 2 89.0
Latvia 500.3 96.4 96.1 14 96.1
Lebanon 425.8 84.0 87.1 4 82.0 4 84.6
Lesotho 273.2 58.5 68.7 2 68.7
Liberia (66.4)
Libya 84.6 8 84.6
Liechtenstein 536.1 102.4 100.4 8 100.4
Lithuania 497.0 95.8 95.7 12 92.0 5 94.6
Luxembourg 494.0 95.4 95.3 8 95.3
Macedonia 453.7 88.6 90.5 4 90.5
Madagascar 322.3 66.7 74.7 2 82.0 2 78.3
Malawi 232.1 51.7 63.8 3 60.0 3 61.9
Malaysia 499.6 96.3 96.0 6 88.5 7 92.0
Maldives 81.0
Mali 270.8 58.2 68.5 1 69.5 8 69.4
Malta 477.7 92.6 93.3 2 97.0 2 95.2
Mariana Isl. 81.0 2 81.0
Marshall Isl. 84.0 3 84.0
Mauritania 74.1
Mauritius 388.1 77.7 82.6 3 89.0 5 86.6
Mexico 428.9 84.5 87.5 8 88.0 8 87.7
Micronesia (84.0)
Moldova 470.8 91.5 92.5 4 92.5
Mongolia 100.0 6 100.0
Montenegro 415.0 82.2 85.8 4 85.8
Morocco 367.6 74.3 80.1 6 84.0 9 82.4
Mozambique 322.9 66.8 74.7 3 64.0 2 70.4
Myanmar (86.7)
Namibia 272.8 58.5 68.7 2 72.0 2 70.4
Nepal 78.0 4 78.0
Netherlands 539.2 102.9 100.7 12 100.0 10 100.4
Neth. Antilles 87.0 2 87.0
New Caledonia 85.0 2 85.0
New Zealand 528.5 101.1 99.4 14 99.0 11 99.3
Nicaragua 357.2 72.5 78.8 1 78.8
Niger 209.2 47.9 61.1 1 61.2
Nigeria 348.8 71.1 77.8 4 71.0 6 73.7
Norway 505.0 97.2 96.6 14 100.0 2 97.0
Oman 402.1 80.0 84.2 2 84.5 7 84.4
Pakistan 84.0 4 84.0
Palestine 394.0 78.7 83.3 4 86.0 4 84.6
Panama 371.0 74.9 80.5 2 80.5
Papua NG 486.6 94.1 94.4 1 82.5 4 84.9
Paraguay 357.0 72.51 78.8 1 84.0 6 83.3
Peru 370.7 74.8 80.5 2 85.0 9 84.2
Philippines 371.0 74.9 80.5 4 90.0 3 84.6
Poland 514.9 98.8 97.8 8 95.0 13 96.1
Portugal 487.0 94.2 94.5 10 94.5 6 94.5
Puerto Rico 83.5 8 83.5
Qatar 342.8 70.1 77.1 6 83.0 6 80.1
Romania 455.6 89.0 90.7 12 91.0 6 90.8
Russia 503.9 97.0 96.5 16 96.5 6 96.5
Rwanda 76.0 2 76.0
St. Lucia 62.0 2 62.0
St. Vincent 71.0 2 71.0
W. Samoa 88.0 5 88.0
Sao Tome & P. (70.0)
Saudi Arabia 369.0 74.5 80.3 4 79.0 6 79.5
Senegal 289.3 61.2 70.7 2 70.5 5 70.6
Serbia & M. 457.0 89.2 90.8 10 88.5 2 90.5
Seychelles 384.7 77.1 82.2 2 82.2
Sierra Leone 64.0 3 64.0
Singapore 584.4 110.4 106.2 10 108.5 5 106.9
Slovakia 514.4 98.8 97.8 12 98.0 4 97.8
Slovenia 524.2 100.4 98.9 12 96.0 7 97.8
Solomon Isl. (84.9)
Somalia (71.8)
S. Africa 289.0 61.2 70.7 6 72.0 14 71.6
Spain 499.5 96.3 96.0 14 97.0 8 96.3
Sri Lanka 79.0 2 79.0
Sudan 77.5 14 77.5
Suriname 89.0 4 89.0
Swaziland 370.9 74.8 80.5 3 80.5
Sweden 519.9 99.7 98.4 14 99.0 8 98.6
Switzerland 515.8 99.0 97.9 10 101.0 6 99.1
Syria 410.9 81.5 85.3 2 80.5 7 81.6
Taiwan 566.1 107.4 104.0 10 105.0 18 104.6
Tajikistan 79.6
Tanzania 358.7 72.8 79.0 2 72.5 8 73.8
   Zanzibar 308.1 64.4 73.0 2 73.0
Thailand 459.0 89.5 91.1 12 88.0 6 90.1
Togo 69.1
Tonga 86.0 2 86.0
Trinidad & T. 422.9 83.5 86.7 2 86.7
Tunisia 409.1 81.2 85.1 12 84.0 2 84.9
Turkey 446.2 87.4 89.5 10 88.5 8 89.1
Turkmenistan (79.6)
Uganda 305.7 64.0 72.7 3 72.0 2 72.4
Ukraine 480.0 93.0 93.6 2 95.0 2 94.3
Un. Arab Em. 472.6 91.8 92.7 4 83.0 6 86.9
United K. 521.9 100.0 98.7 14 100.0 7 99.1
   England 523.6 100.3 98.9 8 101.0 7 99.9
   Scotland 500.7 96.5 96.1 6 97.0 7 96.6
   N. Ireland 96.3
USA 512.4 98.4 97.5 16 98.0 11 97.7
Uruguay 442.2 86.7 89.1 6 96.0 2 90.8
Uzbekistan (79.6)
Vanuatu (84.0)
Venezuela 357.3 72.6 78.9 1 84.0 6 83.3
Vietnam 94.0 3 94.0
Yemen 239.2 52.9 64.7 1 83.0 6 80.4
Zambia 240.9 53.2 64.9 3 75.0 5 71.2
Zimbabwe 324.1 67.0 74.9 4 71.5 4 73.2