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The smartest countries in the world

From a wheel and a steam engine to nuclear synthesis and gene editing – a person is extremely smart, a savvy specialist and a lot of inventions. But have you ever wondered how to identify the most intelligent countries in the world, what is the difference in intelligence between Americans and Europeans, and who is preparing future Nobel laureates?

Using the Vouchercloud portal, we decided to answer this question based on three indicators:

The number of Nobel Prizes won (historical intelligence score).
Average current IQ (assessment of current intelligence).
The quality of school education (assessment of future intelligence).

The historical heritage provides high positions to the western states. The United States and Britain have the most Nobel laureates – 368 and 132, respectively. But the average result for two other parameters sent them to 4th and 8th places according to the general assessment.
History, on the contrary, prevents Asian countries from climbing to the top, but they are clear leaders of the present and the near future. In the IQ ranking, the first 6 places are occupied by Singapore, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan. In terms of school performance, they are all in the top 7 (Russia ranks 6th).

1. Japan

• Nobel laureates: 26 (6th place)
• National IQ: 104.2 (6)
• School performance: 58.01% (5)

Japan is one of the most technologically advanced countries, which, together with other Asian states, has created an economically powerful region in Asia. In the absence of large natural resources, she takes intellectual.

Japanese education does not have such a deep history as European, but it meets the needs of today and tomorrow. Pupils and students from the Land of the Rising Sun use the most advanced technologies and developments, gaining relevant knowledge and skills.

In the ranking of QS World University Rankings for 2019 in the first hundred of the best universities in the world, 5 universities from Japan. They rank from 23 (University of Tokyo) to 77 (Tohoku University).

2. Switzerland

Swiss

• Nobel laureates: 26 (6th place)
• National IQ: 100.2 (11)
• School performance: 31.91% (11)

Switzerland is a prosperous and wealthy European state. It is among the leaders in the number of residents with higher education. The history of her scientific achievements dates back several centuries. For example, the University of Basel was founded in 1460, and presented the world with two Nobel laureates in physiology and medicine.

In the top 100 universities in the world, the Swiss occupy 7th, 22nd and 78th places. The best is the Swiss Higher Technical School of Zurich, whose graduates and professors received 21 Nobel Prizes. The most famous of them is Albert Einstein..

3. China

• Nobel laureates: 9 (21 place)
• National IQ: 105.8 (2)
• School performance: 38.27% (7)

High-quality education and a high general intellectual background are further proof that in the near future the PRC can become the most influential state on Earth. For historical and political reasons, the first “Nobel” went to the piggy bank of China only in 1957, the second – in 2000.

In hundreds of world universities, 6 universities from China and 1 from Hong Kong. Above all, Tsinghua University. His graduate Young Zhennin received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957..

4. USA

• Nobel laureates: 368 (1 place)
• National IQ: 98 (28)
• School performance: 29.84% (13)

The United States of America is not considered the most intellectual country, and this is confirmed by the average IQ. However, in terms of the quality of school education, it is in the top 15, not to mention universities. 33 American universities are among the top 100 according to World University Rankings. The top four are MIT, Stanford, Harvard and California Tech.

5. The Netherlands

• Nobel laureates: 20 (11th place)
• National IQ: 100.4 (8)
• School performance: 25.02% (24)

Dutch education is one of the best in Europe. The quality of training for schoolchildren and students is ensured by a favorable domestic situation, good international relations and economic stability.

Among the Nobel laureates, citizens of the Netherlands, the majority are physicists and chemists. Of the 100 best universities in the world, only 3 belong to the kingdom: Delft technical, Amsterdam and Eindhoven technical.

6. Russia

• Nobel laureates: 23 (8th place)
• National IQ: 97 (32)
• School performance: 38.46% (6)

Despite the internal problems and reforms of recent decades, Russian school education remains one of the best in the world. True, in terms of the average level of IQ, we do not even fall into the top twenty. One possible reason is a weak higher education. In the top 100 World University Rankings, there is only one Russian university – Lomonosov Moscow State University. And he is in 90th place.

After the collapse of the USSR, Russians were awarded the Nobel Prize three times. In addition, there were four laureates who were born in the USSR, but won as citizens of other countries (USA, Netherlands, Belarus).

7. Belgium

• Nobel laureates: 10 (18th place)
• National IQ: 99.3 (15)
• School performance: 28.76% (16)

According to Vouchercloud, Belgium in the list about the most intelligent countries in the world is similar to the Netherlands. Local universities have a rich history, once they were prominent centers of education.

The honorary status and high quality of teaching have been preserved today, but they are not the “locomotives” of the scientific and educational society. The last significant achievement is the awarding of the Francois Engler Nobel Prize in Physics (2013).

In the QS ranking, the best Belgian university is Leuven Catholic University (81 place).

8. Great Britain

• Nobel laureates: 132 (2nd place)
• National IQ: 99.1 (17)
• School performance: 25% (30)

The high position of Great Britain in this rating is the merit of 132 Nobel laureates. In the current situation, everything is more complicated. The United Kingdom no longer provides the best school education, losing in this to competitors from Asia.

But in matters of higher education, the authority of Great Britain is still unshakable. Oxford and Cambridge are universities that people from all over the world dream of studying at. According to QS, they are in 5th and 6th place in the world. In total, the first hundred include 18 universities.

9. Canada

• Nobel laureates: 23 (8th place)
• National IQ: 100.4 (8)
• School performance: 24% (34)

Canada in the ranking of the most intelligent countries in the world is a strong middle peasant. Schooling is not ideal, but a number of universities provide a large number of qualified specialists. The universities of Toronto, McGill and British Columbia are ranked 28th, 33rd and 47th in the World University Rankings. Altogether in the top 500 18 higher education institutions from Canada.

Throughout their history, Canadians have received the “Nobel” 11 times. The debutant was Frederick Bunting (medicine, 1923), who, together with Charles Best, learned to secrete insulin in practice.

10. South Korea

• Nobel laureates: 1 (46th place)
• National IQ: 104.6 (4)
• School performance: 66.85% (2)

The modern South Korean education system is schools in which computer science and foreign languages are taught from the first classes, as well as 15 universities that are in the top 500 according to QS.

In 2000, Kim Dae-jung received the Nobel Prize for protecting democracy and human rights in South Korea and East Asia, as well as for developing political friendship with North Korea. Then he was the president of the country. So far, this is the only Korean laureate in history..

Japan

The smartest countries in the world

1. Japan

2. Switzerland

3. China

4. USA

5. The Netherlands

6. Russia

7. Belgium

8. Great Britain

9. Canada

10. South Korea

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