Top 25 smartest countries in the world 2019

Arogbonlo Israel

It is debatable to say the human race has been blessed with bunch of pretty clever people who have contributed their quota to the development of the society at large.

During our short time on this planet we’ve seen several inventions and discoveries, some have traveled to space, built the limited slip differential and invented an drone for wide coverage. Yes, all clever stuff.

But (most of) these inventions, discoveries and great leaps forward are collective efforts rather than the inspired genius and toil of one lonely, dedicated man or woman. Which begs the question (sort of), of which is the cleverest nation in the world?

VANGUARD using the current National Intelligent Quotient (IQ) by FORBES as yardstick, gathered the following as the top 25 smartest countries in the world:

RANKING  COUNTRY                                                               AVERAGE IQ

1	Singapore	107.1
2	China	105.8
3	Hong Kong	105.7
4	South Korea	104.6
4	Taiwan	104.6
6	Japan	104.2
7	Finland	100.9
8	Canada	100.4
8	Netherlands	100.4
10	Liechtenstein	100.3
11	Switzerland	100.2
12	Mongolia	100
13	Macao	99.9
14	Estonia	99.4
15	Belgium	99.3
16	Australia	99.2
17	UK	99.1
18	Austria	99
19	Czech Republic	98.9
19	New Zealand	98.9
21	Germany	98.8
22	Sweden	98.6
22	Iceland	98.6
24	France	98.1
25	Hungary