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"New Data in 2022: Worldwide IQ Test
IQ levels change as the population changes. Younger people take IQ tests, while the older population may expand due to extended lifespans. The Worldwide IQ Test has measured the intelligence of people in over 100 countries since 2019. Countries are ranked in accordance with the highest average IQ in the world based on their official IQ test results.

According to the current figures, the most intelligent countries in the world are Taiwan, Japan, Serbia, and Hungary. The residents of Taiwan have an astonishing average IQ score of 116.07 among the test-takers, with the citizens of Japan (112.69), Hungary (111.42), and South Korea (111.36) close behind"
https://www.worldwide-iq-test.com/press-...e%20behind

This is a very weird article. They don't really publish their methodology and how they came to this conclusion, so there's nothing much to comment technically.

However their qualitative justification that Japanese are the smartest is downright laughable. They cite Japan's lead in cars, motorcycles and electronics as evidence of them being the most intelligent. Er... many countries have different niche industries where they do better, in what way does selling more motorcycles equate to a smarter population? Even if we want to do this haphazard comparison, shouldn't we be picking really "difficult" industries like AI, Cloud, Biotech, Renewables, Quantum Computing, RBA, Space etc.?

The funniest part is the Japanese are already losing market share in the auto industry and their companies are way behind their peers in the new EV space. As for electronics, their consumer electronics market share has shrunk significantly as big players in US, China, Korea continue to push them out while industrial electronics have retreated to specific niche areas instead of being a full spectrum player they were in the 1990s.

If the qualitative justification is so lazy and idiotic, I doubt the rigorousity of the quantitative analysis will be any better.