hese 2008 statistics are based on British professors' research at Cambridge University who are experts on intelligence. The research was at a large scale involved over 200 countries with million samples so they produced a very accurate statistics. They take IQ as the basic measurement.
Top 20 nations IQ are
1. Japan: 109
2. Korea: 105
2. Germany: 105
4. Austria: 104
5. Taiwan: 103
6. Italy: 102
6. Netherlands: 102
6. Sweden: 102
6. Switzerland: 102
6. Belgium: 102
6. Britain: 102
6. Singapore: 102
13. Poland: 101
13. France: 101
15. China: 100
15. USA: 100
15. Hungary: 100
15. Norway: 100
15. Finland: 100
20. Canada: 99
However, the statistics based on origins of people are different.
Here are the top 20 race:
1. Ashkenazi Jewish: 129
2. Japanese: 109
2. German: 109
4. Austrian: 105
4. Korean: 105
4. English: 105
7. Italian: 102
7. Swedish: 102
7. Swiss: 102
7. Dutch: 102
7. Belgian: 102
7. French: 102
13. Han - Chinese: 101
13. Polish: 101
15. USA: 100
15. Hungarian: 100
15. Finnish: 100
15. Norwegian: 100
15. Jewish: 100
20. Canadian: 99
This research is also like the research by Prof. Lynn in early 1990, sparks lots of controversies. One question comes to their mind, why Asian people seems to be among the top IQ nations, do not produce that many geniuses. This will be clearly explained when they do more research on number of geniuses per people. This explains why some countries contribute lots to human being while other don't (even they're smart). The statistics are based on number of geniuses or highly gifted per thousand people. These people are typically Nobel prize or other international prize winners, university professors, scientists, researchers, executives for large corporations, billionaires ... In conclusion, Asian people may be regarded as some of the smartest but indeed, they don't produce that many geniuses. The only exception to Asian countries is Japan which is already westernized for more than 300 years ago. Asian seems to be smart on average, but the super smarts are ended up in Western countries. So perhaps, Westerners possess both the geniuses on the high end of the IQ and probably the really stupid people on its lower end?
Top 20 race that have highest number of geniuses per people
1. Ashkenazi Jewish
2. German
3. British
4. American
5. French
6. Austrian
7. Swedish
8. Swiss
9. Italian
10. Dutch
11. Japanese
12. Danish
13. Hungarian
14. Norwegians
15. Polish
16. Russian
17. Belgian
18. Canadian
19. Australian
20. Jewish
So indeed, Jewish are among the smartest, but the Askenazi Jewish origin are the one that outsmart all others including Japanese, German, Austrian, Korean, English...
I like Jewish and really admire them. If you live in US, Canada... you could see many Jewish are Nobel prize or other major prize winners, university professors, scientists, researchers, executives for large corporations, billionaires, top notch Phds, MDs, engineers, architects, judges, authors... and also many in politics, entertainment, sports...