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      nordicblue last edited by

      1  Singapore  108
      2  South Korea  106
      3  Japan  105

      No surprises so far

      4  Italy  102
      5  Iceland  101
      5  Mongolia
      6  Switzerland

      7  Austria  100
      7  China
      7  Luxembourg
      7  Netherlands
      7  Norway
      7  United Kingdom

      8  Belgium  99
      8  Canada
      8  Estonia
      8  Finland
      8  Germany
      8  New Zealand
      8  Poland
      8  Sweden

      9  Andorra  98
      9  Australia
      9  Czech Republic
      9  Denmark
      9  France
      9  Hungary
      9  Latvia
      9  Spain
      9  United States

      10  Belarus  97
      10  Malta
      10  Russia
      10  Ukraine

      11  Moldova  96
      11  Slovakia
      11  Slovenia
      11  Uruguay

      12  Israel  95
      12  Portugal

      13  Armenia  94
      13  Georgia
      13  Kazakhstan
      13  Romania
      13  Vietnam

      14  Argentina  93
      14  Bulgaria

      15  Greece  92
      15  Ireland
      15  Malaysia

      16  Brunei  91
      16  Cambodia
      16  Cyprus
      16  Lithuania
      16  Sierra Leone
      16  Thailand

      17  Albania  90
      17  Bosnia and Herzegovina
      17  Chile
      17  Croatia
      17  Kyrgyzstan
      17  Turkey

      18  Cook Islands  89
      18  Costa Rica
      18  Laos
      18  Mauritius
      18  Serbia
      18  Suriname

      19  Ecuador  88
      19  Mexico
      19  Samoa

      20  Azerbaijan  87
      20  Bolivia
      20  Brazil
      20  Guyana
      20  Indonesia
      20  Iraq
      20  Myanmar
      20  Tajikistan
      20  Turkmenistan
      20  Uzbekistan

      21  Kuwait  86
      21  Philippines
      21  Seychelles
      21  Tonga

      22  Cuba  85
      22  Eritrea
      22  Fiji
      22  Kiribati
      22  Peru
      22  Trinidad and Tobago
      22  Yemen

      and then some

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        Minerboh80 last edited by

        Greece ranked in the 15?
        Darn…. :cry2:

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          nordicblue last edited by

          http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/newsandevents/aspire/issue11springsummer2012/greece/

          Greece went bankrupt, so spending gobbs of money upon education may not be within reason.  However, I am surprised to see them so high in spite of everything.  Also, Mongolia and Italy surprises me, being so high.

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            regnomraw last edited by

            Woohoo, Australia in the top 10. Not too bad! (We can do better though, gotta pull up our socks!)

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              nordicblue last edited by

              @regnomraw:

              Woohoo, Australia in the top 10. Not too bad! (We can do better though, gotta pull up our socks!)

              I think there should be no surprise there about the top ten.

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                Masonmason last edited by

                Mongolia hast to be wrong or the system grades in an odd way with so many still nomadic not to  mention the illiteracy rate.

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                  nordicblue last edited by

                  @Masonmason:

                  Mongolia hast to be wrong or the system grades in an odd way with so many still nomadic not to   mention the illiteracy rate.

                  Ehh, no

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                    myrea last edited by

                    Portugal in 12? This must be old, with the way our office destroys education we should be further down.

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                      nordicblue last edited by

                      You are with Slovenia and Uruguay, so perhaps it is not too old.

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                        myrea last edited by

                        Actually what I find surprising is that Spain is above… with their universities really? Mongolia is surprising too helps breack the steriotypes.

                        Wondering exactly how they even made the list, student sampling with standart IQ test? How big was the sampling even?

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                          nordicblue last edited by

                          Interactive map
                          http://www.targetmap.com/viewer.aspx?reportId=5200

                          Interesting section on how higher temperature and more inbreeding are correlated over time with lower IQs and lower temperature and more outbreeding are associated with higher IQs.
                          http://jaymans.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/more-on-farming-and-inheritance-systems-part-i-iq/

                          Inbreeding and outbreeding map
                          Green=very little inbreeding
                          Red=high inbreeding

                          Plant hardiness map

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