IQ and the Wealth of Nations Richard Lynn, Tatu Vanhanen
Publisher: Praeger Publishers

IQ Top 20 Countries for Average IQ. The actual IQ of Germany is 102, according the to "IQ and the Wealth of Nations" by Flynn (p. In it, he argues there is a correllation between national GDP and IQ. The inclusion of Turkish, African Immigrants might have lowered the score to 99. Don't forget the IQ gap between the two nations. Googling around, though, I came across this book. China's average is a shade above 100, while India's is in the mid-80s (I don't recall the exact values from "IQ and the Wealth of Nations"). I started with another thesis, but it didn't pan out. This is with data collected from 1970-1984. IQ by country, click on map above to enlarge (green is highest, yellow is second-highest). For example, Many of the data points in Lynn's book IQ and the Wealth of Nations were not based on residents of the named countries. The conclusions of this book have always seemed bizarre and ridiculous to me. Groups within the US score different average IQ's, such as 115 for college grads, or 85 for African-Americans.