Collectively, we humans are a pretty clever bunch. During our short time on this planet we’ve split the atom, traveled to space, built the limited slip differential and invented an umbrella for dogs. Yep, 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: Which is the cleverest nation or region in the world?

Which people have contributed the most to our advancement as a species? Which does best at school, and which has the highest IQ?

All are important contributing factors when deciding where to visit next, no doubt. Luckily though, Vouchercloud has done the legwork for you and diligently researched and ranked the top 25 countries and regions in the world by intelligence.

It quantifies intelligence to include the number of Nobel Prizes each nation or region has won to represent historic intelligence, the current average IQ and “education attainment” to represent the potential intelligence of the next generation.

Asia and Europe dominate the list, with Japan taking the top spot thanks to its high placing across all three metrics where it came fifth overall in the school test ranking and sixth overall in both Nobel Prizes and current IQ.

The United States comes in an impressive fourth, although its ranking is flattered greatly by its extraordinary dominance in the Nobel category where at 368 prizes, it has nearly treble the United Kingdom in second place. However, in the current IQ the U.S. comes a lowly 28th and school ranking a middling 13th — neither of which bodes well for its future ranking. And while Europe has an impressive five nations in the current top 10 — Switzerland in second, the Netherlands in fifth, Russia in sixth, Belgium in seventh and the U.K. in eighth — it’s Asia that points to the future. Coming in at 25th on the ranking is Singapore — its position greatly skewed by its lowly ranking of 73rd for Nobel Prizes when it ranks first in both current IQ and education attainment.

Words to Learn 相关词汇

【跑腿工作】pǎotuǐ gōngzuò legwork work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one’s office

【三倍的】sānbèi de treble become three times as much or as many, triple

从整体来看，我们人类已经够聪明了。人类在地球上诞生发展并不算长久的历史进程中，我们分裂了原子、去太空旅行、发明了限滑差速器、还有狗狗专用雨伞。是的，这都需要智慧。

但大部分发明创造以及科学进步都是集体智慧的结晶，而并非某个坚忍不拔的人的天分和辛勤劳作的产物。那么问题来了，哪个国家或地区的人最聪明呢？

哪个国家和地区的人们对人类的整体发展贡献最大呢？哪个国家和地区的学生成绩最好？国民智商最高？这无疑都是决定下次到访哪里的重要影响因素。幸运的是，Vouchercloud网站已经为您进行了详细调查，并排出了全球25个最聪明国家和地区榜单。

网站将“聪明”量化为每个国家和地区的诺贝尔得奖者人数（代表过去的智力）、目前国民的平均智商分数、以及“教育素

养”（代表未来一代的智力）。

亚洲和欧洲在排行榜中占主导地位，日本排在榜单首位，这是因为该国在三项排名中都很靠前，小学生成绩排在第五、诺贝尔得奖者人数和目前的平均智商都排在第六。

美国排名也很靠前，位列第四，这主要得益于诺贝尔奖获得者人数全球第一，达368人，是第二名英国获诺贝尔奖人数的近3倍。但是美国目前的人均智商仅排第28位、学生成绩排名中等，位列第13，这两项排名对美国的未来而言可能不是个好兆头。

综合排名前十中，欧洲国家占了五个，分别是瑞士（第二位）、荷兰（第五位）、俄罗斯（第六位）、比利时（第七位）和英国（第八位）。而未来大有希望的是亚洲的一些国家和地区。新加坡排在榜单第25位，该国诺贝尔获奖者人数排在第73位，拉低了总排名，但目前的国民平均智商和教育素养两项都排在第一。

(Chinadaily.com.cn)