Switzerland is smartest country in the world

Wednesday, 12 February 2025 06:30

Switzerland has been voted as the e smartest country in the world.

According to a ranking by World of Card Games, the country tops the chart with a combined score of 92 out of 100.

The rankings are worked out by average IQ, educational level and the number of Nobel Prize nominations.

40% of the population have a degree and 32 universities and 1,099 individuals have a Nobel Prize nomination.

The average IQ is 99.2.

Coming second and third on the list is the UK and then the US – those rankings being pushed up by Nobel Prizes.

But it’s not the highest IQ – Germany and the Netherlands manage 100.7.

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