Average IQ in France, by country, occupation, study and crime

The Intellectual Quotient (IQ) allows to measure an individual's general intelligence using what is called the Factor g. I have grouped here different statistics on average IQ by category. These are only numerical statistics, without any value judgement or anything. The idea is to look at the impact that this intellectual quotient can have on a population, a profession or a country – not to draw risky conclusions. The first goal of this page is to give an order of idea of the scores in order to be able to re-sit the positioning ofa gifted person (a zebra to High Intellectual Potential) which showed, at a minimum, a score of 130 WAIS 4.

Finally, know that all results are expressed on the Wechsler scale (so with a normal distribution, average at 100 and standard deviation of 15).

Average IQ in France

The average IQ for French is 98. In addition, know that IQ in France is declining (this is the case for almost all intellectual quotients in the world). It is estimated that between 1999 and 2009 we lost no less than 3 points. Outch.

Otherwise, here are also some statistics (in France) on the average IQ of the child according to the profession of the father.

Population	Average IQ in France
Child whose father is a worker	92
Child whose father is a farmer	96
Child whose father is a commercial worker	100
Child whose father is middle-aged	107
Child whose father is a senior executive	112

Average IQ by country

Here is a summary table of the average IQ by country (from best to worst). You will notice that East Asian countries are in the lead!

Rank	Country	Average IQ by country
1	Hong Kong	107
2	South Korea	106
3	Japan	105
4	Taiwan	104
5	Singapore	103
6	Austria	102
7	Germany	102
8	Italy	102
9	Netherlands	102
10	Sweden	101
11	Switzerland	101
12	Belgium	100
13	China	100
14	New Zealand	100
15	United Kingdom	100
16	Hungary	99
17	Poland	99
18	Australia	98
19	Denmark	98
20	France	98
21	Norway	98
22	United States	98
23	Canada	97
24	Czech Republic	97
25	Finland	97
26	Spain	97
27	Argentina	96
28	Russia	96
29	Slovakia	96
30	Uruguay	96
31	Portugal	95
32	Slovenia	95
33	Israel	94
34	Romany	94
35	Bulgaria	93
36	Ireland	93
37	Greece	92
38	Malaysia	92
39	Thailand	91
40	Croatia	90
41	Peru	90
42	Turkey	90
43	Colombia	89
44	Indonesia	89
45	Suriname	89
46	Brazil	87
47	Iraq	87
48	Mexico	87
49	Samoa Islands	87
50	Tonga	87
51	Lebanon	86
52	Philippines	86
53	Cuba	85
54	Morocco	85
55	Fiji Islands	84
56	Iran	84
57	Marshall Islands	84
58	Puerto Rico	84
59	Egypt	83
60	India	81
61	Ecuador	80
62	Guatemala	79
63	Barbados	78
64	Nepal	78
65	Quatar	78
66	Zambia	77
67	Congo	73
68	Uganda	73
69	Jamaica	72
70	Kenya	72
71	South Africa	72
72	Sudan	72
73	Tanzania	72
74	Ghana	71
75	Nigeria	67
76	Guinea	66
77	Zimbabwe	66
78	Sierra Leone	64
79	Ethiopia	63
80	Equatorial Guinea	59

It is also noted that the average IQ per country is between 84 and 88. Finally, in France we are not so bad with our 98. De-outch.

Average IQ by occupation

Now let's go to the average IQ by profession. The results below are based on tests conducted on an American population working in the health field. Nevertheless, it is highly likely that the trends identified are the same in other countries. For example, the average IQ for an American doctor is 114.5. In principle, a Swedish doctor will also have an average of 114.5.

Occupation	Average IQ by occupation
Doctor	114,5
Dentist	108,4
Therapist	109,4
Pharmaceutical	108,2
Nurse	104,6
Orthophonist	104,6
Dietitian	90,9

You can therefore note that, overall, these health professionals have an average IQ higher than that of the population.

Average IQ and studies

Here, we will focus on average IQ based on diplomas and school studies. These tests were conducted on American students. I converted them to give equivalence at the level of the French school curriculum.

Educational level and diplomas	Average IQ per degree
College	100
High school	110
Licence	120
Doctorate	130
Medical student	120
Harvard Student	127

Average IQ and crime

Last but not least My favorite part! We will now see the link between an individual's crime and his average IQ. Again, I'm not judging. But I would find it crazy that an intellectual quotient could potentially give a predisposition (or not) to crime.

You will find in the table below the IQ averages related to the highest / major judicial problem experienced by the person. For information, the study was conducted with American white men.

Higher judicial "problem"	Average IQ by crime
No contact with Justice	106
Individual arrested by police but not verbalized	103
Individual who is verbalized by the police but not convicted	101
Individual convicted by police but not imprisoned	100
Individual convicted by the police and imprisoned	93

Conclusion

In conclusion, the average intellectual quotient makes it possible to classify many things. However, be careful not to take these indications too seriously. Indeed, and as I repeat often, the result of an IQ test is to be taken with tweezers. These tests are not completely reliable, and therefore drawing analyses on their results is not recommended. For more information, please read my article on the intellectual quotient (the link is at the top of this page). Moreover, these results have often served as a basis for many racist and inhuman theories. The aim of this article was to propose a general trend in a sympathetic way. Don't go looking for something else.

Sources

Becker D., (The 5th Meeting of the London School of Intelligence conference), Mankind is 84 to 88 : Some (provisional) reports from the NIQ-DATASET V1.3, 2018.
Hernstein R., Murray C., The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life, 1996.
National Institute for Demographic Studies
Guhname R., (Inductivvist), Data: What is the level IQ of your healthcare providers?, 2019.

IQ study means to understand IQ of High Intellectual Potential