25 countries with the most powerful intellectual potential

In which country is living the most brilliant minds? It is understood that the response in part will depend on the size and concentration of the country including its intellectual population.
This rating was made a team of scientists and psychologists who have taken based on the data of the International Programme on the evaluation of educational achievements of 15-year-olds in 2009.
The rankings first calculate the average percentage of adolescents in the country that received the highest test scores (98 - 100 points), and then felt the approximate number of intellectuals in the country, based on the ratio of the percent of the country's population.
This method allowed us to estimate the "pure" intellectual potential of the country, regardless of the "brain drain" and "inflow" from the outside.

Note that this list does not include China. This is due to the fact that the program involved only students from Shanghai - that is, from the wealthiest families. If Shanghai was included in the rating itself, he would have won the third place. But because it is a very small and very specific part of the country in which 84 percent of high school graduates go to university (in the rest of the numbers do not rise above 24 per cent), China, it was decided not to include in the ranking.

So, here are the 25 countries with the most powerful "intellectual capacity":

# 1 The United States

Higher results showed 1, 7% of students

5,336,300 intellectuals on the country

# 2 Japan

Higher results showed 4, 05% of students

5,167,800 intellectuals on the country

# 3 South Korea

Higher results showed 4, 40% of students

2 200 000 intellectuals on the country

# 4 Germany

Higher results showed 2, 60% of students

2,129,140 intellectuals on the country

# 5 France

Higher results showed 2, 20% of students

1,445,400 intellectuals on the country

# 6 Taiwan

Higher results showed 5, 85% of students

1,365,390 intellectuals on the country

# 7 Canada

Higher results showed 3, 10% of students

1,081,280 intellectuals on the country

# 8 Russian

Higher results showed 0, 65% of students

932,750 intellectuals on the country

# 9 UK

Higher results show 1, 4% of students

885,220 intellectuals on the country

# 10 Australia

Higher results showed 3, 3% of pupils

748,440 intellectuals on the country

# 11 Italy

Higher results showed 1% of students

609,200 intellectuals on the country

# 12 Poland

Higher results showed 1, 45% of students

558,830 intellectuals on the country

# 13 Singapore

Higher results showed 9, 10% of students

483,392 intellectuals on the country

# 14 Turkey

Higher results showed 0, 65% of students

481,000 intellectuals on the country

# 15 Hong Kong

Higher results showed 6, 00% of students

429,300 intellectuals on the country

# 16 Netherlands

Higher results showed 2, 55% of students

427,635 intellectuals on the country

# 17 Belgium

Higher results showed 3, 45% of students

384,330 intellectuals on the country

# 18 Spain

Higher results showed 0, 75% of students

354,525 intellectuals on the country

# 19 Switzerland

Higher results showed 4, 25% of students

339,873 intellectuals on the country

# 20 Brazil

Higher results showed 0, 10% of students

198,700 intellectuals on the country

# 21 Czech Republic

Higher results showed 1, 80% of students

189,180 intellectuals on the country

# 22 New Zealand

Higher results showed 4, 1% of students

181,753 intellectuals on the country

# 23 Sweden

Higher results showed 1, 90% of students

180,823 intellectuals on the country

# 24 Finland

Higher results showed 3, 25% of students

175,955 intellectuals on the country

# 25 Austria

Higher results showed 1, 7% of students

143,854 intellectuals on the country
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