what is the average iq in africa?
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zero. no brain at all.
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many people with advanced education think that people in areas like new guinea are smarter and more intelligent then most white people in the world, and that they are more intelligent overall\n\nim reading currently the book guns germs and steel by jarod diamond
549424
An IQ of 120 is actually above average.  98th percentile is really good.  What it means is that you scored better than 98% of the people who took the test.  The standard deviations you don't really need to worry about.\n\nBottom line:  You're a smart cookie!  Congrats on your test scores!
467792
If you have taken an IQ test, you will notice that it is strongly math based.  Blacks for years have been denied equal education.  You would score lower too if you were forced to have an inferior education.  Remember that slavery was not long ago, and slaves were mostly illiterate.  They could not teach their children, and so forth.  It will take a long time to undo this injustice.  Meantime, I'll bet Colin Powell has a higher IQ than you.
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First, who is the "Average" South African? With apartheid ended, does it remain that "economically" the "white" middle or upper class citizen is still considered to be the "average" or "typical" citizen.\n\nBy the way, I am not some radical, militant. I'm an old-fashioned WASP (that's white, Anglo-saxon, Protestant!)\n\nNow, to the question!\n\nAny population group (whether it be South African or Icelander's) can benefit from the internet as it brings them into a global community that increases them intellectually, socially and economically!\n\nI have only to look at the "dumb" position that my own government took around 30 plus years ago when we refused to acknowledge the People's Republic of China. I still don't agree with their system of government BUT how can you pretend that a third of the earth's population doesn't exist? Now that's dumb!\n\nAnyhow, growth in this world depends on "Information" and knowledge. Hence the term IT (Information Technology). GO South Africa!!!
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There are TWO IQ measurements. For children, IQ is the ratio between "intellectual age" and "real age". For example, IQ 150 means that a 10-year old can think like a 15-year old.\n\nFor adults, IQ is normalized to 100 by definition, meaning that 100 IS average. This means that if most people respond correctly to 15 out of 50 questions in a test, 15/50 is made equal to IQ 100 (the test is "calibrated"). \n\nThe IQ distribution is normal (gaussian, bell curve) and most people (95%) are expected to have an IQ of mean (=100) plus or minus 2 standard deviations (SD). This works for all normal distributions and tells us that if your IQ is 100+3*SD, for example, you are in the top 1/1000 of the population. The standard deviation varies between tests but is generally held to be equal to 15 IQ points. \n\nTo sum this up, 95% of people are roughly between 100+/-2*SD = 100+/-2*15 putting them in the 70-130 bracket. Anything below 70 is quite problematic and is classified as mental retardation. Anything above 130 is quite rare, but bear in mind that most tests on the internet are not designed to reliably discriminate between high IQs. \n\nI tend to take "genius" results with a bit of salt (like penis measurements, many people will exaggerate). I also tend to think that other qualities, like patience, resolve and persistence are more important in the long term. Most jobs are not limited by IQ and you can get very very far with a modest IQ of 110-120, for example.
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It's not the highest or lowest IQ possible, but the limits of the test. Below 50 and above 180 it probably is useless.
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The average for every age is 100.  Your IQ is your age divided by your intelligence age.  That should equal 1 for a normal person.  Then you multiply that number by 100.  So, 100 is normal and 150 or above is genius level.
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Umm, you mean more then 100 points?  The IQ test is ranked by points, up to 200.
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Average IQ for everyone, men, women, teenagers, children, boys, girls, ranges from 85 to 115, low average to high average, so an IQ of 100 would be right in the middle.  Many people believe that IQ remains about the same over time and doesn't change much, while others believe it is possible to improve IQ.  HOw you score on an IQ test is certainly affected by many factors ranging from how comfortable you felt in the room to whether you ate a good breakfast to whether you were well rested, if you had a cold, if there were distractions in the room, etc.  The person who administers the test is supposed to say whether anything seemed to affect the score.  People who find it easy to sit still and concentrate tend to do better on IQ tests than people who are fidgety and find it difficult to sit still.\n\nMy most important piece of advice about it would be to not spend too much time worrying about it and just work hard and do the best you can in school and in life.
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Last time I checked it about 5 years ago it was 146. I was in gifted classes throughout school and was giving IQ tests yearly, the highest I ever made on one was 171. \nBut it was always kind of boring to take them so if I would have put some effort into it I probably could have made higher.\n\nI've always found atheist to be the least intelligent of humans, It's because they don't seem to care or put any effort into anything. They talk the talk by can't seem to walk the walk.\n\nThe average human IQ is between 75 and 130, I believe average would be around 100 for all humans.\n\nI'm more of a gnostic by the way.
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No good without a degree a decent job and money. IQ is your ability to learn, it doesn't measure the amount of knowledge you have. \nTell me who knows more: a 60 year old woman who has seen war,  lived in two different countries, survived riots, had four children, worked five jobs and has talked to tens of thousands of people. Her IQ is 95.\nOr it it a 15 year old with an IQ of 170?\n\nMy IQ is about 140- different tests tell me different things but\nI have very little knowledge. This means that no person is able to amass all of the knowledge in the universe or even their own country. I can always learn.\nAny intelligent person realizes that they know very little in comparison with everything.\nAlso, to add to the comments to the mensa person. I do physical labor for "genius" types. You wouldn't believe how they judge people by looks. And, as far as being around "normal" people. My advice: Remove head from rectum.
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IQ Description% of Population\n130+Very superior2.2%\n120-129Superior6.7%\n110-119High average16.1%\n90-109Average50%\n80-89Low average16.1%\n70-79Borderline6.7%\nBelow 70Extremely low2.2%
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No idea, live in South Africa.
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Richest Countries in Africa \nRank Country GDP - per capita \n1 Mauritius $ 11,400 \n2 South Africa $ 10,700 \n3 Botswana $ 9,000 \n4 Seychelles $ 7,800 \n5 Namibia $ 7,200 \n6 Tunisia $ 6,900 \n7 Libya $ 6,400 \n8 Algeria $ 6,000 \n9 Gabon $ 5,500 \n10 Swaziland $ 4,900 \n11 Egypt $ 4,000 \n12 Morocco $ 4,000 \n13 Lesotho $ 3,000 \n14 Equatorial Guinea $ 2,700\n -----> 15 Ghana $ 2,200\n\nPoorest than Ghana\n\n16 Guinea $ 2,100 \n17 Angola $ 1,900 \n18 Zimbabwe $ 1,900 \n19 Sudan $ 1,900 \n20 Mauritania $ 1,800\n\nMore info about Ghana\nThis page was last updated on 6 June, 2006\n\n\n \n\n\n \nLegend: Definition Field Listing Rank Order    Introduction    Ghana Top of Page  \nBackground:   \nFormed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the constitution in 1981 and a ban on political parties. A new constitution, restoring multiparty politics, was approved in 1992. Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS, head of state since 1981, won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996, but was constitutionally prevented from running for a third term in 2000. John KUFUOR, who defeated former Vice President Atta MILLS in a free and fair election, succeeded him.  \n   Geography    Ghana Top of Page  \nLocation:   \nWestern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo  \nGeographic coordinates:   \n8 00 N, 2 00 W  \nMap references:   \nAfrica  \nArea:    \ntotal: 239,460 sq km \nland: 230,940 sq km \nwater: 8,520 sq km  \nArea - comparative:   \nslightly smaller than Oregon  \nLand boundaries:   \ntotal: 2,094 km \nborder countries: Burkina Faso 549 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km, Togo 877 km  \nCoastline:   \n539 km  \nMaritime claims:   \nterritorial sea: 12 nm \ncontiguous zone: 24 nm \nexclusive economic zone: 200 nm \ncontinental shelf: 200 nm  \nClimate:   \ntropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north  \nTerrain:   \nmostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area  \nElevation extremes:   \nlowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m \nhighest point: Mount Afadjato 880 m  \nNatural resources:   \ngold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone  \nLand use:   \narable land: 17.54% \npermanent crops: 9.22% \nother: 73.24% (2005)  \nIrrigated land:   \n310 sq km (2003)  \nNatural hazards:   \ndry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur from January to March; droughts  \nEnvironment - current issues:   \nrecurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water  \nEnvironment - international agreements:   \nparty to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands \nsigned, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation  \nGeography - note:   \nLake Volta is the world's largest artificial lake  \n   People    Ghana Top of Page  \nPopulation:    \n22,409,572 \nnote: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.)  \nAge structure:   \n0-14 years: 38.8% (male 4,395,744/female 4,288,720) \n15-64 years: 57.7% (male 6,450,828/female 6,483,781) \n65 years and over: 3.5% (male 371,428/female 419,071) (2006 est.)  \nMedian age:   \ntotal: 19.9 years \nmale: 19.7 y
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Last time I checked it about 5 years ago it was 146. I was in gifted classes throughout school and was giving IQ tests yearly, the highest I ever made on one was 171. \nBut it was always kind of boring to take them so if I would have put some effort into it I probably could have made higher.\n\nI've always found atheist to be the least intelligent of humans, It's because they don't seem to care or put any effort into anything.\n\nThe average human IQ is between 75 and 130, I believe average would be around 100 for all humans.
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IQ scores are a horrible way to judge intelligence.  However, an IQ score of 126 would be above average.