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ISBN. 978-0275975104. IQ and the Wealth of Nations is a 2002 book by psychologist Richard Lynn and political scientist Tatu Vanhanen. [1] The authors argue that differences in national income (in the form of per capita gross domestic product) are correlated with differences in the average national intelligence quotient (IQ).
The Good Country Index measures how much each of the 163 countries on the list contribute to the planet, and to the human species, through their policies and behaviors. [1] [2] Top 50 overall rank (version 1.5) [ edit ]
List of sovereign states. The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty . The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, [1] 2 UN General Assembly non ...
Nations and IQ. The relationship between nations and IQ is a controversial area of study concerning differences between nations in average intelligence test scores, their possible causes, and their correlation with measures of social well-being and economic prosperity. This debate started in the early 2000's after Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen ...
Transcontinental country in Europe and Asia, classified as an Eastern European country by the United Nations Statistics Division: Russia ( North Asia ). States mostly or entirely in West Asia, but commonly associated with Europe, and a member of the Council of Europe: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, and Turkey.
This is a list of countries and sovereign states by temperature. Average yearly temperature is calculated by averaging the minimum and maximum daily temperatures in the country, averaged for the years 1991 – 2020, from World Bank Group , derived from raw gridded climatologies from the Climatic Research Unit .
The Human Development Report includes data for all 193 member states of the United Nations, [16] as well as Hong Kong SAR and the State of Palestine. However, the Human Development Index is not calculated for two UN member states: DPR Korea (North Korea) and Monaco, only some components of the index are calculated for these two countries.
Most of the entries in the list come from the Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook database or from national statistical offices. Ethnic groups by country. Countries and territories are sorted alphabetically. Dependent territories and quasi-states that are not universally recognized sovereign states are written in italics in the list.