The Impact of IQ on Immigration and the West

 In today’s increasingly complex world of technology, automation, and AI, intelligence is more important than ever, and yet we find critical thinking, logic, reasoning, and language skills, not to mention knowledge of history, geography, the sciences, and mathematics, are in serious decline, especially in the West.  

One is reminded of a Star Trek Next Generation episode, “Samaritan Snare” (Season 2: Episode 17). The plot centers around a race of seemingly advanced humanoid aliens called the “Plakleds” who scavenge, steal, or trade technology without actually understanding any of it. When it ceases to work, they are forced to scrap it or play the sympathy card to get others with the proper expertise to fix it. In this episode, they’ve become adapt at playing off the sympathy of an intellectually arrogant and bemused Enterprise crew while feigning helplessness. In doing so, they manage to kidnap Jordy, the Enterprise’s chief engineer, who had beamed over to fix a seemingly minor technical problem.

As viewers quickly learned, while the Plakleds are excellent intergalactic schemers, they aren’t particularly bright. In fact, by 24th century standards, they would be considered little better than imbeciles with photon torpedoes and phasers (when they work). Modern society faces a very similar problem in that many societies which are highly dependent on technology (especially as it relates to weaponry) lack not just the ability to build or repair their technology, they barely understand it!  At the same time, some of these societies are guilty of threatening the very nations they are dependent on for their own survival.

So, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the average intelligence (IQ) of various countries around the world, particularly those who are part of the invasion of the West and extrapolate the possible outcome for that country.

In Western Europe, practically every country has been affected by migrants. Most claim they trying to evade social or economic unrest in the home country (whether such as situation actually exists), seek employment (though economic “sanctuary” is not recognized by international law or the fact they are largely unskilled). As an aside, the majority are single, in excellent health, and are of military age. Hardly the picture of some needy immigrant.

The majority originate from Bangladesh, Egypt, Afghanistan, Sudan, Algeria, Eritrea, Morocco, Senegal, and Somalia. The majority of these migrants tend to settle in the most advanced industrial counties of the UK, France, Germany (where they completely lack either the skills or education to become self-sustaining residents), as well as Spain, Italy, the Lowlands, and Scandinavia with their famous social safety nets

According to the 2026 edition of World Population Review, the average IQ for the UK is 101.12. For Ireland, it’s 98.22. In Germany, it’s 98.32. In France the average IQ is 100.12 while the Spanish IQ is roughly 102. In Sweden and Norway, it’s about 98 and 99 in Finland. In the Lowlands, the average IQ is about 100. The same for Italy and the Balkans. So, let’s see what these migrants contribute intellectually.

For the Bangladeshi, the average IQ score is around 97.32, which is compatible with most European countries.  Egypt is 98.74. Among the Afghanis, it’s 89.31, which hardly fits. The average IQ among the Sudanese is 78.87, which would be considered functionally impaired by the educational standards of most Western nations.

Algeria’s IQ average is 97.53, especially in the northern areas which had the most influence from French colonists. The same came be said of Morocco for the same reason. It’s average IQ is 97.24. Eritrea’s estimated average IQ is just 75. As for Senegal, it’s estimated to be about 80, while Somalia’s average IQ is a mere 83.84, the lowest official score of any nation. Aside from just a couple of nations, the majority of these migrants are intellectually not compatible with European society, not to mention that in addition to their low intelligence, their social (including religious) values and standards do not fit with that of Europe’s.

What about the United States? As expected, the majority of immigrants (legal and illegal) to the U.S. are from Mexico, followed by Central America (Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala). Lastly, the U.S. receives a smaller number of immigrants from the Caribbean nations, South America (notably Venezuela), Asia, the Middle East, and various African countries.  

So, to make our comparison, what’s the average American’s IQ? According to the Review, our average is 101.04 (for Canada, it’s 102.09). How does this compare to that of or immigrants? The average Mexican has an IQ of 93.64. For Honduras and Guatemala, it’s just over 90, while El Salvador, it’s slightly better at 91. As an aside, the average IQ for Costa Rica and Nicaragua, it’s 93.80 and 87.75.

 In Panama, it’s 91.65. Excluding Cuba, the average IQ among the other Caribbean island nations is around 90. (for the record, Cuba, which has a near 100% literacy rate, the average IQ is 96.40. Venezuela’s average is 92.61 and in Columbia it’s 94.62. Interestingly, Peru’s IQ of 100.20, is nearly as high as that of the U.S., and is one of the highest in South America. 

With that said, let’s take a look at some other key nations. First, top six nations with the highest IQs are all Asian. Hong Kong has the highest of any nation with an average of 107.73. South Korea’s is 106.97 while China’s is 106.48, followed closely by Macau with 106.32 and Japan with 106.30. Finally, Taiwan has an average IQ of 105.80. Is it any wonder that the West, especially the U.S., are so heavily dependent of Asian innovation?

Among Middle Eastern nations, Iran has the highest national average with an impressive 104.80 (yes, the same country we recently picked a fight with). In Israel, it’s 98.57. In Yemen, their IQ is 93.43 while in neighboring Oman, it’s 92.18. The average IQ in Saudi Arabia is 94.07 while Iraq has 93.62. Afghanistan’s is 89.31. The average in India is 98.44. In Australia, it’s 104.45, Vietnam’s Average is 102.26. Finally, Russia. The average IQ for a Russian is 103.78. For someone from Belarus, it’s 101.50. In Ukraine, it’s 95.66.

So, what does this all mean? Well, first off, here in America we tend to think of ourselves as being slightly superior intellectually to everyone else. As the intelligence test results reveal, we are far from it. Some could argue that, at least when it comes to intelligence tests, diversity hasn't proven to be our strength.

Secondly, with our national IQ of 101.04, it’s worth noting that among the nations we’ve been to war with lately, their national IQ’s have been similar to or just below ours. In two unsuccessful wars, Vietnam's IQ was significantly higher than ours, although Afghanistan was the opposite. Now we face a similar situation with Iran as we did with the Vietnamese.

In Russia's war with Ukraine, the Russians present the higher IQ, and in Europe, which has a comparable IQ to the U.S., it’s being overrun (many say conquered) by individuals with significantly lower levels of measured intelligence. It also bears mentioning that in addition to Europe’s suicidal immigration policy, the migrants are outbreeding the native populations by a 1 to 8 ratio which also would collapse any country.

Perhaps the lesson here is that accepting large numbers of individuals without the education, skillset, social (and religious) values, intellectual acumen and willingness to adapt will only bring your country down to their level, not raise them up to yours. Such thinking is as illogical as it is naive. Coupling this with suppressing your own citizens is a sure recipe for a societal collapse and an inevitable replacement.

Europe’s only solution at this point appears to totally acquiesce to the invaders and accept complete capitulation (as most of Europe’s so-called “leaders” seem to want) or face a full-on civil war against both the migrants and its governmental collaborators (ideally, it would be nice if those professionals who actually contribute to society could be saved, but at this point, that level of culling seems all but impossible.    

While the United States, given its size and huge amounts of natural resources, is more capable of absorbing incompatible migrants, it’s already found that an open immigration policy can have disastrous results ranging from education, welfare, medical care, employment, crime, the judicial system, and placed as huge burden on taxpayers who are forced to pick up the tab for all this without a second by Washington politicians. It has forced the native population to increasingly adapt to immigrants who refuse to learn English or adapt to American culture and values. We’ve already seen large pockets of the country become virtual foreign islands within the nation.

Immigration, and the exchange of ideas, cultures, and goods, is a good thing. After all, as the saying goes, we all came from somewhere. However, given today’s complexity, unrestricted or unrestrained immigration is national suicide. Nations must choose between selecting those who would be beneficial  or face a mass of locust-like destruction to their society. Eastern Europe and much of Asia seem to have taken the right approach. The question now is whether it’s too late for Europe and if the U.S, Canada, and Latin America can adjust and come up with an equitable solution. 

Immigration, in the final analysis, is about self-interest, be it that of the individual or host country. Those seeking to improve their lives and have something positive to offer the host country should be welcome, while with nothing positive to offer; who refuse to adapt, to abuse, destabilize, or destroy their host country should be aggressively rejected.  

    

World Population Review: Average IQ by Country 2026

 

EU population diversity by citizenship and country of birth

An Analysis of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United Statesby Country and Region of Birth

Average IQ by Country

IQ compared by Country