Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: zeestephen
Also, the average price of oil and natural gas after 2008 - Russia’s most important source of income - has been significantly below the average price of oil and gas BEFORE 2008.

Average natural gas prices have been flattish:

Average oil prices are up:

Besides, Russia is a vast storehouse of native talent. Where is Russia's Huawei? Where is Russia's Alibaba? Why isn't Tupolev shaking up the world of civilian aviation? Why hasn't it given Bombardier and Embraer a run for their money? Why is Russia a glorified petrostate? Russians have a 10 IQ point advantage over Arabs. Why isn't that advantage showing up in Russia's industrial stats vs Arab petrostates?

Flag Country IQ Population 2019
Singapore 108 5,804,337
Hong Kong 108 7,436,154
South Korea 106 51,225,308
Japan 105 126,860,301
China 105 1,433,783,686
Taiwan 104 23,773,876
Italy 102 60,550,075
Iceland 101 339,031
Mongolia 101 3,225,167
Switzerland 101 8,591,365
Luxembourg 100 615,729
Norway 100 5,378,857
Austria 100 8,955,102
Netherlands 100 17,097,130
United Kingdom 100 67,530,172
Estonia 99 1,325,648
Finland 99 5,532,156
Sweden 99 10,036,379
Belgium 99 11,539,328
Canada 99 37,411,047
Poland 99 37,887,768
Germany 99 83,517,045
Andorra 98 77,142
Latvia 98 1,906,743
Denmark 98 5,771,876
Hungary 98 9,684,679
Czech Republic 98 10,689,209
Australia 98 25,203,198
Spain 98 46,736,776
France 98 65,129,728
United States 98 329,064,917
Malta 97 440,372
Belarus 97 9,452,411
Ukraine 97 43,993,638
Russia 97 145,872,256
Slovenia 96 2,078,654
Uruguay 96 3,461,734
Moldova 96 4,043,263
Slovakia 96 5,457,013
Israel 95 8,519,377
Portugal 95 10,226,187
Armenia 94 2,957,731
Georgia 94 3,996,765
Kazakhstan 94 18,551,427
Romania 94 19,364,557
Vietnam 94 96,462,106
Bulgaria 93 7,000,119
Argentina 93 44,780,677
Ireland 92 4,882,495
Greece 92 10,473,455
Malaysia 92 31,949,777
Brunei 91 433,285
Cyprus 91 1,198,575
Lithuania 91 2,759,627
Sierra Leone 91 7,813,215
Cambodia 91 16,486,542
Thailand 91 69,625,582
Albania 90 2,880,917
Bosnia And Herzegovina 90 3,301,000
Croatia 90 4,130,304
Kyrgyzstan 90 6,415,850
Chile 90 18,952,038
Turkey 90 83,429,615
Suriname 89 581,372
Mauritius 89 1,269,668
Costa Rica 89 5,047,561
Laos 89 7,169,455
Serbia 89 8,772,235
Samoa 88 197,097
Ecuador 88 17,373,662
Mexico 88 127,575,529
Nauru 87 10,756
Guyana 87 782,766
Turkmenistan 87 5,942,089
Tajikistan 87 9,321,018
Azerbaijan 87 10,047,718
Bolivia 87 11,513,100
Uzbekistan 87 32,981,716
Iraq 87 39,309,783
Myanmar 87 54,045,420
Brazil 87 211,049,527
Indonesia 87 270,625,568
Seychelles 86 97,739
Tonga 86 104,494
Kuwait 86 4,207,083
Philippines 86 108,116,615
Kiribati 85 117,606
Fiji 85 889,953
Trinidad And Tobago 85 1,394,973
Eritrea 85 3,497,117
Cuba 85 11,333,483
Yemen 85 29,161,922
Peru 85 32,510,453
Marshall Islands 84 58,791
Micronesia 84 113,815
Vanuatu 84 299,882
Belize 84 390,353
Solomon Islands 84 669,823
Panama 84 4,246,439
Paraguay 84 7,044,636
United Arab Emirates 84 9,770,529
Jordan 84 10,101,694
Venezuela 84 28,515,829
Saudi Arabia 84 34,268,528
Morocco 84 36,471,769
Afghanistan 84 38,041,754
Uganda 84 44,269,594
Colombia 84 50,339,443
Iran 84 82,913,906
Nigeria 84 200,963,599
Pakistan 84 216,565,318
Bahrain 83 1,641,172
Oman 83 4,974,986
Libya 83 6,777,452
Papua New Guinea 83 8,776,109
Tunisia 83 11,694,719
Syria 83 17,070,135
Algeria 83 43,053,054
Lebanon 82 6,855,713
Dominican Republic 82 10,738,958
Zimbabwe 82 14,645,468
Madagascar 82 26,969,307
Bangladesh 82 163,046,161
India 82 1,366,417,754
Maldives 81 530,953
Nicaragua 81 6,545,502
Honduras 81 9,746,117
Egypt 81 100,388,073
Barbados 80 287,025
Bhutan 80 763,092
El Salvador 80 6,453,553
Kenya 80 52,573,973
Guatemala 79 17,581,472
Zambia 79 17,861,030
Sri Lanka 79 21,323,733
Qatar 78 2,832,067
Nepal 78 28,608,710
Comoros 77 850,886
South Africa 77 58,558,270
Cape Verde 76 549,935
Mauritania 76 4,525,696
Senegal 76 16,296,364
Namibia 74 2,494,530
Mali 74 19,658,031
Ghana 73 30,417,856
Tanzania 72 58,005,463
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines 71 110,589
Jamaica 71 2,948,279
Central African Republic 71 4,745,185
Sudan 71 42,813,238
Antigua And Barbuda 70 97,118
Botswana 70 2,303,697
Togo 70 8,082,366
Benin 70 11,801,151
Rwanda 70 12,626,950
Burundi 69 11,530,580
Malawi 69 18,628,747
Niger 69 23,310,715
Ethiopia 69 112,078,730
Djibouti 68 973,560
Somalia 68 15,442,905
Chad 68 15,946,876
Burkina Faso 68 20,321,378
Angola 68 31,825,295
Saint Kitts And Nevis 67 52,823
Dominica 67 71,808
Guinea Bissau 67 1,920,922
Lesotho 67 2,125,268
Liberia 67 4,937,374
Haiti 67 11,263,077
Guinea 67 12,771,246
Gabon 64 2,172,579
Cameroon 64 25,876,380
Mozambique 64 30,366,036
Saint Lucia 62 182,790
Equatorial Guinea 59 1,355,986

16 posted on 11/01/2019 4:02:36 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies ]


To: Zhang Fei
How can this IQ data explain that the United States is way down on the list of High IQ nations? And yet, so many entrepreneurial geniuses were made in America.

An intelligent critique of IQ as a measure of personal success is given by Black Swan author, Nassim Taleb in the essay:

IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle

20 posted on 11/01/2019 4:59:05 PM PDT by poconopundit (Will Kamel Harass pay reparations? Her ancestors were black Slave Owners in Jamaica.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies ]

To: Zhang Fei

All the lowest IQ’s are in Africa? That racist just because it’s true!


25 posted on 11/01/2019 6:15:05 PM PDT by Bommer (2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies ]

To: Zhang Fei

Thanks for your excellent charts.

I know it takes extra effort and time to locate them and post them, and I appreciate that.

I only watch natural gas prices in the USA, so I did not realize how much higher they are internationally.

I also had a complete black out on high oil prices from 2010 to 2015 - probably because my Exxon stock has been going down for almost 5 years.

The IQ chart is very interesting.

Just this afternoon I read a long report on a discrimination lawsuit brought against Harvard by Asian students.

Harvard won the case, but it was forced to release a lot of a data I’m sure they did not want in the public domain.

For instance - intellectual ability. The percentage of applicants who were ranked in the highest category was:

Asian applicants - 60%
White applicants - 46%
Hispanic applicants - 17%
Black applicants - 9%


32 posted on 11/02/2019 6:34:48 AM PDT by zeestephen
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson