1. I.Q of Southeast Asians in Southeast Asia.
The median I.Q of Southeast Asians is 87. The average I.Q in Vietnam is higher at 97. The reason is that Vietnamese are hybrids between Southeast Asians and East Asians (Cavalli-Sforza et al., 1994, p.234), which gives a people with an average I.Q intermediate between the two original races.
Table 7.1. IQs of Southeast Asians
Row | Country | Age | N | Test | IQ | Ver | Vis | Reference |
1 | Burma | 6-13 | 93 | DAM | 107 | 107 | Schuster, 1971 | |
2 | Cambodia | 3-5 | 4,015 | PPVT | 65 | 65 | Naudeau et al., 2011 | |
3 | Indonesia | 5-12 | 1,149 | DAM | 86 | 86 | Thomas & Shah, 1961 | |
4 | Indonesia | 5-Adult | 520 | CPM | 87 | Bleichrodt et al., 1980 | ||
5 | Indonesia | 4 | 139 | PPVT | 87 | 87 | Soewondo et al., 1989 | |
6 | Indonesia | 6-8 | 483 | CPM | 87 | Hadidjaja et al., 1998 | ||
7 | Indonesia | 7-Adult | 50 | SPM | 79 | Rindermann & te Nijenhuis, 2012 | ||
8 | Indonesia | EDUC | 86 | Meisenberg & Lynn, 2011 | ||||
9 | Laos | 5-12 | 22 | K-ABC | 90 | Boivin et al., 1996 | ||
10 | Laos | Adults | 22 | Matrix Analogies Test | 91 | Boivin et al., 1996 | ||
11 | Malaysia | 7-12 | 3,151 | SPM | 89 | Chaim, 1994 | ||
12 | Malaysia | 20 | 175 | EFT | 85 | 85 | Kuhnen et al., 2001 | |
13 | Malaysia | 8-15 | EDUC | 97 | Meisenberg & Lynn, 2011 | |||
14 | Philippines | 12-13 | 203 | SPM | 86 | Flores & Evans, 1972 | ||
15 | Philippines | 8-15 | EDUC | 82 | Meisenberg & Lynn, 2011 | |||
16 | Philippines | 12 | NNAT | 94 | Vista & Care, 2011 | |||
17 | Singapore | 12 | 190 | SPM | 93 | Lynn, 1977b | ||
18 | Thailand | 7-12 | 1,385 | CPM | 82 | Malakul, 1957 | ||
19 | Thailand | 7-12 | 892 | DAM | 98 | 98 | Talapat & Suwannalert, 1966a | |
20 | Thailand | 7-14 | 1,438 | CPM | 82 | Talapat & Suwannalert, 1966b | ||
21 | Thailand | 7-11 | 70 | WISC | 88 | Rajatasilpin et al., 1970 | ||
22 | Thailand | Adults | 1,462 | CPM | 72 | Chou & Lau, 1987 | ||
23 | Thailand | 6-11 | 104 | Piagetian | 87 | Opper, 1977 | ||
24 | Thailand | 9-11 | 1,358 | CPM | 91 | Pollitt et al., 1989 | ||
25 | Thailand | 6-13 | 3,846 | TONI | 90 | Thai Institute of Public Health, 1998 | ||
26 | Thailand | Adults | 400 | SPM | 90 | Phatthrayuttawat et al., 2000 | ||
27 | Thailand | 10 | 427 | TONI | 75 | Sungthong et al., 2002 | ||
28 | Thailand | 5-11 | 900 | CPM | 106 | Phatthrayuttawat et al., 2003 | ||
29 | Thailand | 7-12 | 396 | CPM/DAM | 98 | 97 | Sangtongluan, 2004 | |
30 | Thailand | 6-12, 13-18 | 6,285 | TONI | 85 | Ruangdaraganon, 2004 | ||
31 | Thailand | 12-18 | 5,702 | APM | 105 | Sukhatunga et al., 2006a | ||
32 | Thailand | 6-11 | 3,848 | CPM | 96 | Sukhatunga et al., 2006b | ||
33 | Thailand | 6-16 | 3,300 | WISC-III | 95 | Wanitrommani et al., 2004 | ||
34 | Thailand | 13-15 | 319 | TONI | 88 | Isaranurug et al., 2006 | ||
35 | Thailand | 7-9 | 100 | CPM | 87 | Nimmalangkun, 2006 | ||
36 | Thailand | 7-11 | 390 | CPM | 94 | Sroythong, 2008 | ||
37 | Thailand | 7-12 | 748 | CPM | 94 | Thavornsuwanchai, 2008 | ||
38 | Thailand | 9 | 560 | CPM/WISC-III | 81 | 91 | 87 | Pongcharoen et al., 2011 |
39 | Thailand | 6-14 | 5,993 | TONI | 88 | Aekplakorn, 2009 | ||
40 | Thailand | 6-15 | 72,780 | SPM | 97 | Thai Department of Mental Health, 2011 | ||
41 | Thailand | EDUC | 91 | Malloy, 2014d | ||||
42 | Vietnam | 8-12 | 47 | DAM | 99 | 99 | Mayer, 1966 | |
43 | Vietnam | 8 | 311 | CPM | 82 | Watanabe et al., 2005 | ||
44 | Vietnam | 8 | 1,000 | PPVT | 95 | 95 | Glewwe et al., 2012 | |
45 | Vietnam | 5 | 1,747 | PPVT | 82 | 82 | Glewwe et al., 2012 | |
46 | Vietnam | 5 | 1,602 | PPVT | 85 | 85 | Behrman et al., 2013 | |
47 | Vietnam | 12 | 976 | PPVT | 102 | 102 | Fink & Rockers, 2014 | |
48 | Vietnam | 8 | 469 | CPM/WISC-III | 83 | Nga et al., 2011 | ||
49 | Vietnam | 11 | 60 | CogAT | 97 | Rindermann et al., 2013 | ||
50 | Vietnam | EDUC | 94 | Meisenberg & Lynn, 2011 | ||||
51 | Vietnam | EDUC | 102 | OECD, 2013 |