Hispanic income and IQ

nations listed by IQ	GDP/ capita 2002 `with Purchasing Power Parity from:` http://www.worldfactsandfigures.com/ gdp_country_desc.php	Average IQ in the nation `from:` http://www.rlynn.co.uk/pages/ article_intelligence/t4.htm	Corruption Perception Index 2003 (high=good) `from:` http://www.transparency.org/ cpi/2003/cpi2003.en.html
Spain	$20,700	99	6.9
Argentina	10,200	96	2.5
Uruguay	7,600	96	5.5
Chile	10,000	93	7.4
Costa Rica	8,500	91	4.3
Latinos in United States	Latinos 30,735 (1999) http://www.census.gov/hhes/ income/income99/99tablea.html	90-92 estimated	unknown for US Latinos, 7.5 for all US
Peru	4,800	90	3.7
Colombia	6,500	88	3.7
Brazil	7,600	87	3.9
Mexico	9,000	87	3.6
Bolivia	2,500	85	2.3
Cuba	2,300	85	4.6
Paraguay	4,200	85	1.6
Dominican Republic	6,100	84	3.3
Honduras	2,600	84	2.3
El Salvador	4,700	84	3.7
Nicaragua	2,500	84	2.6
Panama	6,000	84	3.4
Belize	4,900	83	4.5
Ecuador	3,100	80	2.2
Trinidad and Tobago	9,500	80	4.6
Guatemala	3,700	79	2.4
Haiti	1,700	72	1.5
Jamaica	3,900	72	3.8

It is difficult in looking at the above IQ numbers not to conclude that race is an important factor in average intelligence. The populations of Argentina and Uruguay are mostly from European countries like Spain and Italy (IQ of 102). At the other end of the scale, Haiti and Jamaica are mostly populated by blacks; they show IQ's similar to west Africa, from where they came as slaves. While educational opportunities in Latin America are quite unequal, that does not much affect IQ, which is largely fixed before a child goes to school.

The chart below shows how several US Latino groups score on SAT's, compared to other ethnic groups. Leading psychologists find SAT scores are a good measure of relative IQ's.

2001 COLLEGE BOUND SENIORS (approx 1.7 million) TEST SCORES SAT scores by Ethnic Group
	Verbal	Math	Total
Ethnic Group
Amer. Indian or Alaskan Native	481	479	960
Asian, Asian American, or Pacific Islander	501	566	1067
African American or Black	433	426	859
Mexican or Mexican American	451	458	909
Puerto Rican	457	451	908
Other Hispanic or Latino	460	465	925
White	529	531	1060
Other	503	512	1015

Latino and World economies (presented by Alex of Iskinder@aol.com)

Since 2001 Mexico's economy is the largest in the region and their per capita income grown each year and its poverty diminishing to 26 million, of which only 10% are in extreme poverty (non-Spanish speaking person most of them)...At this moment Argentina's per capita income is lower than Mexico's and with a huge percentage of its population in poverty (about 60%, of which 15% are in extreme poverty) Note Mexico's 9^th place in the world below:

The World's Largest Economies Jan 2003 as measured by their Gross Domestic Product in US $

Largest World Economies
No.	Country	GDP $US billions
1	USA	10,208
2	Japan	4,149
3	Germany	1,847
4	United Kingdom	1,424
5	France	1,307
6	China (exc.HK)	1,159
7	Italy	1,089
8	Canada	700
9	Mexico	618
10	Spain	582
11	Brazil	504
12	India	481
13	Korea	422
14	Netherlands	380
15	Australia	357
16	Russian Federation	310
17	Taiwan	282
18	Argentina	269
19	Switzerland	247
20	Belgium	227

Go to: Average IQ in nations worldwide

Go to: Analysis of SAT scores vs race, income

Go to: Other success factors for nations and individuals

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2001 COLLEGE BOUND SENIORS (approx 1.7 million) TEST SCORES