Belarus ranks 16th out of 126 countries of the world in the rating of the population's intelligence level. The leading positions are mainly occupied by Asian countries: China, South Korea, Japan. Russia is in 6th place. The rest of the neighbours are 20 or more positions lower than Belarus in the ranking. France is on the 17th place in the list, Italy — on the 19th, while the United States — on the 30th.