501 people in the UAE took the same 20-question IQ test as everyone else on the map. The UAE ranks #36 of 53 countries.
People who took the test in Arabic scored lower than people from the UAE who took it in another language — 97.7 vs 104.0 (330 vs 171 people). That is most likely a translation or localization effect, not a claim about anyone's ability — see the method page for the full country-by-country breakdown.
United Arab Emirates is one of 27 countries in a same-language check of these scores against school results and income — see the method page.
100 is the average score of everyone who has taken the test since 2026-07-15, and 15 points is one standard deviation. People choose to take the test online, so this shows how the UAE's test-takers scored — it is not an official national measurement.
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