China ranks third on the list of world's smartest countries and regions

Vouchercloud ranked the top 25 countries and regions in the world by intelligence.

It quantifies intelligence to include the number of Nobel Prizes each nation has won to represent historic intelligence, the current average IQ and "educational attainment" to represent the potential intelligence of the next generation.Asia and Europe dominate the list, with Japan taking the top spot thanks to its high placing across all three metrics, where it comes in fifth overall in the school test rankings and sixth overall in both Nobel prizes and current IQ.

China ranked third. The US comes in an impressive fourth, although its ranking is flattered greatly by its extraordinary dominance in the Nobel category.

And while Europe has an impressive five nations and regions in the current top 10, it's Asia that points to the future.The inexorable march of Asia's intelligentsia rightly garners more and more Nobel prizes.