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Personal value statistics: Intelligence

Intelligence appeared in the ranked ten of 14.0% of the 2,131,634 assessments completed since 2020, which makes it the 33rd most frequently ranked of the 62 core values.

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At a glance, 2020 to 2026

Appearance rateof assessments rank it in their ten. 33rd of 62 values.
14.0%
First placeof assessments put it first. 36th of 62 on this measure.
0.8%
Top threeof assessments put it in the top three. 20% of those who rank it.
2.8%
Average positionis its mean position, out of ten, where it is ranked at all.
6.3

In the overall ranking intelligence sits just below Privacy (14.1%) and just above Justice (13.8%).

How the Popularity of Intelligence Has Changed

In 2020 intelligence appeared in 13.9% of assessments and ranked 33rd. In 2026 so far it appeared in 16.1% and ranked 23rd, a rise of 2.3 percentage points.

Pick a measure, and read it by year or month by month. A month holds a few thousand assessments, so it moves more than a year does. The gaps are months the archive has no data for.

Intelligence, year by year

Each rank is among the 62 values that year, by appearance rate. The arrow is its move from the year before.

Intelligence by year: assessments, appearance rate and rank, first place, top three and average position
YearAssessmentsAppearance rateRankFirst placeTop threeAverage position
202084,37813.9%33rd0.9%2.8%6.2
2021224,09614.1%34th▼10.9%2.9%6.2
2022179,27113.6%35th▼10.8%2.7%6.3
2023397,24913.7%33rd▲20.8%2.7%6.3
2024460,24413.4%34th▼10.8%2.6%6.3
2025449,23313.2%33rd▲10.7%2.5%6.3
2026 so far337,16316.1%23rd▲100.9%3.4%6.1

2020 holds 6 months of data and 2022 holds 7 months of data, so their figures cover part of the year. 2026 covers January to October 2026.

Intelligence by Country

Of the 26 countries with enough assessments to publish, participants in Brazil rank intelligence most often, at 23.6%, and those in the Philippines least often, at 12.3%.

Country is recorded for the assessments from December 2025 to October 2026, so this section reads those 300,899 assessments and compares each country with all of them.

Where intelligence is ranked most often

15.8% of participants rank intelligence in their top ten, from 23.6% in Brazil to 12.3% in the Philippines. Tap or hover a country to see its top values.

  • 12–14%
  • 14–16%
  • 16–18%
  • 18–20%
  • 20–22%
  • 22–24%
  • too few assessments
Appearance rate of intelligence by country, December 2025 to October 2026
CountryAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Brazil
23.6%
+7.814th of 62
Poland
22.9%
+7.113th of 62
Mexico
21.1%
+5.316th of 62
Romania
20.9%
+5.115th of 62
Indonesia
20.7%
+4.914th of 62
Malaysia
20.1%
+4.315th of 62
Vietnam
19.5%
+3.717th of 62
France
19.1%
+3.321st of 62
Italy
19.0%
+3.218th of 62
Germany
18.4%
+2.621st of 62
Hong Kong SAR China
18.2%
+2.318th of 62
Saudi Arabia
18.0%
+2.221st of 62
Netherlands
17.7%
+1.820th of 62
Singapore
17.5%
+1.624th of 62
Switzerland
16.5%
+0.725th of 62
United States
15.9%
+0.123rd of 62
Canada
15.6%
−0.225th of 62
Egypt
15.3%
−0.528th of 62
India
14.6%
−1.228th of 62
New Zealand
14.4%
−1.434th of 62
Australia
14.3%
−1.530th of 62
South Africa
14.0%
−1.832nd of 62
United Kingdom
13.8%
−2.032nd of 62
Ireland
13.5%
−2.334th of 62
United Arab Emirates
13.2%
−2.633rd of 62
Philippines
12.3%
−3.533rd of 62

Every assessment with a known country, 15.8%

Intelligence by Age

Intelligence holds roughly level across the age bands, from 17.6% among participants under 18 to 15.5% among those 65 and over.

Age is an optional question after the ranking, so this section reads the 75,449 assessments from December 2025 to October 2026 whose participants gave one. A difference between bands mixes what changes as people age with what differs between generations.

Appearance rate of intelligence by age band, December 2025 to October 2026
AgeAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Under 18
17.6%
−0.119th of 62
18–24
17.9%
+0.223rd of 62
25–34
18.1%
+0.421st of 62
35–44
18.6%
+0.920th of 62
45–54
16.5%
−1.322nd of 62
55–64
16.2%
−1.526th of 62
65 and over
15.5%
−2.224th of 62

Everyone who gave an age, 17.7%

Intelligence by Gender

Men rank intelligence more often than women, by 6.2 percentage points.

Gender is optional too, asked beside age, so this section reads the 73,168 assessments from December 2025 to October 2026 whose participants gave one. “Prefer not to say” is counted in no group.

Appearance rate of intelligence by gender, December 2025 to October 2026
GenderAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Women
15.2%
−2.527th of 62
Men
21.4%
+3.714th of 62
Non-binary
20.5%
+2.719th of 62

Everyone who gave a gender, 17.8%

About These Figures

Every figure on this page is a share of completed assessments on Personalvalu.es, read from the same aggregates as the Global Values Research. The appearance rate is how often intelligence is among a participant's ten most important values. It is not a score, and a difference between groups describes the participants in them without explaining it.

How the aggregates are built, and why some countries and groups are left out, is set out in the methodology. Month-by-month figures for every value are in the monthly archive.

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