"supposedly educated country...."

 No. 8 is doing pretty good.  We are ahead of Iceland.  Kicking Finland's ass.  Move the border north a few hundred miles and take hard northwest turn just north of Roseburg and we're in the top 5.
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/wef-global-competitiveness-report-most-educated-countries-in-the-world-2016-10/