Score guide

Understand IELTS scores clearly.

Use this page with the calculators. IELTS reports Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking, and an overall band on the 0–9 scale.

Overall band

Your overall band is the average of the four section bands, reported to the nearest whole or half band.

Example averageReported overall band
6.256.5
6.1256.0
6.757.0
For Reading and Listening, IELTS notes that exact raw-score boundaries may vary slightly between versions. Use our converters as planning estimates.

Calculate overall band

Enter all four section scores.

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Reading raw score

Academic and General Training estimates.

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Listening raw score

Estimate a band from answers out of 40.

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