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IELTS band score calculator

Enter your correct answers for Listening and Reading, or the bands you already know, plus Writing and Speaking. The calculator converts the answers, averages the four sections and rounds the result the official way.

Listening
out of 40→ 7.0
Reading
out of 40→ 6.5
Writing
Speaking

Overall band

6.5

Average
6.5
CEFR level
B2

Approximate: the exact cut-offs for Listening and Reading vary slightly from test to test.

How the overall band is calculated

The overall band is the average of the four section bands, rounded to the nearest half band. An average ending in .25 goes up to .5, and one ending in .75 goes up to the next whole band.

Average ends inRounds toExample
.00 or .125the whole band below6.125 → 6.0
.25 or .375.56.25 → 6.5
.5 or .625.56.625 → 6.5
.75 or .875the next whole band6.75 → 7.0

IELTS Listening band scores

One table for Academic and General Training. 30 correct answers give band 7.0, 26 give 6.5 and 23 give 6.0.

Correct answersBand
39–409.0
37–388.5
35–368.0
32–347.5
30–317.0
26–296.5
23–256.0
18–225.5
16–175.0
13–154.5
10–124.0
8–93.5
6–73.0
4–52.5

IELTS Reading band scores

General Training needs more correct answers for the same band, because its texts are shorter and more familiar.

Academic
Correct answersBand
39–409.0
37–388.5
35–368.0
33–347.5
30–327.0
27–296.5
23–266.0
19–225.5
15–185.0
13–144.5
10–124.0
8–93.5
6–73.0
4–52.5
General Training
Correct answersBand
409.0
398.5
37–388.0
367.5
34–357.0
32–336.5
30–316.0
27–295.5
23–265.0
19–224.5
15–184.0
12–143.5
9–113.0
6–82.5

Questions

How is the IELTS overall band calculated?

Add the four section bands, divide by four and round to the nearest half band. An average ending in .25 rounds up to .5, and one ending in .75 rounds up to the next whole band. For example, 6.5, 6.5, 6.0 and 6.0 average 6.25, which becomes 6.5.

How many correct answers do I need for band 7 in Listening?

About 30 out of 40. For 6.5 you need about 26, and for 6.0 about 23. The table is the same for Academic and General Training.

How many correct answers do I need for band 7 in Reading?

In Academic Reading about 30 out of 40; in General Training about 34. The exact cut-offs vary slightly between tests.

How are Writing and Speaking scored?

An examiner gives a band on four criteria, each worth a quarter. In Writing, Task 2 counts twice as much as Task 1. The calculator takes the bands you already have for these two sections.

Is this calculator official?

No. It follows the rounding rule and conversion tables published by IELTS partners, which is how the official result is worked out, but the exact cut-offs for each test are not published in advance.

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