IELTS Band Score Calculator
Enter your Listening and Reading raw scores and your Writing and Speaking bands to estimate each skill band and your overall IELTS band score, calculated with the official rounding rule.
Mean of the four skills, rounded with the official rule.
Estimates only. The Listening and Reading conversions shown here are well-known public approximations. The official raw-to-band conversion is set for each individual test version and is not published, so your actual band may differ. This tool is not affiliated with or endorsed by the British Council, IDP or Cambridge Assessment English.
IELTS raw score to band score conversion tables
These estimated conversion tables show how many correct answers (the raw score, out of 40) map to each band for Listening and for Academic and General Training Reading.
| Raw score (out of 40) | Band score |
|---|---|
| 39–40 | 9.0 |
| 37–38 | 8.5 |
| 35–36 | 8.0 |
| 32–34 | 7.5 |
| 30–31 | 7.0 |
| 26–29 | 6.5 |
| 23–25 | 6.0 |
| 18–22 | 5.5 |
| 16–17 | 5.0 |
| 13–15 | 4.5 |
| 10–12 | 4.0 |
| 8–9 | 3.5 |
| 6–7 | 3.0 |
| 4–5 | 2.5 |
| Raw score (out of 40) | Band score |
|---|---|
| 39–40 | 9.0 |
| 37–38 | 8.5 |
| 35–36 | 8.0 |
| 33–34 | 7.5 |
| 30–32 | 7.0 |
| 27–29 | 6.5 |
| 23–26 | 6.0 |
| 19–22 | 5.5 |
| 15–18 | 5.0 |
| 13–14 | 4.5 |
| 10–12 | 4.0 |
| 8–9 | 3.5 |
| 6–7 | 3.0 |
| 4–5 | 2.5 |
| Raw score (out of 40) | Band score |
|---|---|
| 40 | 9.0 |
| 39 | 8.5 |
| 37–38 | 8.0 |
| 36 | 7.5 |
| 34–35 | 7.0 |
| 32–33 | 6.5 |
| 30–31 | 6.0 |
| 27–29 | 5.5 |
| 23–26 | 5.0 |
| 19–22 | 4.5 |
| 15–18 | 4.0 |
| 12–14 | 3.5 |
| 9–11 | 3.0 |
| 6–8 | 2.5 |
Frequently asked questions
How is the overall IELTS band score calculated?
Your overall band is the average (mean) of your four skill bands — Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking — rounded to the nearest half band. The rounding rule is specific: if the average ends in .25 it is rounded up to the next half band, and if it ends in .75 it is rounded up to the next whole band. For example, an average of 6.25 becomes 6.5 and an average of 6.75 becomes 7.0.
What raw score do I need for band 7 in IELTS Listening?
On these estimated conversions, roughly 30–31 correct answers out of 40 in Listening corresponds to a band 7.0, and about 32–34 correct corresponds to band 7.5. The exact raw score varies slightly from one test version to another because the official conversion is set per test, so treat these figures as a guide rather than a guarantee.
Why are Academic and General Training Reading conversions different?
The Reading passages differ in difficulty between Academic and General Training, so the two modules use different raw-to-band curves. General Training Reading generally requires more correct answers for the same band — for instance, around 34–35 correct for band 7.0 in General Training versus about 30–32 in Academic. Listening uses the same conversion for both modules.
How are the Writing and Speaking bands scored?
Writing and Speaking are not converted from a raw score. They are marked by trained examiners against four equally-weighted criteria. Writing is judged on Task Achievement/Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy. Speaking is judged on Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy, and Pronunciation. Because there is no public raw-score table, you enter your Writing and Speaking bands directly in this calculator.
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