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IELTS Band Score Calculator

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Correct answers out of 40 (Academic)
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Band Score Meaning
9.0Expert User
7.0–8.5Good to Very Good User
6.0–6.5Competent User
4.0–5.5Limited to Modest User
Below 4.0Extremely Limited User

How the IELTS Band Score Is Calculated

Your Listening and Reading scores start as a raw count out of 40 correct answers, which is converted to a band score (0–9) using an official conversion table. The Reading conversion table is different for Academic and General Training — General Training passages are considered less complex, so more correct answers are needed for the same band. Writing and Speaking are assessed directly by examiners against official band descriptors, with no raw score involved.

Your Overall Band Score is the average of all four skills, rounded to the nearest whole or half band. If the average ends in .25, it rounds up to the next half band. If it ends in .75, it rounds up to the next whole band.

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