IELTS average score by country

India

6.6

Test takers from India averaged 6.6 overall in IELTS Academic (Listening 6.4, Reading 6.9, Writing 6.2, Speaking 6.5), 16th highest of the 40 countries IELTS lists. An overall 7.0 is higher than 59% of test takers from India.

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6.6 average overall. Test takers from India averaged 6.6 overall in IELTS Academic (Listening 6.4, Reading 6.9, Writing 6.2, Speaking 6.5), 16th highest of the 40 countries IELTS lists. An overall 7.0 is higher than 59% of test takers from India.

Average IELTS Academic band by nationality, 2024-25
Rank	Nationality	Overall	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
1	Germany	7.6	7.8	8.1	6.6	7.5
2	Spain	7.1	7.4	7.5	6.3	6.9
3	Malaysia	7.1	7.2	7.6	6.5	6.7
4	Italy	7.0	7.5	7.4	6.2	6.7
5	Russia	6.9	7.1	7.2	6.2	6.7
6	France	6.8	7.1	7.1	6.2	6.7
7	Philippines	6.8	6.7	7.2	6.3	6.8
8	Nigeria	6.7	6.4	6.9	6.3	7.1
9	Kenya	6.7	6.4	6.9	6.3	7.0
10	Indonesia	6.7	6.9	7.1	6.2	6.4
11	Egypt	6.7	6.6	7.1	6.1	6.7
12	Ghana	6.6	6.1	6.8	6.3	7.1
13	Hong Kong	6.6	6.8	7.0	6.2	6.3
14	Azerbaijan	6.6	6.6	6.9	6.1	6.6
15	Ukraine	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.0	6.6
16	India	6.6	6.4	6.9	6.2	6.5
17	Myanmar	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.1	6.2
18	Iran	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.1	6.7
19	Mexico	6.5	6.7	6.7	6.0	6.5
20	Colombia	6.5	6.8	6.7	6.0	6.4
21	Jordan	6.5	6.3	6.8	6.0	6.8
22	Sri Lanka	6.5	6.4	6.8	6.0	6.4
23	Turkey	6.4	6.5	6.8	5.9	6.2
24	Pakistan	6.4	6.2	6.6	6.0	6.3
25	Mongolia	6.3	6.4	6.8	5.8	6.2
26	Taiwan	6.3	6.5	6.6	5.9	6.0
27	South Korea	6.3	6.5	6.5	5.9	5.9
28	Kazakhstan	6.3	6.3	6.5	5.8	6.1
29	Nepal	6.2	6.0	6.6	6.0	6.0
30	Vietnam	6.2	6.5	6.4	6.1	5.6
31	Thailand	6.2	6.2	6.5	5.8	5.9
32	Uzbekistan	6.1	6.0	6.4	5.8	5.9
33	Cambodia	6.0	5.8	6.2	5.8	6.1
34	Bangladesh	6.0	5.8	6.2	5.8	5.9
35	China	5.9	6.2	5.9	5.8	5.5
36	Saudi Arabia	5.8	5.6	6.0	5.4	6.2
37	Japan	5.8	6.0	5.9	5.7	5.5
38	Kuwait	5.6	5.3	5.7	5.3	5.9
39	United Arab Emirates	5.5	5.1	5.6	5.1	5.9
40	Oman	5.4	5.0	5.2	5.4	5.8

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The average IELTS Academic score for test takers from India was 6.6 in 2024-25; the highest of the 40 countries IELTS lists was Germany at 7.6.

Questions people ask

What is the average IELTS score in India?

6.6 overall in IELTS Academic in 2024-25 (Listening 6.4, Reading 6.9, Writing 6.2, Speaking 6.5), and 6.5 in General Training.

What is the average IELTS score in Pakistan?

6.4 overall in IELTS Academic in 2024-25, and 5.8 in General Training.

What is the average IELTS score in Bangladesh?

6.0 overall in IELTS Academic in 2024-25, and 6.2 in General Training.

What is the average IELTS score in Nepal?

6.2 overall in IELTS Academic in 2024-25, and 6.2 in General Training.

Which country has the highest average IELTS score?

Germany, at 7.6 overall in IELTS Academic in 2024-25, followed by Spain and Malaysia at 7.1. In General Training the United States was highest at 8.2.

How many Indian test takers score 7.0 or more?

41% of test takers from India scored 7.0 or higher overall in IELTS Academic in 2024-25.

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How we work this out

What it does

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IELTS Academic and General Training test takers in 2024-25 from the 40 nationalities IELTS publishes for each test.

Method

Each average is the mean band IELTS publishes for that nationality in each skill and overall, shown to one decimal place.
The share below your band adds up the published shares of that nationality's test takers at each lower overall band.