After taking an intelligence test on our website, you might need an interpretation of
your IQ score to understand whether your IQ score is low, average, or high. Since all
IQ tests are comparative, your IQ score is always determined in comparison to the
scores of other people who took the same test, and most of them earn a score in the
average range.
The average IQ score is 100, with a standard deviation of 15, and all IQ scores follow a
normal (or Gaussian) distribution, also known as Bell Curve, which is symmetrical
around its mean. An IQ score of 100 indicates that the test-takers performance on the
given test is at the mean or median level of performance in the statistical sample of
test-takers of about the same age used to norm the test. An IQ score of 115 means an
intellectual performance of one standard deviation above the median of 100, a score
of 85 performance, one standard deviation below the median, and so on.
Some interesting statistics about IQ scores: 68% of the population scores between 85
and 115, 95% scores between 70 and 130, 99% scores between 55 and 145, and only
2% scores below 70 or above 130. Note that IQ scores may vary depending on how
well you rested on the day of your testing and how well you were able to focus and
concentrate on the test items during the test without having any distractions.
The IQ classification table below provides a clear overview of all the IQ score ranges,
distinguishes different categories based on IQ scores, and helps you better understand
your cognitive abilities. An explanation for each IQ Classification is also provided.
| IQ Range |
IQ Classification |
| 180-200 |
Profoundly Gifted or Extremely Genius |
| 160-179 |
Exceptionally Gifted or Highly genius |
| 146-159 |
Highly Gifted or Genius |
| 130-145 |
Gifted or Near Genius |
| 120-129 |
Superior |
| 110-119 |
Above Average |
| 90-109 |
Average |
| 70-89 |
Below Average |
Your IQ is below the average, which is 100. Your cognitive abilities allow you to
overcome most everyday challenges. You might have experienced some difficulties
studying in school, and you aren’t probably pursuing an academic career, but you
enjoy practical things and occupations. Typical occupations with this level of
intelligence are laborers, gardeners, factory workers, and farmhands.
Your IQ is average, just like the IQ of most people. Your cognitive abilities allow you to
overcome almost all everyday challenges. You may succeed in many professional
fields, and a specific range of academic studies is possible depending on your
motivation. Typical professions with this level of intelligence are carpenters,
shopkeepers, mechanics, electricians, cooks, police officers, truck drivers, and
machine operators.
You have a higher IQ than 74% of the population. You have above-average cognitive
abilities, which allow you to pursue a successful career in many academic fields and
succeed in the profession of your choice. You have a high level of problem-solving and
abstract reasoning skills, and you can recognize patterns and details. You enjoy
reading books and having interesting intellectual conversations. Typical professions
with this level of intelligence are foremen, schoolteachers, nurses, managers,
psychologists, and sociologists.
You have a higher IQ than 90% of the population, and you possess superior intelligence. You have superior cognitive abilities, which will allow you to pursue an exceptional academic career in a wide range of academic fields and succeed in the profession of your choice. You have a very high level of problem-solving, pattern recognition, and abstract reasoning skills. You have a superior ability to recognize patterns and details, and you enjoy reading books and having interesting intellectual conversations. Typical professions with this level of intelligence are pharmacists, accountants, biologists, chemists, lawyers, physicians, general managers, civil engineers, mechanical engineers, and computer scientists.
You have a higher IQ than 98% of the population. You possess exceptional cognitive
abilities which allow you to have a notable professional and academic career in the
field of your choice. You have an exceptionally high level of problem-solving, pattern
recognition, and abstract reasoning skills. You can easily recognize patterns and
details, make connections between abstract concepts, and you enjoy reading and
writing books, having interesting intellectual conversations, solving logical brain
puzzles, and philosophizing. Typical professions with this level of intelligence are
mathematicians, physicists, professors, and researchers.
You have a higher IQ than 99.9% of the population. You possess supreme cognitive
abilities which allow you to make a notable impact in any professional or academic
field. Because of your supreme level of problem-solving, pattern recognition, and
abstract reasoning skills, you have the potential to create whole new fields of interest
and research. You can very easily recognize patterns where other people cannot and
make connections between highly abstract concepts. You enjoy reading books, writing
academic papers, having interesting intellectual conversations, solving challenging
logical puzzles, and philosophizing. Typical professions with this level of intelligence
are university professors and research scientists.
You have a higher IQ than 99.99% of the population. You possess exceptionally high
cognitive abilities, which allow you to make a significant impact in any professional or
academic field. Because of your exceptionally high level of problem-solving, pattern
recognition, and abstract reasoning skills, you have the potential to create whole new
fields of interest and research and make significant scientific breakthroughs. You enjoy
recognizing highly abstract patterns in anything, reading books, writing academic
papers, having interesting intellectual conversations, solving very challenging logical
puzzles, theorizing, and philosophizing. Typical professions with this level of
intelligence are distinguished university professors and research scientists.
You have a higher IQ than 99.99999% of the population. You possess extremely high
cognitive abilities, which allow you to make a significant impact in any professional or
academic field you choose. Because of your extremely high level of problem-solving,
pattern recognition, and abstract reasoning skills, you have the potential to create
whole new fields of interest and research, solve the most challenging scientific
problems, and make significant scientific breakthroughs. You enjoy recognizing highly
abstract patterns in anything, reading books, writing academic papers, having
interesting intellectual conversations, solving very challenging logical puzzles,
theorizing, and philosophizing. Typical professions with this level of intelligence are
distinguished university professors and research scientists.
