How to calculate your IELTS Band/Scores

You get a score between 1 and 9 for each section. Half scores such as 6.5 are possible. For admission in universities often demand an IELTS score of 6 or 7. They may also require a minimum score in each of the four sections. Similarly, immigration departments of different countries requires overall or minimum score in each of the four sections. For example immigration department of Australia (DIAC) demands minimum 6 score/band for each section.

Candidates often confuses when they calculate their scores against their listening and reading test. So here is the score sheet against which you can check and mark your test score.

IELTS Listening marking schemes

For the listening test, which contains 40 questions, the approximate band scores can be calculated using this table.

Band Score	9	8.5	8	7.5	7	6.5	6	5.5	5	4.5	4	3.5	3	2.5
Score / 40	39-40	37-38	35-36	32-34	30-31	26-29	23-25	18-22	16-17	13-15	10-12	8-10	6-7	4-5

 

IELTS General Reading marking schemes

For the general reading test, which contains 40 questions, the approximate band scores can be calculated using this table.

Band Score	9	8.5	8	7.5	7	6.5	6	5.5	5	4.5	4	3.5	3	2.5
Score / 40	40	39	37-38	36	34-35	32-33	30-31	27-29	23-26	19-22	15-18	12-14	9-11	6-8