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IELTS Overall Band Score Calculator

Enter your Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking scores to get your correctly rounded overall band score, using the official IELTS rounding rules.

Overall band score
Unrounded average:
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Rounding rule used

Average = (Listening + Reading + Writing + Speaking) ÷ 4 If decimal < 0.25 → round down If decimal is 0.25 to 0.74 → round to nearest .5 If decimal ≥ 0.75 → round up to next whole band

Example: an average of 6.75 rounds up to Overall Band 7.0. An average of 6.625 rounds to Overall Band 6.5, since 0.625 falls in the 0.25–0.74 range.

Frequently asked questions

How is the IELTS overall band score calculated?

It's the arithmetic mean of your four section scores, rounded using the official IELTS rounding rules shown above.

Can my overall score show as 6.25 or 6.75?

No — the official Test Report Form always shows a whole number or a half band, such as 6.0, 6.5, or 7.0. Intermediate averages are always rounded first.