IELTS is assessed on a 9-band scale and reports scores both overall and by individual skill. The data below shows test taker scores for Academic and General Training in 2022, according to a variety of categories. These figures are broadly in line with statistics for previous years.
Note: For nationality and first language, the tables show the top nationalities and languages, listed alphabetically, not in order of the size of the candidature.
Academic and General Training test takers
Test split
| Test | Percentage |
| Academic | 80.31 |
| General Training | 19.69 |
Gender split
| Gender | Percentage |
| Female | 51.78 |
| Male | 48.22 |
| Gender | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking | Overall |
| Female | 6.51 | 6.26 | 5.95 | 6.17 | 6.28 |
| Male | 6.52 | 6.20 | 5.86 | 6.06 | 6.22 |
General Training mean performance by gender
| Gender | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking | Overall |
| Female | 6.52 | 6.01 | 6.17 | 6.54 | 6.38 |
| Male | 6.45 | 5.95 | 6.02 | 6.37 | 6.26 |
Nationality
These figures show the mean overall and individual band scores achieved by 2022 Academic and General Training test takers from the top nationalities.
Academic mean performance by nationality
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General Training mean performance by nationality
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First language*
These figures show the mean overall and individual band scores achieved by 2022 Academic and General Training test takers from the top first language backgrounds.
*First language as self-chosen by test takers drawn from a wide range of nationalities
Academic mean performance by first language
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General Training mean performance by first language