IELTS Overall Band Calculator
Calculate your overall IELTS band score from your Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking scores using the official rounding rule.
Your results
Calculation breakdown
- Average
- (Listening + Reading + Writing + Speaking) ÷ 4
- Rounding
- round to nearest whole band if remainder < .25 or ≥ .75, else round to the nearest .5 band
Worked example
Bands of 7, 6.5, 6 and 7 average to 6.625, which rounds up to an overall band of 6.5 under the published rounding convention.
Assumptions
- Uses the published IELTS rounding convention (remainder below .25 rounds down, .25 to <.75 rounds to the nearest half band, .75 and above rounds up).
- This is an independent estimate — your official IELTS result is issued only by IELTS test centres.
How this calculator works
Enter your four individual IELTS component scores to calculate your overall band score, averaged and rounded to the nearest whole or half band following IELTS's published rounding convention.
Frequently asked questions
How is the overall band rounded?
The average of the four scores is rounded up to the nearest half band if the remainder is .25 or more, but stays at the whole/half band if the remainder is below .25, per the IELTS scoring convention.
Is this an official IELTS tool?
No, it's an independent estimate using the published rounding method; your official result comes only from IELTS test centres.
Can each component score include half bands?
Yes, enter scores in increments of 0.5, matching how IELTS reports individual component results.