65.5 %
Smarter than 65.5% of people
Average
Average range, where about half of people score · Rarer than 1 in 3
🏛️ Mensa cutoff 130 — 24 points away
🌍 In the United States (national average ≈ 98, an estimate from test samples), an IQ of 106 is in the top 29.7%.
❓ FAQ
Is an IQ of 106 a good score?
An IQ of 106 falls in the "Average" range and is higher than 65.5% of the population.
What percentile is an IQ of 106?
An IQ of 106 sits at the 65.5th percentile — the top 34.5% of the population. Roughly 1 in 3 people score this high.
Can you join Mensa with an IQ of 106?
Mensa requires roughly IQ 130 (top 2% on SD15); 106 is 24 points below the cutoff. Practice and a supervised test may close the gap.
How many people have an IQ of 106 or higher?
Roughly 2,791,084,292 people worldwide — about 34.5% of 8.1 billion.