High average, above-average ability on most tasks · Rarer than 1 in 4
🏛️ Mensa cutoff 130 — 20 points away
🌍 In the United States (national average ≈ 98, an estimate from test samples), an IQ of 110 is in the top 21.2%.
What an IQ of 110 means. Smarter than 74.8% of people. Classification: High Average — High average, above-average ability on most tasks. Rarer than 1 in 4.
IQ
Classification
Percentile
100
Average
50.0%
120
Superior
90.9%
130
Very Superior / Gifted
97.7%
❓ FAQ
Is an IQ of 110 a good score?
An IQ of 110 falls in the "High Average" range and is higher than 74.8% of the population.
What percentile is an IQ of 110?
An IQ of 110 sits at the 74.8th percentile — the top 25.2% of the population. Roughly 1 in 4 people score this high.
Can you join Mensa with an IQ of 110?
Mensa requires roughly IQ 130 (top 2% on SD15); 110 is 20 points below the cutoff. Practice and a supervised test may close the gap.
How many people have an IQ of 110 or higher?
Roughly 2,045,189,025 people worldwide — about 25.2% of 8.1 billion.