High average, above-average ability on most tasks · Rarer than 1 in 4
🏛️ Mensa cutoff 130 — 19 points away
🌍 In the United States (national average ≈ 98, an estimate from test samples), an IQ of 111 is in the top 19.3%.
What an IQ of 111 means. Smarter than 76.8% 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 111 a good score?
An IQ of 111 falls in the "High Average" range and is higher than 76.8% of the population.
What percentile is an IQ of 111?
An IQ of 111 sits at the 76.8th percentile — the top 23.2% of the population. Roughly 1 in 4 people score this high.
Can you join Mensa with an IQ of 111?
Mensa requires roughly IQ 130 (top 2% on SD15); 111 is 19 points below the cutoff. Practice and a supervised test may close the gap.
How many people have an IQ of 111 or higher?
Roughly 1,876,587,795 people worldwide — about 23.2% of 8.1 billion.