High average, above-average ability on most tasks · Rarer than 1 in 5
🏛️ Mensa cutoff 130 — 18 points away
🌍 In the United States (national average ≈ 98, an estimate from test samples), an IQ of 112 is in the top 17.5%.
What an IQ of 112 means. Smarter than 78.8% of people. Classification: High Average — High average, above-average ability on most tasks. Rarer than 1 in 5.
IQ
Classification
Percentile
100
Average
50.0%
120
Superior
90.9%
130
Very Superior / Gifted
97.7%
❓ FAQ
Is an IQ of 112 a good score?
An IQ of 112 falls in the "High Average" range and is higher than 78.8% of the population.
What percentile is an IQ of 112?
An IQ of 112 sits at the 78.8th percentile — the top 21.2% of the population. Roughly 1 in 5 people score this high.
Can you join Mensa with an IQ of 112?
Mensa requires roughly IQ 130 (top 2% on SD15); 112 is 18 points below the cutoff. Practice and a supervised test may close the gap.
How many people have an IQ of 112 or higher?
Roughly 1,716,028,243 people worldwide — about 21.2% of 8.1 billion.