High average, above-average ability on most tasks · Rarer than 1 in 5
🏛️ Mensa cutoff 130 — 17 points away
🌍 In the United States (national average ≈ 98, an estimate from test samples), an IQ of 113 is in the top 15.9%.
What an IQ of 113 means. Smarter than 80.7% 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 113 a good score?
An IQ of 113 falls in the "High Average" range and is higher than 80.7% of the population.
What percentile is an IQ of 113?
An IQ of 113 sits at the 80.7th percentile — the top 19.3% of the population. Roughly 1 in 5 people score this high.
Can you join Mensa with an IQ of 113?
Mensa requires roughly IQ 130 (top 2% on SD15); 113 is 17 points below the cutoff. Practice and a supervised test may close the gap.
How many people have an IQ of 113 or higher?
Roughly 1,563,804,598 people worldwide — about 19.3% of 8.1 billion.