High average, above-average ability on most tasks · Rarer than 1 in 6
🏛️ Mensa cutoff 130 — 16 points away
🌍 In the United States (national average ≈ 98, an estimate from test samples), an IQ of 114 is in the top 14.3%.
What an IQ of 114 means. Smarter than 82.5% of people. Classification: High Average — High average, above-average ability on most tasks. Rarer than 1 in 6.
IQ
Classification
Percentile
100
Average
50.0%
120
Superior
90.9%
130
Very Superior / Gifted
97.7%
❓ FAQ
Is an IQ of 114 a good score?
An IQ of 114 falls in the "High Average" range and is higher than 82.5% of the population.
What percentile is an IQ of 114?
An IQ of 114 sits at the 82.5th percentile — the top 17.5% of the population. Roughly 1 in 6 people score this high.
Can you join Mensa with an IQ of 114?
Mensa requires roughly IQ 130 (top 2% on SD15); 114 is 16 points below the cutoff. Practice and a supervised test may close the gap.
How many people have an IQ of 114 or higher?
Roughly 1,420,123,820 people worldwide — about 17.5% of 8.1 billion.