High average, above-average ability on most tasks · Rarer than 1 in 10
🏛️ Mensa cutoff 130 — 11 points away
🌍 In the United States (national average ≈ 98, an estimate from test samples), an IQ of 119 is in the top 8.1%.
What an IQ of 119 means. Smarter than 89.7% of people. Classification: High Average — High average, above-average ability on most tasks. Rarer than 1 in 10.
IQ
Classification
Percentile
100
Average
50.0%
120
Superior
90.9%
130
Very Superior / Gifted
97.7%
❓ FAQ
Is an IQ of 119 a good score?
An IQ of 119 falls in the "High Average" range and is higher than 89.7% of the population.
What percentile is an IQ of 119?
An IQ of 119 sits at the 89.7th percentile — the top 10.3% of the population. Roughly 1 in 10 people score this high.
Can you join Mensa with an IQ of 119?
Mensa requires roughly IQ 130 (top 2% on SD15); 119 is 11 points below the cutoff. Practice and a supervised test may close the gap.
How many people have an IQ of 119 or higher?
Roughly 831,362,297 people worldwide — about 10.3% of 8.1 billion.