Superior intelligence, strong reasoning, roughly top 10% · Rarer than 1 in 18
🏛️ Mensa cutoff 130 — 6 points away
🌍 In the United States (national average ≈ 98, an estimate from test samples), an IQ of 124 is in the top 4.2%.
What an IQ of 124 means. Smarter than 94.5% of people. Classification: Superior — Superior intelligence, strong reasoning, roughly top 10%. Rarer than 1 in 18.
IQ
Classification
Percentile
100
Average
50.0%
120
Superior
90.9%
130
Very Superior / Gifted
97.7%
❓ FAQ
Is an IQ of 124 a good score?
An IQ of 124 falls in the "Superior" range and is higher than 94.5% of the population.
What percentile is an IQ of 124?
An IQ of 124 sits at the 94.5th percentile — the top 5.5% of the population. Roughly 1 in 18 people score this high.
Can you join Mensa with an IQ of 124?
Mensa requires roughly IQ 130 (top 2% on SD15); 124 is 6 points below the cutoff. Practice and a supervised test may close the gap.
How many people have an IQ of 124 or higher?
Roughly 443,874,260 people worldwide — about 5.5% of 8.1 billion.