11.5 %
Smarter than 11.5% of people
Low Average
Low average, slightly below the population midpoint
🏛️ Mensa cutoff 130 — 48 points away
🌍 In the United States (national average ≈ 98, an estimate from test samples), an IQ of 82 is in the top 85.7%.
❓ FAQ
Is an IQ of 82 a good score?
An IQ of 82 falls in the "Low Average" range and is higher than 11.5% of the population.
What percentile is an IQ of 82?
An IQ of 82 sits at the 11.5th percentile — the top 88.5% of the population.
Can you join Mensa with an IQ of 82?
Mensa requires roughly IQ 130 (top 2% on SD15); 82 is 48 points below the cutoff. Practice and a supervised test may close the gap.
How many people have an IQ of 82 or higher?
Roughly 7,167,935,146 people worldwide — about 88.5% of 8.1 billion.