15.9 %
Smarter than 15.9% of people
Low Average
Low average, slightly below the population midpoint
🏛️ Mensa cutoff 130 — 45 points away
🌍 In the United States (national average ≈ 98, an estimate from test samples), an IQ of 85 is in the top 80.7%.
❓ FAQ
Is an IQ of 85 a good score?
An IQ of 85 falls in the "Low Average" range and is higher than 15.9% of the population.
What percentile is an IQ of 85?
An IQ of 85 sits at the 15.9th percentile — the top 84.1% of the population.
Can you join Mensa with an IQ of 85?
Mensa requires roughly IQ 130 (top 2% on SD15); 85 is 45 points below the cutoff. Practice and a supervised test may close the gap.
How many people have an IQ of 85 or higher?
Roughly 6,814,892,363 people worldwide — about 84.1% of 8.1 billion.