19.3 %
Smarter than 19.3% of people
Low Average
Low average, slightly below the population midpoint
🏛️ Mensa cutoff 130 — 43 points away
🌍 In the United States (national average ≈ 98, an estimate from test samples), an IQ of 87 is in the top 76.8%.
❓ FAQ
Is an IQ of 87 a good score?
An IQ of 87 falls in the "Low Average" range and is higher than 19.3% of the population.
What percentile is an IQ of 87?
An IQ of 87 sits at the 19.3th percentile — the top 80.7% of the population.
Can you join Mensa with an IQ of 87?
Mensa requires roughly IQ 130 (top 2% on SD15); 87 is 43 points below the cutoff. Practice and a supervised test may close the gap.
How many people have an IQ of 87 or higher?
Roughly 6,536,195,402 people worldwide — about 80.7% of 8.1 billion.