IQ 111
An IQ of 111 is higher than 76.8% of people: about 1 in 4.
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About 68% of people score between 85 and 115, and 111 sits squarely inside that range.
An IQ of 111 falls in the high average IQ range, which covers 110 to 119. Find 111 on the IQ chart, or check how rare any score is with the IQ rarity calculator.
IQ 111: where most people land
About 68% of people score between 85 and 115, and 111 sits inside that range, 11 points above the exact midpoint of 100. Around 77% of people score at or below 111 and 23% score higher. It sits 11 points past the 100 mark and 4 short of 115.
Within this range, scores a few points apart are closer together than the test's own margin of error. A 108 and a 114 could easily be the same person on different days.
This is the shared result of most of the people you know, from colleagues to friends to family. Nothing about it is a barrier to the things people usually care about.
What 111 means in everyday life
In daily life a 111 does not show up as a limit or an edge. It means that on fast, unfamiliar puzzles you tend to be a little quicker or more accurate than the median adult, by 11 points or 0.73 of a standard deviation.
Most jobs, including skilled and professional ones, are done well by people right across this range. Employers select on experience, reliability and communication far more than on any test score.
School results in this range depend heavily on teaching, effort and interest. The same score turns up in students with top grades and in students who struggle.
How to get the most from your strengths
Two people who both score 111 can have very different strengths underneath. These habits help whichever pattern you have:
- Lean on structure. Checklists, notes and routines free up working memory for the hard part of a problem.
- Go deep in one area. Expertise lets people reason quickly in their own field whatever their overall score.
- Play to your pattern. If visual puzzles felt easier than number ones, that is useful information about how you learn.
How many people have an IQ of 111 or higher?
On a bell curve with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, about 23% of people score 111 or higher. Applied to whole populations:
| Where | Population | IQ 111+ |
|---|---|---|
| UK | 68 million | 16 million |
| US | 335 million | 78 million |
| World | 8.1 billion | 1.9 billion |
In a class of 30, you would expect about 7 people to score 111 or higher.
About 1 in 49 people would score exactly 111, meaning between 110.5 and 111.5 on a continuous scale. In the UK that is about 1.4 million people.
The figures are bell curve estimates for whole populations, children included, and rounded. Real tests are normed separately and will differ a little.
How rare is an IQ of 111?
Compare the neighbours: 106 or higher is about 1 in 3, 111 or higher is 1 in 4, and 116 or higher is 1 in 7. Each point up here adds roughly 9% to the rarity.
What your 111 could really be. Treat any single score as the centre of a range. For a good supervised test, about 5 points either side is typical, so 111 really means somewhere from 106 to 116. Online tests are less precise than that.
Which scale was it on? Most modern tests use a standard deviation of 15, which is what this page assumes. If your 111 came from a test using an SD of 16, it is about 110 on the SD 15 scale. From an SD 24 scale, used by some Cattell-style reports, it is about 107.
Famous people with an estimated IQ near 111
Nobody famous has a verified IQ in most cases, and retrospective estimates are only made for a narrow group.
No historical figure on this site has an estimate close to 111. Retrospective estimates cluster between about 115 and 250 because they are only made for people with exceptional achievements. That is a selection effect, not a sign that famous or successful people cannot score 111.
See all historical IQ estimates or all fictional character IQs.
Degrees, universities and jobs around 111
Our degree, university and job profiles carry rough IQ benchmarks. These are the ones within a few points of 111. The education figures are derived from admissions-test averages, not from IQ testing.
College majors
- CommunicationsCollege major111
- EducationCollege major112
Jobs
- AccountantFinance110
- ChemistSTEM115
- Civil EngineerSTEM115
These are benchmarks, never hiring or admission cutoffs. People well outside these numbers study, get admitted and do these jobs well every year.
111 compared with nearby scores
The scores one and five points either side of 111, plus the round numbers from 100 to 150, side by side. Tap any score for its full page.
What an IQ of 111 looks like on the SAT, ACT and other tests
People with an IQ of 111 typically score about 1150 on the SAT and about 22 on the ACT composite. Scores vary a lot from person to person, so the range shows where about four in five land.
| Test | Typical score | Likely range |
|---|---|---|
| SAT | 1150 | 920 to 1370 |
| ACT | 22 | 15 to 29 |
| GRE | 307 | 292 to 323 |
| LSAT | 154 | 142 to 165 |
| Wonderlic | 25 | 19 to 31 |
| ASVAB | 72 | 43 to 91 |
Estimates from a regression model with published inputs and stated assumptions. How the conversion works, or convert your own score.
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Percentiles and counts use a normal distribution with mean 100 and standard deviation 15. Real tests have their own norms, confidence intervals and ceilings, so treat every figure here as an approximation, not a diagnosis. Two tests often give different numbers for the same person: here is why.
By the LifeScore Editorial Team. Reviewed October 2026. Editorial policy