Does this converter work for PTE Core?

No. Pearson's July 2025 concordance study only covers PTE Academic against IELTS Academic. For PTE Core, use the PTE Core to CLB calculator, which follows the IRCC benchmark table instead.

Can I use this for IELTS General Training?

No. The concordance study compares PTE Academic with IELTS Academic only. IELTS General Training is not covered by this table.

Why does the same PTE number give a lower IELTS band for Speaking?

From IELTS 6.0 upward, Pearson's Speaking ranges sit higher on the PTE scale than the overall ranges for the same band, so a PTE Speaking score lines up with a lower IELTS band than the same overall score. For example, 65 overall falls in the IELTS 7.0 row, while 65 in Speaking falls in the IELTS 6.0 row. This is a feature of the published data, not a rounding error.

Is this an official Pearson tool?

No. We built this converter using the numbers published in Pearson's July 2025 concordance study summary paper, which you can find linked in our sources list on this page.

What if my exact PTE score is not in the table?

The table lists ranges rather than every individual score. The converter shows you the range your score falls inside; if it sits below every published range for that column, it tells you no IELTS equivalent is published.

PTE to IELTS Score Converter

Pick your PTE Academic overall or skill score and this converter shows the IELTS Academic band Pearson's own concordance study aligns it with. The table below comes from Pearson's July 2025 study, built from more than 1,500 test takers who sat both tests, and it treats the overall score and each of the four skills as separate comparisons rather than one shared scale.

SkillPTE Academic score

Enter a PTE Academic score to see the equivalent IELTS band.

Official PTE Academic to IELTS Academic score concordance (Pearson, July 2025)
IELTS	PTE Overall	Listening	Reading	Speaking	Writing
4.5	24–30	26–32	29–35	14–23	17–28
5.0	31–38	33–39	36–41	24–38	29–40
5.5	39–46	40–46	42–47	39–53	41–50
6.0	47–54	47–52	48–53	54–65	51–59
6.5	55–62	53–57	54–58	66–75	60–68
7.0	63–70	58–63	59–64	76–82	69–76
7.5	71–78	64–68	65–69	83–87	77–84
8.0	79–85	69–74	70–74	88–89	85–89
8.5	86–89	75–80	75–80	90	90
9.0	90	81–90	81–90	—	—

PTE 24 → IELTS 4.5 PTE 31 → IELTS 5.0 PTE 39 → IELTS 5.5 PTE 47 → IELTS 6.0 PTE 55 → IELTS 6.5 PTE 63 → IELTS 7.0 PTE 71 → IELTS 7.5 PTE 79 → IELTS 8.0 PTE 86 → IELTS 8.5 PTE 90 → IELTS 9.0

What this table actually shows

Pearson's July 2025 concordance study compares score distributions between the enhanced PTE Academic and IELTS Academic. It reports a PTE range for each IELTS Academic half-band from 4.5 to 9.0, separately for the overall score and for Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing.

This is a concordance, not a conversion formula. It describes how two groups of test takers scored on both tests, so a PTE score inside a given range is associated with, not certified as equal to, the matching IELTS band.

Why the overall and per-skill columns differ

The overall PTE range for a given IELTS band does not match any single skill's range for that same band. For example, from IELTS 6.0 upward the Speaking ranges sit well above the overall range (IELTS 7.0: Speaking 76-82 against overall 63-70), while at IELTS 4.5 and 5.0 they start lower.

Because of this, converting a single overall PTE number into an IELTS overall band tells you nothing reliable about your per-skill IELTS equivalents. Use the per-skill table whenever a requirement names individual skill minimums, and the overall table only when a requirement names an overall band.

How to use the converter

Select whether you want the overall reading or a specific skill, then enter your PTE score. The tool finds the row whose range contains your score and shows the matching IELTS Academic band, with the full table highlighted below so you can see the neighbouring rows.

If your score sits below the lowest published range for that column, the tool says no IELTS equivalent is published rather than guessing; Pearson's table starts at IELTS 4.5.

Choose overall, Listening, Reading, Speaking or Writing
Enter your PTE score
Read the matched IELTS Academic band from the table
Check the neighbouring rows if your score sits near a boundary

What this concordance does not cover

Pearson's July 2025 study covers PTE Academic against IELTS Academic only. It is not built for PTE Core, and it does not apply to IELTS General Training.

This table also is not a substitute for a requirement that already names its own PTE cut score. Many universities, employers and government bodies publish separate PTE thresholds instead of converting from an IELTS requirement themselves; where that is the case, use their published PTE number directly.

After you have your IELTS equivalent

If you are choosing between the two tests, compare the IELTS band this converter shows you against the PTE score you are already working towards, rather than treating the two numbers as interchangeable in every context.

For Canadian immigration programmes specifically, use the PTE Core to CLB calculator instead of this converter, since IRCC benchmarks PTE Core against the Canadian Language Benchmark, not against IELTS.