40 out of 40 in IELTS General Training Reading: what band is it?

40 out of 40 in IELTS General Training Reading is band 9.0. That is the top of the scale. One fewer would drop it to 8.5.

Band 9.0 is exactly 40 correct answers. The figures are IDP’s published table, which IELTS calls indicative because the cut-offs vary slightly between test versions.

Correct answers

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Your General Training Reading band

40 of 40 correct

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That is the top of the scale.

40/40 in IELTS General Reading is about band 9.0.

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40 out of 40 in the other papers

IELTS General Training Reading9.0That is the top of the scale.
IELTS Listening9.0That is the top of the scale.
IELTS Academic Reading9.0That is the top of the scale.

What 9.0 in Reading meets

Universities ask for an overall band and a minimum for every skill. 9.0 in Reading meets the per-skill minimum at, for example:

You also need their overall band. Search university requirements

From 40/40 to every band

Correct answers	Band	From 40
40	9.0	Your score
39	8.5	−1
37–38	8.0	−2
36	7.5	−4
34–35	7.0	−5
32–33	6.5	−7
30–31	6.0	−9
27–29	5.5	−11
23–26	5.0	−14
19–22	4.5	−18
15–18	4.0	−22
0 to 14	No band published	−26