# IELTS to PTE score conversion (2026): Pearson's official concordance

> Pearson's July 2025 concordance study maps IELTS Academic bands to PTE Academic scores, overall and for each skill. The full table and how to use it.
- **Author**: Testmigo
- **Published**: 2026-09-19
- **Category**: Visa & scores
- **URL**: https://testmigo.com/blog/ielts-to-pte-score-conversion

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## The short answer

According to the concordance study Pearson published in July 2025, IELTS 7.0 corresponds to a PTE Academic overall score of 63-70, IELTS 6.5 to 55-62, and IELTS 8.0 to 79-85. The study was based on 1,522 people who took both tests within 90 days.

## The conversion table

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

*From Pearson's concordance study summary (July 2025), comparing the updated PTE Academic with IELTS Academic.*

## How to use it

Use the table to set a target, not to meet a requirement. Universities and visa authorities set their own minimums, and some now set a separate PTE number for each skill. Australia, for example, uses component minimums rather than converting from IELTS; see [PTE and IELTS scores for Australian visas](/blog/pte-score-australia-pr).

The per-skill columns show why PTE feels different: speaking and writing need much higher PTE scores than listening and reading for the same IELTS band. If you're switching from IELTS to PTE, give speaking the most practice. Testmigo's [free PTE mock](/pte) scores each skill so you can check where you stand.

## Common questions

### What PTE score is equal to IELTS 7?

An overall PTE Academic score of 63-70, according to Pearson's July 2025 concordance.

### What PTE score is equal to IELTS 6.5?

An overall PTE Academic score of 55-62.

### Is the conversion accepted by universities and visa offices?

Each institution sets its own requirements. Check the exact PTE scores they ask for rather than converting from IELTS yourself.

**Sources**
- [Pearson: PTE Academic concordance study summary, July 2025 (PDF, checked 19 September 2026)](https://www.pearsonpte.com/content/dam/ELL/pte/pearsonpte/pdfs/Concordance-study-summary-pte-academic-july-2025.pdf)

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- [IELTS vs PTE vs CELPIP vs LanguageCert (2026): which English test should you take?](https://testmigo.com/blog/which-english-test-ielts-pte-celpip-languagecert)
- [PTE and IELTS scores for Australian visas (2026): the component-based levels](https://testmigo.com/blog/pte-score-australia-pr)
- [English test scores for UK visas (2026): IELTS for UKVI and PTE Academic UKVI](https://testmigo.com/blog/uk-visa-english-requirements)

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