GMAT score percentiles and the average score

GMAT score percentiles for the total score

These rows are picked from GMAC’s total score table, published in August 2026 and based on test takers from July 2021 to June 2026. GMAC updates the percentiles every year in the third quarter, so check the current table before you compare.

Section percentiles: Quant and Verbal

The same section score sits at a different percentile in Quant and Verbal, so compare each section with its own column. GMAC bases Data Insights percentiles on the previous three years of tests; its published tables cover the total, Quant and Verbal.

What is the average GMAT score?

GMAC’s citizenship report gives a worldwide mean total of 558 for the current exam in its 2025 testing year, July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, across 93,196 exams. By citizenship, the mean was 564 for US citizens, 556 for Canadians and 568 for Indian citizens. These means count every exam taken, so someone who tested twice counts twice.

School averages are a different number: they describe the students a program admitted, not everyone who tested.

How do GMAT score percentiles change each year?

GMAC recalculates percentiles every year from recent test takers. Your scaled score stays the same for its five years, but the percentile beside it on a new report can shift slightly.