Countries Without IELTS 2024

The number of testing centers listed are accurate as of April 2024. Centers may begin or cease operations at any time.

Country	Ielts Required	# of Testing Centers	Additional Details
United States	Yes (with exceptions)	28	Example universities that forego IELTS requirement:\| - University of Colorado, State University of N...
United Kingdom	Yes (with exceptions)	92	Example universities that forego IELTS requirement:\| - Birmingham City University, University of War...
Canada	Yes (with exceptions)	278	Example universities that forego IELTS requirement:\| - Concordia University, University of Regina, M...
Australia	Yes (with exceptions)	51	Example universities that forego IELTS requirement:\| - University of Adelaide, Bond University, Univ...
New Zealand	Yes (with exceptions)	25	Example universities that forego IELTS requirement:\| - University of Auckland, University of Otago, ...
India	No	2
China	No	1
Indonesia	No	72
Pakistan	No	87
Nigeria	No	89
Brazil	No	23
Bangladesh	No	70
Russia	No
Ethiopia	No	8
Mexico	No	64
Japan	No	36
Philippines	No	102
Egypt	No	50
DR Congo	No
Vietnam	No	67
Iran	No	6
Turkey	No	62
Germany	No	19
Thailand	No	54
Tanzania	No	2
France	No	17
South Africa	No	15
Italy	No	75
Kenya	No	28
Myanmar	No	10
Colombia	No	35
South Korea	No	41
Uganda	No	5
Sudan	No
Spain	No	31
Iraq	No	17
Algeria	No	5
Argentina	No	9
Afghanistan	No	1	Online testing only
Poland	No	21
Morocco	No	14
Ukraine	No	5
Angola	No
Saudi Arabia	No	120
Uzbekistan	No	48
Yemen	No
Mozambique	No	1
Ghana	No	20
Peru	No	8
Malaysia	No	31
Nepal	No	36
Madagascar	No
Ivory Coast	No
Venezuela	No	3
Cameroon	No	6
Niger	No
North Korea	No
Syria	No	1
Mali	No
Taiwan	No	54
Burkina Faso	No
Sri Lanka	No	33
Malawi	No	4
Zambia	No	5
Kazakhstan	No	40
Chile	No	9
Romania	No	9
Chad	No
Somalia	No
Ecuador	No	6
Guatemala	No	2
Senegal	No	3
Netherlands	No	9
Cambodia	No	6
Zimbabwe	No	11
Guinea	No	1	Online testing only
Rwanda	No	3
Benin	No
Burundi	No
Bolivia	No	2
Tunisia	No	6
Haiti	No	1	Online testing only
Belgium	No	4
Dominican Republic	No	2
Jordan	No	18
South Sudan	No	1	Online testing only
Cuba	No	1
Honduras	No	1	Online testing only
Sweden	No	4
Papua New Guinea	No	3
Czech Republic	No	5
Azerbaijan	No	8
Tajikistan	No
Greece	No	15
Portugal	No	9
Hungary	No	6
United Arab Emirates	No	140
Belarus	No
Israel	No	3
Togo	No
Sierra Leone	No	2
Austria	No	5
Switzerland	No	18
Laos	No	4
Hong Kong	No	18
Nicaragua	No	2
Serbia	No	4
Libya	No	3
Paraguay	No	2
Kyrgyzstan	No	3
Bulgaria	No	9
Turkmenistan	No
El Salvador	No	2
Republic of the Congo	No
Singapore	No	20
Denmark	No	3
Central African Republic	No
Slovakia	No	2
Finland	No	2
Liberia	No
Norway	No	6
Palestine	No	3
Costa Rica	No	4
Lebanon	No	17
Ireland	No	14
Mauritania	No
Oman	No	57
Panama	No	3
Kuwait	No	15
Croatia	No	5
Eritrea	No
Georgia	No	3
Mongolia	No	4
Uruguay	No	4
Moldova	No	2
Puerto Rico	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	No	1
Gambia	No
Albania	No	4
Jamaica	No	5
Armenia	No	7
Qatar	No	16
Botswana	No	2
Lithuania	No	2
Namibia	No	1
Gabon	No
Lesotho	No
Guinea Bissau	No
Slovenia	No	2
North Macedonia	No	1
Latvia	No	5
Equatorial Guinea	No
Trinidad and Tobago	No	6
Bahrain	No	9
Timor Leste	No	1
Estonia	No	1
Mauritius	No	11
Cyprus	No	22
Eswatini	No
Djibouti	No
Fiji	No	3
Guyana	No
Bhutan	No
Solomon Islands	No
Macau	No	7
Luxembourg	No	3
Suriname	No	1	Online testing only
Montenegro	No	2
Cape Verde	No
Malta	No	2
Maldives	No	2
Brunei	No	2
Belize	No	1	Online testing only
Bahamas	No	1	Online testing only
Iceland	No	2
Vanuatu	No
French Polynesia	No
New Caledonia	No
Barbados	No
Sao Tome and Principe	No
Samoa	No
Saint Lucia	No	1	Online testing only
Guam	No
Kiribati	No
Grenada	No	1	Online testing only
Tonga	No
Seychelles	No
Aruba	No	1	Online testing only
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No	1	Online testing only
Antigua and Barbuda	No	1	Online testing only
Andorra	No
Dominica	No	1	Online testing only
Bermuda	No
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No	1	Online testing only
Marshall Islands	No
San Marino	No
Saint Martin	No	1	Online testing only
Palau	No

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Countries Without IELTS 2024

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