Countries Without IELTS 2025

Country	Ielts Required↓	# of Testing Centers
United States	Yes (with exceptions)	28
United Kingdom	Yes (with exceptions)	92
Canada	Yes (with exceptions)	278
Australia	Yes (with exceptions)	51
New Zealand	Yes (with exceptions)	25
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
Egypt	No	50
Philippines	No	102
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
Sudan	No
Uganda	No	5
Spain	No	31
Algeria	No	5
Iraq	No	17
Argentina	No	9
Afghanistan	No	1
Yemen	No
Angola	No
Ukraine	No	5
Morocco	No	14
Poland	No	21
Uzbekistan	No	48
Malaysia	No	31
Mozambique	No	1
Ghana	No	20
Peru	No	8
Saudi Arabia	No	120
Madagascar	No
Ivory Coast	No
Cameroon	No	6
Nepal	No	36
Venezuela	No	3
Niger	No
North Korea	No
Syria	No	1
Mali	No
Burkina Faso	No
Sri Lanka	No	33
Taiwan	No	54
Malawi	No	4
Zambia	No	5
Chad	No
Kazakhstan	No	40
Chile	No	9
Somalia	No
Senegal	No	3
Romania	No	9
Guatemala	No	2
Netherlands	No	9
Ecuador	No	6
Cambodia	No	6
Zimbabwe	No	11
Guinea	No	1
Benin	No
Rwanda	No	3
Burundi	No
Bolivia	No	2
Tunisia	No	6
South Sudan	No	1
Haiti	No	1
Belgium	No	4
Jordan	No	18
Dominican Republic	No	2
United Arab Emirates	No	140
Honduras	No	1
Cuba	No	1
Tajikistan	No
Papua New Guinea	No	3
Sweden	No	4
Czechia	No	5
Portugal	No	9
Azerbaijan	No	8
Greece	No	15
Togo	No
Hungary	No	6
Israel	No	3
Austria	No	5
Belarus	No
Switzerland	No	18
Sierra Leone	No	2
Laos	No	4
Turkmenistan	No
Libya	No	3
Hong Kong	No	18
Kyrgyzstan	No	3
Paraguay	No	2
Nicaragua	No	2
Bulgaria	No	9
Serbia	No	4
Republic of the Congo	No
El Salvador	No	2
Denmark	No	3
Singapore	No	20
Lebanon	No	17
Liberia	No
Finland	No	2
Norway	No	6
Palestine	No	3
Central African Republic	No
Oman	No	57
Slovakia	No	2
Mauritania	No
Ireland	No	14
Costa Rica	No	4
Kuwait	No	15
Panama	No	3
Croatia	No	5
Georgia	No	3
Eritrea	No
Mongolia	No	4
Uruguay	No	4
Puerto Rico	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	No	1
Qatar	No	16
Namibia	No	1
Moldova	No	2
Armenia	No	7
Jamaica	No	5
Lithuania	No	2
Gambia	No
Albania	No	4
Gabon	No
Botswana	No	2
Lesotho	No
Guinea-Bissau	No
Slovenia	No	2
Equatorial Guinea	No
Latvia	No	5
North Macedonia	No	1
Bahrain	No	9
Trinidad and Tobago	No	6
Timor-Leste	No	1
Cyprus	No	22
Estonia	No	1
Mauritius	No	11
Eswatini	No
Djibouti	No
Fiji	No	3
Solomon Islands	No
Guyana	No
Bhutan	No
Macau	No	7
Luxembourg	No	3
Suriname	No	1
Montenegro	No	2
Malta	No	2
Maldives	No	2
Cape Verde	No
Brunei	No	2
Belize	No	1
Bahamas	No	1
Iceland	No	2
Vanuatu	No
New Caledonia	No
Barbados	No
French Polynesia	No
Sao Tome and Principe	No
Samoa	No
Saint Lucia	No	1
Guam	No
Kiribati	No
Seychelles	No
Grenada	No	1
Aruba	No	1
Tonga	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No	1
Antigua and Barbuda	No	1
Andorra	No
Dominica	No	1
Bermuda	No
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No	1
Marshall Islands	No
San Marino	No
Saint Martin	No	1
Palau	No

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