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.

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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
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	Online testing only
Yemen	No
Poland	No	21
Morocco	No	14
Angola	No
Ukraine	No	5
Uzbekistan	No	48
Malaysia	No	31
Mozambique	No	1
Ghana	No	20
Peru	No	8
Saudi Arabia	No	120
Madagascar	No
Ivory Coast	No
Nepal	No	36
Cameroon	No	6
Venezuela	No	3
Niger	No
North Korea	No
Syria	No	1
Mali	No
Burkina Faso	No
Taiwan	No	54
Sri Lanka	No	33
Malawi	No	4
Zambia	No	5
Kazakhstan	No	40
Chad	No
Chile	No	9
Romania	No	9
Somalia	No
Senegal	No	3
Guatemala	No	2
Netherlands	No	9
Ecuador	No	6
Cambodia	No	6
Zimbabwe	No	11
Guinea	No	1	Online testing only
Benin	No
Rwanda	No	3
Burundi	No
Bolivia	No	2
Tunisia	No	6
South Sudan	No	1	Online testing only
Haiti	No	1	Online testing only
Belgium	No	4
Jordan	No	18
Dominican Republic	No	2
United Arab Emirates	No	140
Cuba	No	1
Honduras	No	1	Online testing only
Czech Republic	No	5
Sweden	No	4
Tajikistan	No
Papua New Guinea	No	3
Portugal	No	9
Azerbaijan	No	8
Greece	No	15
Hungary	No	6
Togo	No
Israel	No	3
Austria	No	5
Belarus	No
Switzerland	No	18
Sierra Leone	No	2
Laos	No	4
Turkmenistan	No
Hong Kong	No	18
Libya	No	3
Kyrgyzstan	No	3
Paraguay	No	2
Nicaragua	No	2
Bulgaria	No	9
Serbia	No	4
El Salvador	No	2
Republic of the Congo	No
Denmark	No	3
Singapore	No	20
Lebanon	No	17
Finland	No	2
Liberia	No
Norway	No	6
Slovakia	No	2
Palestine	No	3
Central African Republic	No
Oman	No	57
Ireland	No	14
Mauritania	No
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
Moldova	No	2
Namibia	No	1
Armenia	No	7
Lithuania	No	2
Jamaica	No	5
Albania	No	4
Gambia	No
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
Estonia	No	1
Cyprus	No	22
Mauritius	No	11
Eswatini	No
Djibouti	No
Fiji	No	3
Guyana	No
Solomon Islands	No
Bhutan	No
Macau	No	7
Luxembourg	No	3
Montenegro	No	2
Suriname	No	1	Online testing only
Malta	No	2
Maldives	No	2
Cape Verde	No
Brunei	No	2
Belize	No	1	Online testing only
Bahamas	No	1	Online testing only
Iceland	No	2
Vanuatu	No
New Caledonia	No
Barbados	No
French Polynesia	No
Sao Tome and Principe	No
Samoa	No
Saint Lucia	No	1	Online testing only
Guam	No
Kiribati	No
Seychelles	No
Grenada	No	1	Online testing only
Aruba	No	1	Online testing only
Tonga	No
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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