Which standardized English test is the most affordable? Well, the Duolingo English Test is $59 and that’s the best deal (and probably always will be). But what if you are locked into the IELTS, TOEFL and PTE tests? Which one of those is the best deal? It seems that the PTE is the cheapest test.
To answer this question, I compared the prices in ten countries which send a lot of traffic to this website. Note that I omitted Iran, China, Turkey and Russia for various reasons.
United States
This one is hard to track since sales tax is usually added to the price, and the cost of the IELTS differs from place to place. But, basically, the prices seem to be:
- IELTS: $280 (taxes included)
- PTE: $235 +tax
- TOEFL: $255 +tax
India
- IELTS: $195
- PTE: $191
- TOEFL: $205
South Korea
- IELTS: $220
- PTE: $199
- TOEFL: $220
Japan
- IELTS: $193
- PTE: $230
- TOEFL: $245
Taiwan
- IELTS: $240
- PTE: $240
- TOEFL: $245
Germany
- IELTS: $273
- PTE: $250
- TOEFL: $265
France
- IELTS: $277
- PTE: $265
- TOEFL: $270
Brazil
- IELTS: $245
- PTE: $225
- TOEFL: $240
Indonesia
- IELTS: $204
- PTE: $200
- TOEFL: $210
Mexico
- IELTS: $239
- PTE: $225
- TOEFL: $250
Armenia
- IELTS: $248
- PTE: $210
- TOEFL: $235
Average of the above countries (not counting the USA)
- IELTS: $233
- PTE: $223
- TOEFL: $238