Grade to US GPA Converters

56 national grading scales, 16 of them percentage-based, mapped band by band to a US 4.0 GPA. Each page names the local classification first, because that is the part your transcript actually states.

There is no official conversion, and this page will not pretend otherwise. Credential evaluators and universities publish tables that disagree — most sharply at the top of each scale, which is exactly where an application is decided. Use these figures to know roughly where you stand, not to fill in a form. The institution you are applying to applies its own table, and that is the one that counts.

Scales that run backwards

On these 4 scales the lowest number is the best grade. It is the one thing on this page worth memorising: a German 1.3 is an excellent degree, and a Filipino 1.25 is near-perfect. Read either as a US GPA and you turn a top student into a failing one.

Grading scales where a lower number is a better grade
Country	Scale	Best	Worst	Top classification
Austria	1 to 5 (inverted)	1	5	Sehr gut
Czechia	1 to 4 (inverted)	1	4	Výborně (excellent)
Germany	1.0 to 5.0 (inverted)	1	5	sehr gut (very good)
Philippines	1.00 to 5.00 (inverted)	1	5	Excellent

Africa

Asia

Latin America

Middle East

North America

Canada 0–100

Oceania

The US 4.0 scale

The one fixed part of this. Most US institutions cap at 4.0; some award 4.3 for an A+, which is why a converted figure occasionally exceeds 4.0 on other sites.

US letter grades and their 4.0 point values
Letter	Points
A	4.0
A-	3.7
B+	3.3
B	3.0
B-	2.7
C+	2.3
C	2.0
C-	1.7
D+	1.3
D	1.0
F	0.0

What decides a converted GPA

The same number means different things on different scales. Three features of a national scale decide how a grade should be read.

The shape of the scale

Of the 56 scales here, 40 are point scales and 16 are percentages. The commonest ranges are 0–100 (16 countries), 0–10 (7 countries), 0–5 (7 countries), 0–4 (6 countries), and a scale is divided into anywhere from 4 to 11 bands.

Where the pass mark sits

A pass sits 20% of the way up the scale in Finland, Norway, Singapore and Sweden, and 60% of the way up in Brazil, China, Colombia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland and Taiwan. The same position on the number line can be a comfortable pass in one country and a fail in another.

Bands, not proportions

Every country page places a grade in its national band and reads the US equivalent from that band. Scaling the number proportionally to 4.0 goes wrong in both directions:

India: 65% falls in First Division / First Class, conventionally a US A- (3.7). Proportional scaling gives 2.6.
United Kingdom: 65% falls in Upper Second-Class Honours (2:1), conventionally a US A- (3.7). Proportional scaling gives 2.6.
Italy: 27 falls in Good, conventionally a US B+ (3.3). Proportional scaling gives 3.6.

Reading a country page

The local classification comes first, because it is what the transcript states. The US letter and points beside it are a convention.
The band table lists every band on the scale, best first, with its conventional US equivalent.
Position on the scale is where a grade sits on the number line, not a percentile among students.
Pass or fail uses the country's own pass mark, whichever direction its scale runs.

Common mistakes

Scaling proportionally. It reads the India example 1.1 points too low and the Italy example 0.3 too high.
Reading an inverted scale forwards. On 4 of these scales the lowest number is the best grade.
Judging a grade by its distance from the top. A 65% in the United Kingdom is 65% of the way up the scale, yet it is the second-highest of 5 classifications.
Treating the US figure as official. No official conversion exists, and the institution you apply to uses its own table.

Where to go next

Open your country above, listed by region.
Methodology — how bands map to the US 4.0 scale, and where each national scale comes from.
Disclaimer — why no conversion here is official.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an official way to convert a foreign grade to a US GPA?

No, and that is the most important thing on this page. WES, Scholaro, ECE and individual university admissions offices publish tables that disagree with one another, most sharply at the top of each scale. These pages give the band your grade falls in — which is a fact printed on your transcript — and the conventional US equivalent beside it, labelled as a convention.

Why does proportional scaling give the wrong answer?

Because the two systems are shaped differently. A US GPA averages course grades on a scale whose top is routinely awarded; most national scales reserve their top band for a small fraction of students. Treating a French 14/20 as 70% and therefore a C ignores that 14 is a good result in a system where 20 is never given. Band mapping avoids that trap, which is why these pages use it.

Which scales run backwards?

4 of the 56 here: Austria, Czechia, Germany, Philippines. On those the lowest number is the best grade. A German 1.3 or a Filipino 1.25 is excellent work, and reading either as a US GPA would turn a top student into a failing one — the commonest and most damaging misreading in this whole area.

Do I need to submit a converted GPA with my application?

Usually not. Most US universities either evaluate the transcript themselves or require a report from a credential evaluation service, and a self-calculated figure carries no weight either way. These pages are for knowing where you stand before you commit to an application fee, not for filling in a box on a form.

Local classifications follow each country's national qualifications framework or ministry of education grading regulations; the US letter column follows the convention common to US credential evaluation.

There is no official conversion from a national grade to a US 4.0 GPA. Credential evaluators and individual universities publish tables that disagree, most of all near the top of each scale. Treat the figure here as the common convention and the local classification as the fact; the receiving institution's own table is the one that decides.

Data on this page last verified 27 August 2026. How these figures are calculated