What Score Do You Need to Pass the JLPT (N5, N4, N3, N2, N1)?

What score do you need to pass the JLPT N5, N4, N3, N2, N1

How the score needed to pass the JLPT is worked out.

Note: If any section falls below the minimum score, you do not pass however high your overall total is.

N5 exam:
Total score: must be over 80 points (Maximum: 180)
Language knowledge & Reading: must be over 38 points (Maximum: 120)
Listening: must be over 19 points (Maximum: 60)

N4 exam:
Total score: must be over 90 points (Maximum: 180)
Language knowledge & Reading: must be over 38 points (Maximum: 120)
Listening: must be over 19 points (Maximum: 60)

N3 exam:
Total score: must be over 95 points (Maximum: 180)
Language knowledge (script, vocabulary, grammar): at least over 19 points (Maximum: 60)
Reading: must be over 19 points (Maximum: 60)
Listening: must be over 19 points (Maximum: 60)

N2 exam:
Total score: must be over 90 points (Maximum: 180)
Language knowledge (script, vocabulary, grammar): at least over 19 points (Maximum: 60)
Reading: must be over 19 points (Maximum: 60)
Listening: must be over 19 points (Maximum: 60)

N1 exam:
Total score: must be over 100 points (Maximum: 180)
Language knowledge (script, vocabulary, grammar): at least over 19 points (Maximum: 60)
Reading: must be over 19 points (Maximum: 60)
Listening: must be over 19 points (Maximum: 60)

See also:
JLPT N5 Papers by Year
JLPT N4 Papers by Year