What Is the Rarest Personality Type?

Of the 16 personality types established by the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI), one stands out as the rarest of them all.

The “winner” is the INFJ combination, with only 1.5 percent of the general population estimated to be this personality type.

Unless you’re very familiar with the test, those letters probably mean nothing to you. But each letter represents a category that, when put together, pinpoints some of the main components of the INFJ personality.

According to the Myers-Briggs Company, these are the characteristics of a typical INFJ person:

• They seek “meaning and connection in ideas, relationships, and material possessions.”
• They’re interested in understanding people’s motivations.
• They’re insightful, as well as “conscientious and committed to their firm values.”
• They have “a clear vision about how best to serve the common good.”
• They’re organized and decisive when implementing their vision.
• They’re also “quietly intense,” creative, sensitive and serious.

Breaking it down further, here’s what the letters themselves…