The IB Diploma Programme

Provisional Statistical Bulletin

May 2019 Examination Session

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The IB Diploma Programme Provisional Statistical Bulletin, May 2019 Examination Session.

International Baccalaureate
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United Kingdom
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Provisional data

These data tables are provisional. They are a snapshot of outcomes taken shortly before
results are released to candidate and do not reflect changes due to Enquiry upon Results
or IB investigations were schools have not responded to inquiries by issue of results. A
confirmed version of this statistical release we be made available at the end of
September. Whilst provisional, we do not anticipate significant changes to outcomes or
entries to occur when the final bulletin is released.

If you have feedback on this statistical bulletin please email support@ibo.org.

Key to abbreviations

Categories of registration
Diploma Programme (DP) candidates must register in one of four categories:

Diploma: Candidates intending to complete the requirements for the award of an IB Diploma.
Retake*: Previous IB Diploma candidates who are seeking to improve their results by retaking one or more subjects.
The highest grade obtained for a subject will contribute towards the IB.
Course: Candidates taking one or more subjects who are not seeking the award of the IB Diploma.
Anticipated: Candidates intending to complete the requirements for one or two standard level subjects (excluding
languages ab initio and pilot subjects) at the end of their first year of the Diploma Programme. They must complete
all remaining IB Diploma requirements in the corresponding examination session the following year.

*Unless otherwise stated, retake candidates are included in the dataset.

IB Regions
Schools authorized to offer the IB Diploma Programme are grouped by geographical regions. The abbreviations
used in the tables are the codes describing the following geographical regions:

IBA: IB Americas
IBAEM: IB Africa, Europe, Middle East
IBAP: IB Asia-Pacific

Other Abbreviations

HL: Higher Level

SL: Standard Level
TOK/TK: Theory of Knowledge
EE: Extended Essay

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Session Overview

Candidates Exams Subjects Countries Schools

166,278 630,430 216 144 2,926

Mean Grade Number of First Languages Number of First Nationalities

4.63 179 211

Diploma Average Total Diploma Candidates

Diploma Pass Rate Diploma Mean Grade Points with 45 Points
77.40 4.76 29.63 213

Regional Distribution of Candidates

IBA IBAEM IBAP

66.22% 21.94% 11.84%

Regional Distribution of Schools

IBA IBAEM IBAP

50.65% 32.91% 16.44%

Percentage Split by Gender

F M X

56.39% 43.46%

Percentage Split by Category

ANTICIPATED COURSE DIPLOMA RETAKE

16.56% 31.29% 51.05%

Distribution of Schools by Legal Status

PRIVATE STATE

50.27% 49.73%

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Diploma Results
(Diploma and Retake Category Candidates)

Number of Candidates and Pass Rate

Number of Candidates Pass Rate
100,000 84

80,000 82
80.84
Number of Candidates

60,000 79.33 80

Pass Rate
78.42 78.17
40,000 78

77.40
20,000 76

69,834 74,394 80,098 84,435 85,783

0 74
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Mean Grade
5.0
Mean Grade

4.8

4.6
4.84 4.82 4.81 4.79 4.76
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Percentage of Diplomas Awarded

% Bilingual diploma awarded % Diploma awarded

100

50
57.86 56.82 55.91 55.46 53.72
22.98 22.51 22.51 22.71 23.68
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Number of Diplomas Awarded by Region

IBA IBAEM IBAP

2015 25,716 19,632 11,104

2016 26,516 20,674 11,825
2017 27,574 22,021 13,219
2018 28,205 23,245 14,553
2019 27,274 24,165 14,956

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Total Points and Core Points

(Diploma and Retake Category Candidates)

Number of Candidates Scoring 45 Points and Mean Total Points

Candidates Scoring 45 Points Mean Total Points
300 32.00
Candidates Scoring 45 points

Mean Total Points

200 30.24
29.95 29.88 29.76 30.00

100
29.63

214 201 278 259 213

0 28.00
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Percentage of Candidates Awarded Core Points

0 1 2 3
100%
10.14% 9.11% 9.52%
80%
38.11% 37.15% 36.62% 36.04%
40.45%
60%

40% 25.80% 25.05% 25.86% 26.21%

26.41%
20%
23.00% 26.98% 28.29% 29.79% 29.90%
0%
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Total Points Distribution

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
5,000

4,000
Number of Candidates

3,000

2,000

1,000

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Total Points

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Extended Essay

Grade Distribution by Subject Group

Grade No grade Total

A B C D E N awarded awarded
Studies in Language and Literature 2,853 4,832 Studies
6,417in Language
3,030 and108 152
Literature 17,240 152 17,392
Language acquisition 733 1,353 Language
1,700 acquisition
787 31 44 4,604 44 4,648
Individuals and societies 3,128 7,710 15,497 13,271
Individuals and societies 929 420 40,535 420 40,955
Sciences 1,151 3,617 Sciences
5,338 2,359 111 91 12,576 91 12,667
Mathematics 401 968 743
Mathematics 133 5 18 2,250 18 2,268
The arts 783 1,298 The2,254
arts 1,614 165 72 6,114 72 6,186
Interdisciplinary 146 304 Interdisciplinary
627 389 9 13 1,475 13 1,488
Total 9,195 20,082 32,576
Total 21,583 1,358 810 84,794 810 85,604

% Grade Distribution by Subject Group

Grade No grade
A B C D E N awarded awarded
Studies in Language and Literature 16.40% 27.78% 36.90%Studies in Language
17.42% 0.62%and Literature
0.87% 99.13% 0.87%
Language acquisition 15.77% 29.11% 36.57%Language
16.93% acquisition
0.67% 0.95% 99.05% 0.95%
Individuals and societies 7.64% 18.83% 37.84%Individuals
32.40% and societies
2.27% 1.03% 98.97% 1.03%
Sciences 9.09% 28.55% Sciences
42.14% 18.62% 0.88% 0.72% 99.28% 0.72%
Mathematics 17.68% 42.68% 32.76%Mathematics
5.86% 0.22% 0.79% 99.21% 0.79%
The arts 12.66% 20.98% 36.44%The26.09%
arts 2.67% 1.16% 98.84% 1.16%
Interdisciplinary 9.81% 20.43% 42.14%Interdisciplinary
26.14% 0.60% 0.87% 99.13% 0.87%
Total 10.74% 23.46% 38.05%Total25.21% 1.59% 0.95% 99.05% 0.95%

Top 10 Extended Essay Subjects

A B C D E N

HISTORY

ENGLISH A

PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGY

ECONOMICS

WLD. STUDIES

BUS MAN

VISUAL ARTS

PHYSICS

ENGLISH B

0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000

Number of Candidates

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Theory of Knowledge

Grade Distribution

Grade No grade Total

A B C D E N awarded awarded
4,689 21,824 41,776 16,554 602 721 85445 721 86166

% Grade Distribution by Subject Group

Grade No grade
A B C D E N awarded awarded
5.44% 25.33% 48.48% 19.21% 0.70% 0.84% 99.16% 0.84%

Grade Distribution
50,000

41,776
40,000
Number of Candidates

30,000

21,824
20,000 16,554

10,000
4,689
602
0
E D C B A

Number of Candidates by Language

ENGLISH 76,064

SPANISH 7,586

CHINESE 952

FRENCH 711

GERMAN 132

0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000

Number of Candidates

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Year on Year growth

Year Number Percentage Number of Percentage Average Number of Average number of

of of increase candidates of increase number of diploma diploma and retake
schools examined candidates and retake candidates per
entered per school candidates school
1990 301 13,122 43.6 4,263 14.2
1991 322 6.98% 14,528 10.71% 45.1 4,784 14.9
1992 346 7.45% 15,822 8.91% 45.7 5,652 16.3
1993 370 6.94% 17,223 8.85% 46.5 6,375 17.2
1994 403 8.92% 19,238 11.70% 47.7 7,282 18.1
1995 434 7.69% 20,920 8.74% 48.2 8,326 19.2
1996 452 4.15% 23,099 10.42% 51.1 9,330 20.6
1997 501 10.84% 26,210 13.47% 52.3 10,784 21.5
1998 566 12.97% 29,156 11.24% 51.5 12,395 21.9
1999 630 11.31% 32,650 11.98% 51.8 13,930 22.1
2000 674 6.98% 36,251 11.03% 53.8 15,451 22.9
2001 739 9.64% 40,047 10.47% 54.2 16,746 22.7
2002 823 11.37% 46,119 15.16% 56.0 19,694 23.9
2003 883 7.29% 51,384 11.42% 58.2 22,491 25.5
2004 970 9.85% 56,469 9.90% 58.2 24,942 25.7
2005 1,054 8.66% 63,084 11.71% 59.9 27,767 26.3
2006 1,176 11.57% 71,126 12.75% 60.5 31,906 27.1
2007 1,288 9.52% 78,860 10.87% 61.2 35,653 27.7
2008 1,426 10.71% 86,485 9.67% 60.6 39,598 27.8
2009 1,579 10.73% 95,244 10.13% 60.3 44,759 28.3
2010 1,728 9.44% 103,194 8.35% 59.7 48,605 28.1
2011 1,926 11.46% 111,276 7.83% 57.8 53,288 27.7
2012 2,064 7.17% 119,307 7.22% 57.8 57,187 27.7
2013 2,156 4.46% 127,075 6.51% 58.9 61,644 28.6
2014 2,211 2.55% 135,045 6.27% 61.1 67,524 30.5
2015 2,437 10.22% 141,828 5.02% 58.2 69,975 28.7
2016 2,485 1.97% 147,843 4.24% 59.5 74,581 30.0
2017 2,666 7.28% 157,488 6.52% 59.1 80,358 30.1
2018 2,790 4.65% 163,173 3.61% 58.5 84,468 30.3
2019 2,926 4.87% 166,278 1.90% 56.8 85,783 29.3

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Subjects
Subjects with fewer than 10 candidates are excluded from these lists

Grade Distribution by Subject Group

Group Candidates Mean Grade % 1 % 2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7
Studies in Language and Literature 121,413 4.95 0.0 0.9 6.5 25.1 37.3 24.9 5.3
Language acquisition 96,506 5.26 0.1 1.4 7.1 17.1 25.9 35.3 13.1
Individuals and societies 144,876 4.62 0.3 4.0 12.6 28.8 30.2 18.3 5.6
Sciences 121,634 4.28 1.3 10.3 20.7 24.0 21.1 15.5 6.9
Mathematics 103,005 4.26 2.3 11.3 17.9 23.6 23.3 15.0 6.7
The arts 28,043 4.29 0.2 5.7 22.4 28.9 25.2 13.8 3.7
Interdisciplinary 14,953 4.17 1.7 7.8 24.0 25.7 23.9 12.0 4.8
Total 630,430 4.63 0.8 5.6 13.7 24.5 27.7 20.8 7.0

Studies in Language and Literature Grade Distribution

Subject Candidates Mean Grade % 1 % 2 % 3 % 4 %5 %6 %7
ALBANIA A LIT HL 33 6.52 3.0 39.4 57.6
ALBANIA A LIT SL 43 6.33 2.3 7.0 46.5 44.2
AMHARIC A LIT HL 19 6.26 21.1 31.6 47.4
AMHARIC A LIT SL 33 6.09 6.1 15.2 42.4 36.4
ARABIC A LAL HL 129 5.36 3.6 9.0 38.7 45.0 3.6
ARABIC A LAL SL 357 5.34 0.8 12.4 45.1 35.5 6.2
ARABIC A LIT HL 54 5.13 3.7 25.9 33.3 27.8 9.3
ARABIC A LIT SL 340 5.07 0.3 1.8 6.6 23.4 25.8 33.6 8.4
ARMENIA A LIT SL 29 6.14 6.9 13.8 37.9 41.4
AZERBAI A LIT HL 19 6.63 36.8 63.2
BENGALI A LIT HL 10 5.90 10.0 10.0 60.0 20.0
BENGALI A LIT SL 23 5.96 4.3 17.4 56.5 21.7
BOSNIAN A LIT HL 53 6.06 17.3 59.6 23.1
BULGARI A LIT HL 32 6.31 6.3 56.3 37.5
BULGARI A LIT SL 23 6.23 9.1 59.1 31.8
BURMESE A LIT SL 14 6.00 7.1 28.6 21.4 42.9
CATALAN A LIT HL 141 6.14 1.4 15.2 50.7 32.6
CATALAN A LIT SL 43 5.46 15.4 33.3 41.0 10.3
CHINESE A LAL HL 678 5.67 0.4 6.1 31.6 50.1 11.9
CHINESE A LAL SL 1,459 5.77 0.1 0.6 4.1 27.0 53.9 14.3
CHINESE A LIT HL 538 5.44 0.2 10.7 42.7 37.8 8.6
CHINESE A LIT SL 1,469 5.38 0.9 8.6 45.0 42.3 3.2
CROATIA A LIT HL 58 5.34 25.9 31.0 25.9 17.2
CROATIA A LIT SL 25 5.64 4.0 36.0 52.0 8.0
CZECH A LIT HL 65 5.67 1.6 9.4 26.6 45.3 17.2
CZECH A LIT SL 64 5.64 1.6 12.5 34.4 23.4 28.1
DANISH A LIT HL 170 5.57 14.4 29.9 40.1 15.6
DANISH A LIT SL 133 5.73 3.8 11.5 22.3 32.3 30.0
DUTCH A LAL HL 106 5.25 1.0 19.2 38.5 36.5 4.8
DUTCH A LAL SL 204 5.25 3.4 19.2 34.5 34.5 8.4
DUTCH A LIT SL 151 5.11 0.7 0.7 4.0 15.2 46.4 27.8 5.3
ENGLISH A LAL HL 27,817 4.96 0.0 0.5 5.9 25.6 37.7 25.2 5.1
ENGLISH A LAL SL 17,152 5.09 0.0 0.3 4.0 21.2 39.5 31.2 3.8
ENGLISH A LIT HL 39,244 4.67 0.0 1.5 8.9 31.7 39.3 16.1 2.4
ENGLISH A LIT SL 6,504 4.99 0.0 0.8 5.9 23.2 38.8 25.8 5.5

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Studies in Language and Literature Grade Distribution

Subject Candidates Mean Grade % 1 % 2 % 3 %4 %5 %6 %7
ESTONIA A LIT HL 15 6.60 6.7 26.7 66.7
ESTONIA A LIT SL 19 6.32 5.3 10.5 26.3 57.9
FILIPIN A LIT HL 17 5.29 11.8 5.9 29.4 47.1 5.9
FILIPIN A LIT SL 63 5.08 1.6 12.9 17.7 24.2 30.6 12.9
FINNISH A LIT HL 163 5.29 2.5 12.4 44.7 34.2 6.2
FINNISH A LIT SL 175 5.36 0.6 20.5 31.6 36.8 10.5
FRENCH A LAL HL 449 5.09 2.0 24.3 41.6 26.7 5.4
FRENCH A LAL SL 524 5.31 1.0 18.0 36.7 37.2 7.1
FRENCH A LIT HL 485 5.20 4.2 20.0 37.0 29.0 9.8
FRENCH A LIT SL 272 5.08 0.4 4.5 23.0 38.3 26.8 7.1
GEORGIA A LIT HL 21 6.33 14.3 38.1 47.6
GERMAN A LAL HL 447 5.31 3.4 19.8 29.4 37.1 10.3
GERMAN A LAL SL 514 5.25 2.3 21.2 32.9 36.5 7.0
GERMAN A LIT HL 578 5.06 3.0 23.6 42.4 26.3 4.7
GERMAN A LIT SL 310 4.95 2.3 6.5 26.3 33.1 22.4 9.4
HEBREW A LIT SL 49 5.94 2.0 6.1 14.3 46.9 30.6
HINDI A LIT HL 39 5.97 33.3 35.9 30.8
HINDI A LIT SL 130 5.61 1.5 2.3 12.3 22.3 40.8 20.8
HUNGARI A LIT HL 28 5.89 7.1 28.6 32.1 32.1
HUNGARI A LIT SL 70 6.20 2.9 14.3 42.9 40.0
INDONES A LAL HL 171 5.33 3.0 17.3 33.3 36.3 10.1
INDONES A LAL SL 258 5.40 10.5 43.0 42.2 4.3
INDONES A LIT HL 72 5.79 1.4 31.9 52.8 13.9
INDONES A LIT SL 134 5.59 0.7 2.2 6.7 29.9 47.8 12.7
ITALIAN A LAL HL 127 5.67 5.5 30.7 55.1 8.7
ITALIAN A LAL SL 86 5.84 27.9 60.5 11.6
ITALIAN A LIT HL 193 5.21 2.1 20.3 40.6 28.1 8.9
ITALIAN A LIT SL 185 4.99 1.1 5.9 30.3 25.9 28.6 8.1
JAPANES A LAL HL 137 5.91 2.9 18.2 63.5 15.3
JAPANES A LAL SL 115 5.55 2.6 7.9 32.5 45.6 11.4
JAPANES A LIT HL 102 6.11 22.5 44.1 33.3
JAPANES A LIT SL 153 5.99 2.6 3.9 19.7 39.5 34.2
KAZAKH A LIT SL 31 4.55 6.5 45.2 35.5 12.9
KHMER A LIT HL 28 6.57 7.1 28.6 64.3
KHMER A LIT SL 18 5.94 5.6 27.8 33.3 33.3
KOREAN A LAL HL 135 6.08 1.5 18.5 50.4 29.6
KOREAN A LAL SL 230 5.98 0.4 4.8 15.3 55.5 24.0
KOREAN A LIT HL 127 5.79 2.4 31.0 52.4 14.3
KOREAN A LIT SL 414 5.83 1.0 5.3 23.2 51.1 19.4
LATVIAN A LIT HL 42 5.83 7.1 21.4 52.4 19.0
LITHUAN A LIT HL 23 6.09 13.0 8.7 34.8 43.5
LITHUAN A LIT SL 71 6.00 5.6 26.8 29.6 38.0
MACEDON A LIT HL 41 6.73 5.0 17.5 77.5
MACEDON A LIT SL 23 6.52 9.5 28.6 61.9
MALAY A LIT SL 267 6.45 0.4 0.7 1.5 48.7 48.7
MOD. GR A LAL HL 57 6.05 15.8 63.2 21.1
MOD. GR A LAL SL 119 5.73 1.7 5.0 31.9 41.2 20.2
MOD. GR A LIT HL 33 5.33 18.2 42.4 27.3 12.1
MOD. GR A LIT SL 274 5.33 0.4 1.8 19.1 34.6 30.9 13.2

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Studies in Language and Literature Grade Distribution

Subject Candidates Mean Grade % 1 % 2 % 3 %4 %5 %6 %7
NEPALI A LIT HL 11 6.64 36.4 63.6
NEPALI A LIT SL 46 6.50 2.2 45.7 52.2
NORWEGI A LAL HL 33 5.85 3.0 18.2 69.7 9.1
NORWEGI A LAL SL 23 5.57 17.4 17.4 56.5 8.7
NORWEGI A LIT HL 148 5.52 1.4 13.7 29.5 42.5 13.0
NORWEGI A LIT SL 115 5.10 1.8 4.5 20.7 36.9 27.0 9.0
PERSIAN A LIT HL 21 3.43 4.8 61.9 19.0 14.3
PERSIAN A LIT SL 51 3.84 2.0 12.0 28.0 30.0 16.0 10.0 2.0
POLISH A LIT HL 160 5.47 1.3 13.8 36.9 33.1 15.0
POLISH A LIT SL 928 5.40 1.7 16.1 33.9 36.8 11.4
PORTUGU A LAL HL 368 5.42 0.8 21.2 25.5 40.5 12.0
PORTUGU A LAL SL 160 5.42 14.4 40.0 35.0 10.6
PORTUGU A LIT HL 70 5.41 11.8 45.6 32.4 10.3
PORTUGU A LIT SL 86 5.35 2.4 23.5 25.9 32.9 15.3
ROMANIA A LIT HL 28 6.46 53.6 46.4
ROMANIA A LIT SL 29 6.54 10.7 25.0 64.3
RUSSIAN A LAL HL 48 5.90 2.1 31.3 41.7 25.0
RUSSIAN A LAL SL 136 5.74 4.4 29.4 54.4 11.8
RUSSIAN A LIT HL 129 5.35 7.8 16.4 27.3 29.7 18.8
RUSSIAN A LIT SL 268 4.90 1.9 11.0 22.8 33.5 20.5 10.3
SERBIAN A LIT HL 49 5.71 6.1 24.5 61.2 8.2
SERBIAN A LIT SL 43 6.02 2.3 14.0 62.8 20.9
SESOTHO A LIT HL 20 6.15 5.0 75.0 20.0
SLOVAK A LIT HL 14 5.79 7.1 35.7 28.6 28.6
SLOVAK A LIT SL 56 5.75 3.6 7.1 23.2 42.9 23.2
SLOVENE A LIT HL 71 6.24 4.2 7.0 49.3 39.4
SPANISH A LAL HL 2,751 4.86 1.0 7.5 24.3 43.0 19.8 4.4
SPANISH A LAL SL 1,245 4.75 2.8 12.9 24.5 30.8 23.8 5.2
SPANISH A LIT HL 6,307 4.52 0.0 2.1 14.4 33.2 32.4 15.1 2.8
SPANISH A LIT SL 676 4.93 1.3 8.1 26.3 32.5 24.5 7.3
SWAHILI A LIT HL 11 5.90 20.0 70.0 10.0
SWAHILI A LIT SL 49 5.63 4.114.3 18.4 40.8 22.4
SWEDISH A LAL HL 68 5.31 1.520.9 34.3 31.3 11.9
SWEDISH A LAL SL 192 5.36 0.5 2.117.0 29.8 42.6 8.0
SWEDISH A LIT HL 148 5.42 2.814.6 31.9 38.9 11.8
SWEDISH A LIT SL 205 5.41 0.5 3.015.1 32.7 34.2 14.6
THAI A LAL HL 53 5.79 7.5 30.2 37.7 24.5
THAI A LAL SL 159 5.84 6.3 23.9 49.1 20.8
THAI A LIT SL 39 4.95 2.6 10.3 30.8 23.1 12.8 20.5
TURKISH A LIT HL 387 5.45 0.3 1.3 10.6 37.0 42.2 8.5
TURKISH A LIT SL 378 5.55 0.5 2.4 12.7 27.0 40.7 16.7
UKRAINI A LIT SL 11 6.67 33.3 66.7
URDU A LIT SL 45 6.00 2.3 20.5 52.3 25.0
VIETNAM A LIT HL 53 5.66 3.8 35.8 50.9 9.4
VIETNAM A LIT SL 133 5.27 0.8 1.6 19.7 37.8 28.3 11.8

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Language Acquisition Grade Distribution

Subject Candidates Mean Grade % 1 % 2 % 3 %4 %5 %6 %7
ARABIC AB. SL 389 4.53 8.6 17.7 23.4 19.7 23.6 7.0
ARABIC B HL 1,130 5.77 1.3 9.3 21.0 47.6 20.8
ARABIC B SL 535 5.65 0.2 1.1 10.3 24.3 49.8 14.2
BEG. HINDI SL 16 5.25 37.5 18.8 25.0 18.8
CHINESE B HL 962 6.30 0.1 0.4 1.8 8.5 45.9 43.4
CHINESE B SL 2,514 6.00 0.6 3.1 6.5 16.9 31.3 41.6
CLASS.GREEK SL 15 6.13 20.0 6.7 13.3 60.0
DANISH B HL 236 5.49 0.4 6.8 13.2 21.4 39.3 18.8
DANISH B SL 40 4.79 18.4 23.7 26.3 23.7 7.9
DUTCH B HL 127 5.94 5.5 17.3 55.1 22.0
DUTCH B SL 144 5.49 2.1 13.2 33.3 36.1 15.3
ENGLISH AB. SL 1,934 4.48 0.4 5.9 20.9 22.3 26.2 17.4 7.0
ENGLISH B HL 16,406 5.72 0.0 0.6 5.8 25.8 56.3 11.6
ENGLISH B SL 2,675 5.76 0.2 1.9 7.6 21.8 49.0 19.5
FINNISH B HL 20 5.70 5.0 35.0 45.0 15.0
FINNISH B SL 57 5.81 1.8 12.3 17.5 40.4 28.1
FRENCH AB. SL 3,883 4.89 0.2 3.3 11.4 23.3 26.2 24.5 11.0
FRENCH B HL 3,752 5.14 0.1 2.3 10.7 17.8 23.7 29.5 15.7
FRENCH B SL 12,189 5.03 0.1 1.8 8.2 23.0 27.5 30.5 8.9
GERMAN AB. SL 1,253 5.00 1.0 11.1 23.2 25.8 29.4 9.4
GERMAN B HL 1,617 5.68 2.2 10.1 24.8 43.8 19.2
GERMAN B SL 1,970 5.10 0.9 9.4 21.4 27.4 28.9 12.0
HEBREW B SL 55 5.87 7.4 25.9 38.9 27.8
HINDI B HL 454 5.43 0.9 11.3 38.9 42.0 6.9
HINDI B SL 925 5.78 0.3 3.7 24.7 59.8 11.5
INDONESIAN B HL 223 6.16 0.5 1.8 10.4 56.3 31.1
INDONESIAN B SL 179 6.01 0.6 3.4 16.9 53.4 25.8
ITALIAN AB. SL 592 4.87 1.2 10.4 28.3 28.4 24.0 7.7
ITALIAN B HL 186 5.93 1.1 8.6 4.3 11.8 30.6 43.5
ITALIAN B SL 407 4.80 2.7 20.4 23.9 18.7 16.2 18.2
JAPANESE AB. SL 435 5.04 0.5 3.3 13.2 17.4 22.6 26.8 16.2
JAPANESE B HL 102 6.12 1.0 1.0 9.9 10.9 27.7 49.5
JAPANESE B SL 372 5.08 0.6 7.5 26.1 27.8 25.0 13.1
KOREAN B HL 40 6.34 10.5 44.7 44.7
KOREAN B SL 64 5.35 1.7 5.0 18.3 28.3 25.0 21.7
LATIN HL 329 4.20 1.5 15.4 24.0 15.1 19.4 13.8 10.8
LATIN SL 917 3.91 0.3 11.3 32.3 26.7 15.3 10.3 3.7
MALAY AB. SL 49 6.18 2.0 16.3 42.9 38.8
MANDARIN AB. SL 1,412 5.41 0.2 1.9 7.8 15.1 21.0 29.5 24.4
NORWEGIAN B HL 154 5.59 1.3 4.6 11.2 21.1 40.8 21.1
NORWEGIAN B SL 74 5.32 8.2 16.4 28.8 28.8 17.8
PORTUGUESE B HL 62 6.19 3.2 16.1 38.7 41.9
PORTUGUESE B SL 63 5.92 6.3 28.6 31.7 33.3
RUSSIAN AB. SL 108 5.26 0.9 13.1 24.3 12.1 19.6 29.9
RUSSIAN B HL 99 6.54 6.1 33.7 60.2
RUSSIAN B SL 112 6.11 0.9 6.4 10.0 46.4 36.4
SPANISH AB. SL 7,756 4.96 0.1 2.8 9.5 24.2 25.8 27.3 10.3
SPANISH B HL 8,342 5.32 0.0 1.3 6.3 15.0 29.1 33.1 15.1
SPANISH B SL 20,611 5.03 0.0 0.7 9.2 23.6 28.5 28.9 9.1
SWAHILI AB. SL 47 5.53 2.1 10.6 29.8 46.8 10.6

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Language Acquisition Grade Distribution

Subject Candidates Mean Grade % 1 % 2 % 3 % 4 %5 %6 %7
SWAHILI B HL 38 5.89 2.6 23.7 55.3 18.4
SWAHILI B SL 79 5.42 1.3 13.9 38.0 35.4 11.4
SWEDISH B HL 189 5.48 4.3 13.8 26.1 41.0 14.9
SWEDISH B SL 158 5.08 1.3 9.6 23.6 23.6 29.9 12.1

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Individuals and Societies Grade Distribution

Subject Candidates Mean Grade % 1 % 2 % 3 %4 %5 %6 %7
ART HISTORY SL 137 4.95 0.8 5.5 10.9 15.6 29.7 23.4 14.1
BRAZ.SOC.STUD SL 164 4.92 3.0 11.0 24.4 25.0 25.6 11.0
BUS MAN HL 14,295 4.79 0.1 3.3 10.4 26.8 28.7 23.9 6.8
BUS MAN SL 7,392 4.79 0.5 4.7 10.1 23.8 30.9 21.3 8.8
CHILE & PAC. SL 38 5.43 5.4 51.4 37.8 5.4
CL.GK.ROM.ST. SL 44 5.40 2.5 10.0 15.0 20.0 22.5 30.0
ECONOMICS HL 16,401 5.09 0.4 2.5 8.2 18.1 30.9 27.7 12.3
ECONOMICS SL 9,168 4.66 0.9 5.5 16.3 21.0 25.2 21.9 9.2
GEOGRAPHY HL 5,489 5.17 0.0 0.6 6.7 17.9 36.7 25.3 12.7
GEOGRAPHY SL 3,876 4.79 0.2 3.0 13.9 22.2 31.0 20.9 8.8
GLOB. POL HL 2,254 5.07 0.1 1.0 5.5 20.9 37.7 27.3 7.5
GLOB. POL SL 1,296 4.76 0.1 3.0 10.8 25.0 35.9 18.4 6.8
HISTORY HL 43,472 4.29 0.2 4.6 15.6 38.6 29.2 9.9 1.8
HISTORY SL 7,910 4.45 0.1 4.0 11.1 36.1 35.0 11.7 2.0
ITGS HL 1,420 4.34 0.4 4.0 15.6 35.1 32.2 11.9 0.8
ITGS SL 1,457 4.33 0.2 6.1 17.8 30.3 30.0 13.7 1.9
PHILOSOPHY HL 1,749 4.92 0.2 1.0 9.2 25.1 32.7 24.6 7.2
PHILOSOPHY SL 2,392 4.77 1.7 13.2 25.9 31.6 21.0 6.6
POLITICAL TH. SL 23 5.48 8.7 8.7 26.1 39.1 17.4
PSYCHOLOGY HL 11,027 4.69 0.2 3.2 12.4 25.8 31.3 23.4 3.6
PSYCHOLOGY SL 10,441 4.39 0.8 8.5 14.3 27.7 28.1 17.3 3.2
SOC.CUL.ANTH. HL 750 4.82 0.1 2.8 13.3 25.8 26.3 20.3 11.4
SOC.CUL.ANTH. SL 1,886 4.51 0.2 3.1 15.9 31.8 28.4 16.7 3.9
TURK 20TH CEN SL 487 5.42 1.0 3.1 12.6 32.0 38.8 12.6
WLD ART CULT SL 56 5.73 9.1 25.5 49.1 16.4
WORLD RELIG. SL 1,243 4.60 0.3 2.1 14.4 31.5 29.0 18.3 4.5

Sciences Grade Distribution

Subject Candidates Mean Grade % 1 % 2 % 3 %4 %5 %6 %7
ASTRONOMY SL 25 4.68 12.0 36.0 32.0 12.0 8.0
BIOLOGY HL 30,881 4.34 1.2 8.3 18.6 27.0 23.1 16.3 5.6
BIOLOGY SL 21,268 4.18 0.9 10.9 21.9 26.7 20.6 14.3 4.8
CHEMISTRY HL 16,761 4.50 1.1 8.8 18.0 20.1 23.3 20.2 8.5
CHEMISTRY SL 15,927 4.01 2.8 15.6 22.6 21.4 17.0 15.1 5.4
COMPUTER SC. HL 2,234 4.20 2.0 11.6 18.0 24.5 25.4 13.1 5.3
COMPUTER SC. SL 2,192 3.84 2.3 17.2 24.9 24.0 16.7 11.4 3.6
DESIGN TECH. HL 1,280 4.45 0.3 4.9 16.1 31.1 27.4 16.5 3.7
DESIGN TECH. SL 1,084 3.96 8.5 28.2 32.6 22.0 7.0 1.7
FOOD SCI.TECH SL 19 5.84 5.3 21.1 52.6 21.1
MARINE SCI. SL 193 4.30 11.7 21.1 25.0 20.6 11.1 10.6
NOS SL 193 4.36 11.4 15.0 25.4 27.5 15.5 5.2
PHYSICS HL 13,848 4.65 0.7 6.4 18.6 20.9 22.3 17.4 13.7
PHYSICS SL 12,511 4.03 1.7 13.1 26.8 23.2 17.2 10.0 8.0
SPORTS EX SCI HL 621 4.87 3.9 13.0 21.1 27.5 22.9 11.5
SPORTS EX SCI SL 2,597 3.95 0.9 13.7 27.1 23.3 21.1 10.1 3.7

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Mathematics Grade Distribution

Subject Candidates Mean Grade % 1 % 2 % 3 %4 %5 %6 %7
FURTH. MATHS HL 279 4.70 3.8 10.6 14.4 16.3 14.4 18.6 22.0
MATH.STUDIES SL 36,789 4.17 3.1 11.6 17.0 24.6 25.5 13.5 4.8
MATHEMATICS HL 16,059 4.69 1.2 7.2 13.6 22.0 24.9 18.5 12.6
MATHEMATICS SL 49,878 4.19 2.0 12.4 20.0 23.4 21.3 14.8 6.1

The Arts Grade Distribution

Subject Candidates Mean Grade % 1 % 2 % 3 %4 %5 %6 %7
DANCE HL 364 4.80 2.5 11.3 25.2 32.9 20.7 7.4
DANCE SL 282 4.22 4.5 33.2 22.8 18.7 16.8 4.1
FILM HL 2,603 4.38 0.3 6.4 15.5 31.4 29.0 13.8 3.6
FILM SL 1,353 4.09 0.2 8.6 21.8 36.6 19.7 10.6 2.6
MUSIC HL 1,403 4.71 0.1 2.8 17.6 22.3 28.8 20.1 8.4
MUSIC SL 2,308 4.65 0.3 1.6 14.2 30.5 27.5 21.9 4.1
THEATRE HL 2,658 4.87 0.4 3.0 10.6 24.5 27.6 24.8 9.1
THEATRE SL 1,319 4.48 0.8 6.9 14.5 29.5 26.0 14.6 7.8
VISUAL ARTS HL 10,196 4.26 0.1 4.7 23.8 29.6 26.3 12.8 2.6
VISUAL ARTS SL 5,557 3.76 0.3 10.4 35.3 28.3 19.2 5.5 1.0

Interdisciplinary Subjects Grade Distribution

Subject Subject Groups Candidates Mean Grade % 1 % 2 % 3 %4 %5 %6 %7
ENV. AND SOC. Individuals and 14,423 4.16 1.8 8.0 24.3 25.5 23.7 11.8 4.8
SL societies/Sciences
LIT AND PERF Studies in 530 4.56 2.0 16.7 30.2 29.8 16.9 4.4
SL Language and
Literature/The Arts

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Subjects with fewer than 10 registrations

Subject Subject groups
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AZERBAI A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
B/RUSIA A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
BOSNIAN A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
BURMESE A LIT HL Studies in Language and Literature
DHIVEHI A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
DUTCH A LIT HL Studies in Language and Literature
DZONGKH A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
GEORGIA A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
HEBREW A LIT HL Studies in Language and Literature
ICELAND A LIT HL Studies in Language and Literature
ICELAND A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
KANNADA A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
KINYARW A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
KURDISH A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
LAO A LIT HL Studies in Language and Literature
LAO A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
LATVIAN A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
MALAY A LIT HL Studies in Language and Literature
MONGOLI A LIT HL Studies in Language and Literature
MONGOLI A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
PUNJABI A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
SESOTHO A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
SHONA A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
SLOVENE A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
SOMALI A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
TAJIK A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
TAMIL A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
TELUGU A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
THAI A LIT HL Studies in Language and Literature
UKRAINI A LIT HL Studies in Language and Literature
URDU A LIT HL Studies in Language and Literature
ZULU A LIT SL Studies in Language and Literature
CLASS.GREEK HL Language acquisition
MOD HIST KAZ SL Individuals and societies

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Schools

Number of Schools by Cohort Size

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
<=10 Candidates 269 304 349 404 444
11-20 Candidates 357 417 433 458 467
21-40 Candidates 545 606 626 640 688
41-60 Candidates 358 361 407 397 428
61-80 Candidates 230 219 227 250 254
81-100 Candidates 149 164 185 186 170
101-200 Candidates 302 309 334 339 371
>200 Candidates 100 107 105 116 104
Total 2,310 2,487 2,666 2,790 2,926

Growth of Schools by Region

IBA IBAEM IBAP
3,000

481
413 451
374
349
Number of Schools

2,000 963
862 916
832
776

1,000

1,281 1,391 1,423 1,482

1,185

0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Growth of Schools by Working Language

ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH
2,800

399
2,600 364

343
Number of Schools

2,400
276

2,200 210
2,481
2,385
2,286
2,000
2,177
2,070

1,800
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

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Candidates
Growth of Candidates
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
140,792 147,934 157,373 163,296 166,278

Growth of Candidates by Region

IBA IBAEM IBAP
200,000

150,000 18,730 19,694

17,409
15,831
Number of Candidates

15,139 36,476
32,704 34,849
28,996 30,574
100,000

50,000 101,529 107,260 109,717 110,108

96,657

0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Growth of Candidates by Gender

F M X
100,000
Number of Candidates

80,000

60,000

40,000

20,000

0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Growth of Candidates by Category

ANTICIPATED COURSE DIPLOMA RETAKE
200,000

150,000
Number of Candidates

78,685 82,810 84,881

68,352 73,215
100,000

50,000 52,086 55,251 57,509 52,031

49,850

21,093 21,415 21,966 21,319 27,540

0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

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Number of Candidates by School Country

Country Candidates Country Candidates
ALBANIA 67 GUAM 37
ANGOLA 25 GUATEMALA <10
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 11 GUERNSEY 102
ARGENTINA 150 HONDURAS 97
ARMENIA 135 HONG KONG 2,260
AUSTRALIA 276 HUNGARY 225
AUSTRIA 513 ICELAND 26
AZERBAIJAN 90 INDIA 4,217
BAHAMAS 58 INDONESIA 1,495
BAHRAIN 581 IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 36
BANGLADESH 89 IRAQ 11
BARBADOS 14 IRELAND 27
BELGIUM 323 ISLE OF MAN 59
BERMUDA 96 ISRAEL 96
BOLIVIA 46 ITALY 942
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 220 JAMAICA 78
BOTSWANA <10 JAPAN 560
BRAZIL 646 JERSEY 34
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 66 JORDAN 587
BULGARIA 126 KAZAKHSTAN 162
CAMBODIA 117 KENYA 277
CAMEROON 74 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 582
CANADA 11,344 KUWAIT 240
CAYMAN ISLANDS 16 KYRGYZSTAN 15
CHILE 649 LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC 25
CHINA 4,435 REPUBLIC
COLOMBIA 1,252 LATVIA 90
CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC R… 23 LEBANON 263
COSTA RICA 357 LESOTHO 80
COTE D'IVOIRE 42 LITHUANIA 110
CROATIA 95 LUXEMBOURG 149
CUBA 21 MACAO 47
CURAÇAO 26 MACEDONIA, THE FORMER 83
CYPRUS 31 YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF
CZECH REPUBLIC 369 MALAWI 22
DENMARK 772 MALAYSIA 774
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 133 MALTA 56
ECUADOR 3,321 MAURITIUS 12
EGYPT 585 MEXICO 3,144
EL SALVADOR 180 MONACO 37
ESTONIA 66 MONGOLIA 39
ETHIOPIA 94 MOROCCO 63
FINLAND 611 MOZAMBIQUE 35
FRANCE 521 MYANMAR 59
GABON <10 NAMIBIA 18
GEORGIA 48 NEPAL 118
GERMANY 2,103 NETHERLANDS 4,950
GHANA 252 NEW ZEALAND 109
GREECE 697

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Country Candidates
Excludes withdrawn candidates.
NICARAGUA <10
Countries with fewer than ten candidates shows only <10
NIGERIA 48
NORWAY 732
OMAN 134
PAKISTAN 171
PALESTINE, STATE OF 97
PANAMA 123
PERU 165
PHILIPPINES 753
POLAND 1,405
PORTUGAL 344
PUERTO RICO 37
QATAR 490
ROMANIA 187
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 182
RWANDA 72
SAUDI ARABIA 463
SENEGAL 52
SERBIA 70
SINGAPORE 1,544
SINT MAARTEN (DUTCH) 15
SLOVAKIA 124
SLOVENIA 96
SOUTH AFRICA 71
SPAIN 3,289
SRI LANKA 19
SUDAN 28
SWAZILAND 27
SWEDEN 1,330
SWITZERLAND 1,870
TAIWAN 369
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 160
THAILAND 1,043
TOGO 35
TUNISIA 23
TURKEY 1,064
UGANDA 89
UKRAINE 45
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1,920
UNITED KINGDOM 4,589
UNITED STATES 87,895
URUGUAY 69
UZBEKISTAN 43
VENEZUELA 144
VIETNAM 490
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH 14
VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. 12
ZAMBIA 67
ZIMBABWE 29

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