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The IB Diploma Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, November 2019 Examination Session.
International Baccalaureate
IB Global Centre, Cardiff
Peterson House, Malthouse Avenue
Cardiff Gate, Cardiff, Wales
CF23 8GL
United Kingdom
Website: www.ibo.org
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Final data
These final data tables represent the outcomes after the close of the examination session.
It includes any changes due to Enquiries upon Results and where results have completed
from late school submission of information.
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.
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
Session Overview
53.08% 46.92%
69.48% 30.52%
Diploma Results
(Diploma and Retake Category Candidates)
15,000
75
Pass Rate
10,000 70.85 69.93
69.58 68.97 70
5,000
65
Mean Grade
5.0
Mean Grade
4.5
100
50
49.83 45.71 45.97 47.74 48.55
31.07 25.13 23.62 21.23 21.38
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
99 123 91 95 90
0 26
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
23.16% 23.64%
40% 22.85% 24.81%
23.67%
20%
31.11% 34.78% 34.97%
21.12% 27.16%
0%
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
800
Number of Candidates
600
400
200
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Total Points
Extended Essay
Grade No grade
A B C D E N awarded awarded
Studies in Language and Literature 19.76% 34.66% 32.12% 12.29%
Studies 0.42%
in Language 0.74%
and Literature 99.26% 0.74%
Language acquisition 14.72% 24.61% 43.74% 15.25% 0.53% 1.16%
Language acquisition 98.84% 1.16%
Individuals and societies 9.01% 23.94% 40.40% 24.44%
Individuals 0.95% 1.26%
and societies 98.74% 1.26%
Sciences 14.65% 32.30% 33.70% 16.98% 0.89% 1.48%
Sciences 98.52% 1.48%
Mathematics 25.27% 40.75% 29.36% 3.74%
Mathematics 0.89% 99.11% 0.89%
The arts 20.82% 27.02% 34.62%
The15.09%
arts 0.47% 1.99% 98.01% 1.99%
Interdisciplinary 7.76% 21.12% 42.67% 26.72% 1.29% 0.43%
Interdisciplinary 99.57% 0.43%
Total 14.35% 28.83% 36.72% 18.19% 0.72% 1.19%
Total 98.81% 1.19%
HISTORY
SPANISH A
BIOLOGY
ENGLISH A
BUS MAN
ENGLISH B
VISUAL ARTS
MATHEMATICS
PHYSICS
ECONOMICS
Theory of Knowledge
Grade Distribution
Grade Distribution
6,000
5,609
Number of Candidates
4,000 3,626
2,731
2,000
710
329
0
E D C B A
SPANISH 6,895
ENGLISH 5,983
JAPANESE 79
CHINESE 43
Subjects
Subjects with fewer than 10 candidates are excluded from these lists
Schools
306
1,000 264
Number of Schools
261
237
229 480
405 452
500 365
361
326
1,000 294
274
Number of Schools
231
146
500
841 904
797
713 718
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Candidates
Growth of Candidates
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
11,849 14,051 16,535 18,358 19,102
6,376
15,000 6,161
5,593
Number of Candidates
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
10,000
Number of Candidates
5,000
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2,232 2,543
15,000 2,027
Number of Candidates
1,837
1,859
10,000 12,874 12,845
11,202
9,421
7,465
5,000
Country Candidates
Excludes withdrawn candidates.
SRI LANKA <10
Countries with fewer than ten candidates shows only <10
SUDAN <10
SWAZILAND 136
SWEDEN 23
SWITZERLAND 111
TAIWAN <10
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF <10
THAILAND 27
TUNISIA <10
TURKEY 252
UKRAINE <10
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 70
UNITED KINGDOM 228
UNITED STATES 174
URUGUAY 233
VENEZUELA <10
VIETNAM 10
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH <10
ZAMBIA <10