585,432

319,317

9,350

Practitioner

Foundation

Re-registration

102

2,2

58

4,2

19

7,2

29

10,1

81

18,0

54

25,7

63

35,0

68

51,9

00

70,8

16

86,8

80

103,9

95

123,1

65

118,6

74

119,6

44

136,1

51

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

2005

PRINCE2 examinations( 1996 - 2011)- worldwide

Foundation: 96%Practitioner: 74%

During 2012, the

total number of

PRINCE2 exams ever

taken will hit

1 million

Pass rates in 2011 were:

Did you know?

more than 914,000 examinations were taken in 1996-2011

Total PRINCE2 examinations (1996 - 2011) - worldwide

The PRINCE2 exam can be

taken in18 languages

Australasia

Europe (Eastern)

Scandinavia

Africa

Asia (Central)

Asia (Eastern)

North America

Rest of World

Unspecified

Europe (Western,Central, South)UK59%

19%

8%

4%

2%

3%

1%

1%

1%

1%

2%

Total PRINCE2 examinations (2005 - 2011) - by region

In 2011, one PRINCE2 exam was taken every

4 minutes

UK

Euro

pe

(Wes

tern

, C

entr

al, South

)

Aust

rala

sia

Euro

pe

(Eas

tern

)

Sca

ndin

avia

Afr

ica

Asi

a (C

entr

al)

Asi

a (E

aste

rn)

Nort

h A

mer

ica

Res

t of

the

Worl

d

43%

151%

221%

597%

503%

318%

2,7

43%

639%

56%

215%

Percentage increase in PRINCE2 examinations (2005 - 2011) - by region

Did you know..? You can take PRINCE2 exams in Arabic

UK-59%

Netherlands-12%

Australia-7%

Poland-3%

Germany-3%

S.Africa-2%

Denmark-2%

Rest of the world-14%

UK

Net

herl

ands

PolandGermany

Denmark

S.Africa

Rest ofW

orld

Australia

Total PRINCE2 examinations taken(2005 - 2011) - by country

Approximately 800,000 PRINCE2certificates have been issued.

If put end to end, they wouldstretch for 237km, or the

equivalent of 4,752 Olympicswimming pools.

Did you know?PRINCE2 exams have been taken in

111 different countries

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

Q1-2011

Q2-2011

Q3-2011

Q4-2011

Q1-2012

Percentage increase in PRINCE2 examinations (2005-2011) - by country

There are 839

accredited

PRINCE2

trainers

worldwide

The UK has the most (78)accredited training

organizations (ATOs)

There were 233PRINCE2 ATOsworldwide in

2011

There were PRINCE2 ATOs in 31 differentcountries in2011

Did you know?The smallest country where PRINCE2 exams have been taken is

Curaçao with a population of only 141,000 people

Did you know?The PRINCE2 manual is now available in 12 languages

Aust

rali

a

S.A

fric

aD

enm

ark

Ger

man

y

43%

63%

170%

224%

254%

451%

746%

977%

UK Net

her

lan

ds

Res

t of

worl

d

Pola

nd

PRINCE2 examinations taken online (2011-2012) - by quarter

44% 56% 109% 112% 192%

Q1-2011

Q2-2011

Q3-2011

Q4-2011

Q1-2012

The popularity of PRINCE2

examinations

®

®

Although PRINCE2 is most popular in the UK, the qualification is

increasing in popularity in other regions

PRINCE2 is also growing rapidly in non-English speaking countries

In the last two years, taking PRINCE2 exams via the internet using a remote exam proctor has

become very popular

PRINCE2 is a registered trademark of the Cabinet Office.PRINCE2 examination statistics courtesy of APMG-International -

Knowledge Train is a PRINCE2 accredited training organization

and offers PRINCE2 training globally.

PRINCE2 is now the most popular project management qualification

in the world

PRINCE2 has grown in popularity every year since 1996 except for 2009 during the economic crisis

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