The IB Middle Years ProgrammeStatistical Bulletin

June 2015 Examination Session

Education for a better world

The IB Middle Years Programme statistical bulletin, June 2015 examination session.

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Summary 1

Schools 2

Candidates 3

Results 4

Appendix

Year on Year Growth 5

Candidates by Nationality 6

Candidates by School Country 8

Examination Results by Subject 9

Total Points Distribution 11

IBAEM IB Africa, Europe, Middle East

IBAP IB Asia-Pacific

IBA IB Americas

Index: Key to abbreviations

Schools authorized to offer the IB Diploma Programme are grouped

by geographical region.

The abbreviations used in the tables are the codes describing the

following geographical regions:

Table of Content

IB Regions

IBA69%

IBAEM18%

IBAP13%

Authorized MYP Schools by Region

IBA56%

IBAEM28%

IBAP16%

MYP Candidates by Region

FEMALE58% MALE

42%

MYP Candidates by Gender

PRIVATE53%

STATE47%

MYP Candidates by Legal Status

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*Some schools have multiple working languages.

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MYP Schools by Region

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School Growth by School Type

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MYP Schools by Working Language*

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5,9026,572 6,630 6,464

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ANTICIPATED COURSE MYP PILOT RETAKE

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167 169174

169

20318.3%

17.4%

17.4%

15.3%

16.9%

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Number and Percent of Schools with Certificate Candidates

Moderation Schools % of total

4.83

4.95

4.99

5.04

4.91

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Average Grade - MYP Certificate Candidates

Average Grade

8057

8718

9301 93549555

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Number of MYP Certificates Awarded

Number of MYP Certificates Awarded

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Year

Number of

schools

moderated

Percentage of

Moderated Schools

increase

Number of Certificate

Candidates

Percentage of

Candidate

increase

Average number of

moderated

candidates per

school

Partner

Schools

Partner Schools

GrowthMYP School

MYP School

Growth

1994 2 - 137 - 68.5 0 - 14 -

1995 8 300.00% 1,319 862.77% 164.88 1 - 18 28.57%

1996 12 50.00% 845 -35.94% 70.42 9 800.00% 52 188.89%

1997 19 58.33% 1,265 49.70% 66.58 9 0.00% 67 28.85%

1998 22 15.79% 1,269 0.32% 57.68 15 66.67% 91 35.82%

1999 28 27.27% 1,474 16.15% 52.64 23 53.33% 121 32.97%

2000 41 46.43% 2,232 51.42% 54.44 29 26.09% 155 28.10%

2001 51 24.39% 2,516 12.72% 49.33 40 37.93% 185 19.35%

2002 69 35.29% 3,047 21.10% 44.16 59 47.50% 221 19.46%

2003 85 23.19% 3,769 23.70% 44.34 70 18.64% 262 18.55%

2004 110 29.41% 4,731 25.52% 43.01 97 38.57% 308 17.56%

2005 127 15.45% 5,598 18.33% 44.08 111 14.43% 345 12.01%

2006 141 11.02% 7,073 26.35% 50.16 118 6.31% 378 9.57%

2007 155 9.93% 8,314 17.55% 53.64 129 9.32% 431 14.02%

2008 151 -2.58% 8,645 3.98% 57.25 163 26.36% 480 11.37%

2009 161 6.62% 8,878 2.70% 55.14 169 3.68% 560 16.67%

2010 166 3.11% 9,711 9.38% 58.50 178 5.33% 611 9.11%

2011 167 0.60% 10,378 6.87% 62.14 185 3.93% 729 19.31%

2012 169 1.20% 11,431 10.15% 67.64 179 -3.24% 794 8.92%

2013 174 2.96% 11,537 0.93% 66.30 178 -0.56% 850 7.05%

2014 169 -2.87% 11,353 -1.59% 67.18 186 4.49% 922 8.47%

2015 203 20.12% 13,400 18% 66.01 179 -3.76% 1021 10.74%

Year on Year Growth

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Nationality Candidates Nationality Candidates

AFGHANISTAN 7 FINLAND 17

ALBANIA 3 FRANCE 107

ALGERIA 35 GABON 1

AMERICAN SAMOA 1 GAMBIA 2

ANGOLA 15 GEORGIA 3

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1 GERMANY 238

ARGENTINA 24 GREECE 30

ARMENIA 1 GUATEMALA 1

AUSTRALIA 68 GUINEA 3

AUSTRIA 7 HAITI 7

AZERBAIJAN 12 HONDURAS 1

BAHAMAS 25 HONG KONG 194

BAHRAIN 1 HUNGARY 10

BANGLADESH 37 ICELAND 1

BELGIUM 41 INDIA 379

BELIZE 1 INDONESIA 127

BENIN 4 IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 21

BERMUDA 28 IRAQ 10

BHUTAN 1 IRELAND 21

BOLIVIA 3 ISRAEL 20

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 5 ITALY 87

BOTSWANA 2 JAPAN 80

BRAZIL 32 JORDAN 256

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 4 KAZAKHSTAN 99

BULGARIA 15 KENYA 77

BURKINA FASO 1 KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 24

BURUNDI 2 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 260

CAMBODIA 2 KUWAIT 76

CAMEROON 2 LATVIA 1

CANADA 6363 LEBANON 44

CHILE 13 LIBYA 4

CHINA 406 LITHUANIA 5

COLOMBIA 18 LUXEMBOURG 1

CONGO 3 MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF1

COSTA RICA 5 MADAGASCAR 2

COTE D'IVOIRE 3 MALAWI 15

CROATIA 5 MALAYSIA 105

CUBA 4 MALDIVES 1

CZECH REPUBLIC 1 MAURITANIA 2

DENMARK 30 MAURITIUS 5

DJIBOUTI 1 MEXICO 292

ECUADOR 29 MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 4

EGYPT 90 MONGOLIA 1

EL SALVADOR 1 MONTENEGRO 1

ERITREA 1 MOROCCO 41

ESTONIA 1 MOZAMBIQUE 2

ETHIOPIA 11 NEPAL 1

FIJI 1 NETHERLANDS 403

Number of Candidates by Nationality

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Nationality Candidates Nationality Candidates

NEW ZEALAND 22 TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 67

NIGER 1 THAILAND 52

NIGERIA 10 TOGO 1

NORWAY 38 TUNISIA 7

OMAN 2 TURKEY 20

OTHER 1 TURKMENISTAN 1

PAKISTAN 67 UGANDA 7

PANAMA 1 UKRAINE 16

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 30

PERU 9 UNITED KINGDOM 453

PHILIPPINES 21 UNITED STATES 878

POLAND 47 URUGUAY 1

PORTUGAL 82 UZBEKISTAN 3

QATAR 54 VENEZUELA 18

REUNION 1 VIETNAM 27

ROMANIA 50 VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH 2

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 49 YEMEN 3

RWANDA 4 ZAMBIA 2

SAUDI ARABIA 14 ZIMBABWE 4

SERBIA 5

SIERRA LEONE 1

SINGAPORE 46

SLOVAKIA 3

SLOVENIA 1

SOMALIA 4

SOUTH AFRICA 36

SPAIN 616

SRI LANKA 14

SUDAN 5

SWAZILAND 1

SWEDEN 39

SWITZERLAND 47

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 13

TAIWAN 42

TAJIKISTAN 11

Total number of nationalities: 150

Number of candidates with dual nationality (second nationality of candidate is not included in the above list): 921

Second nationalities not in the above list: 10

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Country Candidates

ANGOLA 33

AZERBAIJAN 34

BAHAMAS 48

BANGLADESH 46

BERMUDA 33

CANADA 6591

CHILE 8

CHINA 537

ECUADOR 29

EGYPT 64

GEORGIA 2

GERMANY 324

GREECE 20

HONG KONG 612

INDIA 162

INDONESIA 201

JORDAN 280

KAZAKHSTAN 98

KENYA 130

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 59

KUWAIT 124

MALAWI 65

MALAYSIA 122

MEXICO 290

MOROCCO 4

NETHERLANDS 668

NORWAY 14

PAKISTAN 48

POLAND 24

PORTUGAL 127

QATAR 108

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 7

SAUDI ARABIA 28

SINGAPORE 279

SPAIN 624

SRI LANKA 26

SWEDEN 44

SWITZERLAND 239

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 118

THAILAND 34

TURKEY 14

UGANDA 29

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 247

UNITED KINGDOM 211

UNITED STATES 521

VIETNAM 63

VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH 11

Number of Candidates by Country of School

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Group 1 - Language

and Literature

Total

Candidates

Mean

Grade1 2 3 4 5 6 7

ARABIC LAL 419 5.05 0.2% 0.2% 5.5% 24.6% 36.0% 24.1% 9.3%

BENGALI LAL 20 5.40 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 30.0% 30.0% 20.0%

CHINESE LAL 372 5.45 0.0% 0.0% 3.5% 11.6% 36.0% 33.9% 15.1%

DUTCH LAL 316 4.93 0.0% 0.9% 3.2% 25.3% 47.8% 18.0% 4.7%

ENGLISH LAL 4,208 5.24 0.1% 0.8% 4.9% 17.6% 36.1% 26.5% 14.0%

ENGLISH LAL P 520 4.35 4.4% 10.0% 14.4% 22.7% 22.5% 17.5% 8.5%

FINNISH LAL

FRENCH LAL 5,987 5.29 0.0% 0.3% 4.7% 15.1% 37.9% 29.5% 12.6%

FRENCH LAL P 17 4.94 0.0% 0.0% 17.6% 23.5% 17.6% 29.4% 11.8%

GERMAN LAL 189 5.40 0.0% 0.0% 1.6% 14.8% 39.7% 30.2% 13.8%

GREEK LAL 20 6.45 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0% 5.0% 30.0% 60.0%

ITALIAN LAL

JAPANESE LAL 17 5.65 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.9% 47.1% 23.5% 23.5%

KOREAN LAL 140 5.95 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.6% 23.6% 47.1% 25.7%

NORWEGIAN LAL 13 4.46 0.0% 7.7% 23.1% 15.4% 23.1% 30.8% 0.0%

POLISH LAL 24 4.96 4.2% 0.0% 12.5% 8.3% 33.3% 37.5% 4.2%

PORTUGUES LAL 57 5.05 0.0% 0.0% 8.8% 22.8% 35.1% 21.1% 12.3%

RUSSIAN LAL 100 5.24 1.0% 1.0% 5.0% 11.0% 38.0% 36.0% 8.0%

SPANISH LAL 699 5.19 0.1% 2.1% 6.7% 21.6% 28.2% 20.9% 20.3%

SPANISH LAL P 160 4.81 0.6% 3.8% 8.1% 28.8% 29.4% 19.4% 10.0%

SWAHILI LAL 24 6.08 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 16.7% 20.8% 50.0%

Total 13,311 5.23 0.3% 1.0% 5.2% 17.0% 35.9% 27.4% 13.3%

Group 2 - Language

Acquisition

Total

Candidates

Mean

Grade1 2 3 4 5 6 7

ANCIENT GREEK

ARABIC LA 83 5.13 0.0% 0.0% 7.2% 21.7% 33.7% 25.3% 12.0%

BANGLA LA

CLAS. LATIN B

DUTCH LA 172 5.02 0.6% 1.2% 8.1% 16.9% 40.7% 24.4% 8.1%

ENGLISH LA 6,931 5.39 0.1% 0.2% 3.9% 13.9% 34.9% 31.7% 15.3%

FRENCH LA 1,529 4.99 0.1% 0.8% 7.1% 26.6% 34.1% 20.2% 11.1%

GERMAN LA 329 5.26 0.0% 0.6% 5.5% 17.3% 36.5% 24.6% 15.5%

HINDI LA 58 5.78 0.0% 0.0% 5.2% 5.2% 20.7% 44.8% 24.1%

INDONESIAN LA 57 5.07 0.0% 3.5% 3.5% 31.6% 22.8% 21.1% 17.5%

JAPANESE LA 12 4.25 0.0% 8.3% 16.7% 41.7% 16.7% 8.3% 8.3%

KAZAKH LA 30 5.13 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 36.7% 43.3% 0.0%

KOREAN LA

LATIN LA

MALAY LA 89 5.99 0.0% 0.0% 3.4% 2.2% 22.5% 36.0% 36.0%

MANDARIN LA 543 5.32 0.4% 0.7% 5.5% 14.4% 33.0% 31.3% 14.7%

PORTUGUESE LA 29 5.59 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 17.2% 37.9% 13.8% 31.0%

RUSSIAN LA 16 6.00 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 37.5% 25.0% 37.5%

SPANISH LA 720 5.22 0.0% 1.1% 6.5% 19.3% 33.8% 21.3% 18.1%

SWAHILI LA 28 5.75 0.0% 0.0% 3.6% 10.7% 28.6% 21.4% 35.7%

URDU LA 36 5.08 0.0% 2.8% 8.3% 11.1% 36.1% 38.9% 2.8%

Total 10,688 5.31 0.1% 0.5% 4.9% 16.3% 34.4% 28.9% 15.0%

Results by Subjects

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Group 3 -

Individuals and

Societies

Total

Candidates

Mean

Grade1 2 3 4 5 6 7

BUSINESS MNGT 525 4.83 0.6% 4.2% 10.3% 23.8% 28.2% 23.2% 9.7%

ECONOMICS 367 5.06 0.0% 3.8% 6.8% 18.3% 35.1% 22.9% 13.1%

GEOGRAPHY 827 5.36 0.1% 1.0% 3.0% 16.2% 34.7% 28.2% 16.8%

HISTORY 3,865 5.38 0.2% 1.0% 5.6% 14.4% 29.8% 30.1% 18.7%

HISTORY P 566 3.52 8.0% 20.3% 20.0% 25.8% 17.7% 6.5% 1.8%

INT HUMANIT 6,358 5.17 0.3% 0.9% 7.4% 18.4% 32.9% 25.7% 14.3%

PHILOSOPHY 15 6.73 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 26.7% 73.3%

Total 12,523 5.16 0.6% 2.0% 7.2% 17.6% 31.2% 26.2% 15.1%

Group 4 - SciencesTotal

Candidates

Mean

Grade1 2 3 4 5 6 7

BIOLOGY 1,958 4.90 0.6% 2.2% 9.6% 24.4% 31.6% 20.5% 11.1%

BIOLOGY P 567 2.22 24.0% 46.0% 18.3% 8.3% 2.6% 0.7% 0.0%

CHEMISTRY 4,294 4.99 0.4% 1.1% 9.0% 20.8% 36.6% 21.6% 10.5%

INT SCIENCES 4,038 4.65 0.6% 3.1% 15.4% 25.5% 30.9% 16.1% 8.4%

PHYSICS 3,882 4.93 0.3% 1.2% 8.9% 22.8% 36.6% 21.6% 8.5%

Total 14,739 4.76 1.4% 3.6% 11.2% 22.6% 33.1% 19.2% 9.1%

Group 5 -

Mathematics

Total

Candidates

Mean

Grade1 2 3 4 5 6 7

EXTENDED MATH 5,687 4.93 0.2% 1.1% 11.3% 20.6% 35.3% 22.9% 8.7%

MATHEMATICS 5,444 4.71 0.7% 2.4% 13.8% 24.1% 33.4% 18.5% 7.1%

MATHS P 671 2.80 16.1% 24.0% 32.5% 19.7% 6.4% 1.2% 0.1%

Total 11,802 4.71 1.3% 3.0% 13.6% 22.1% 32.8% 19.7% 7.5%

Group 6 - The ArtsTotal

Candidates

Mean

Grade1 2 3 4 5 6 7

DANCE 85 5.80 0.0% 0.0% 1.2% 5.9% 30.6% 36.5% 25.9%

DRAMA 1,503 5.07 0.3% 1.5% 7.7% 18.7% 37.9% 21.0% 12.9%

FILM 33 5.55 0.0% 0.0% 3.0% 15.2% 18.2% 51.5% 12.1%

MUSIC 1,248 4.77 0.7% 3.1% 11.4% 24.4% 32.7% 19.1% 8.6%

VISUAL ARTS 4,097 4.73 1.5% 4.7% 12.3% 22.8% 28.8% 18.9% 10.9%

Total 6,966 4.83 1.1% 3.7% 11.0% 22.0% 31.4% 19.7% 11.1%

Group 7 - Physical

Education

Total

Candidates

Mean

Grade1 2 3 4 5 6 7

PHE 9,278 4.61 0.4% 1.0% 13.2% 29.7% 37.7% 14.0% 3.9%

Total 9,278 4.61 0.4% 1.0% 13.2% 29.7% 37.7% 14.0% 3.9%

Group 8 - DesignTotal

Candidates

Mean

Grade1 2 3 4 5 6 7

DESIGN 3,474 4.81 1.5% 3.9% 12.4% 21.1% 29.5% 18.7% 12.8%

DIG DESIGN 911 4.72 1.3% 2.4% 12.0% 28.6% 29.7% 14.8% 11.1%

PROD DESIGN 728 4.95 0.3% 2.6% 14.7% 16.9% 31.2% 18.3% 16.1%

Total 5,113 4.81 1.3% 3.5% 12.7% 21.8% 29.8% 18.0% 13.0%

Group 9 - Personal

Project

Total

Candidates

Mean

Grade1 2 3 4 5 6 7

PERS PROJECT 11,645 4.75 0.9% 3.2% 15.3% 23.3% 26.1% 19.9% 11.3%

Total 11,645 4.75 0.9% 3.2% 15.3% 23.3% 26.1% 19.9% 11.3%

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Group 10 -

Interdisciplinary

Total

Candidates

Mean

Grade1 2 3 4 5 6 7

INTERDISC P 1,134 4.01 4.9% 10.3% 19.1% 28.1% 22.8% 11.6% 3.2%

Total 1,134 4.01 4.9% 10.3% 19.1% 28.1% 22.8% 11.6% 3.2%

OverallTotal

Candidates

Mean

Grade1 2 3 4 5 6 7

97,199 4.91 0.8% 2.4% 10.3% 21.2% 32.5% 21.8% 10.9%

NOTE: Subjects with less than 10 candidates are not shown in the table, but are included in the total numbers.

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Certificate Awarded Percentage AwardedCertificate not

AwardedTotal Candidates

0 0 0.00% 783 6.19% 783 6.19%

1 0 0.00% 4 0.03% 4 6.22%

2 0 0.00% 26 0.21% 26 6.42%

3 0 0.00% 116 0.92% 116 7.34%

4 0 0.00% 180 1.42% 180 8.76%

5 0 0.00% 205 1.62% 205 10.38%

6 0 0.00% 106 0.84% 106 11.22%

7 0 0.00% 68 0.54% 68 11.75%

8 0 0.00% 3 0.02% 3 11.78%

9 0 0.00% 6 0.05% 6 11.83%

10 0 0.00% 5 0.04% 5 11.87%

11 0 0.00% 8 0.06% 8 11.93%

12 0 0.00% 13 0.10% 13 12.03%

13 0 0.00% 5 0.04% 5 12.07%

14 0 0.00% 8 0.06% 8 12.13%

15 0 0.00% 7 0.06% 7 12.19%

16 0 0.00% 18 0.14% 18 12.33%

17 0 0.00% 19 0.15% 19 12.48%

18 0 0.00% 24 0.19% 24 12.67%

19 0 0.00% 20 0.16% 20 12.83%

20 0 0.00% 33 0.26% 33 13.09%

21 1 0.01% 59 0.47% 60 13.56%

22 1 0.01% 80 0.63% 81 14.20%

23 1 0.01% 97 0.77% 98 14.98%

24 2 0.02% 124 0.98% 126 15.97%

25 1 0.01% 147 1.16% 148 17.14%

26 0 0.00% 209 1.65% 209 18.79%

27 3 0.02% 248 1.96% 251 20.78%

28 295 2.33% 78 0.62% 373 23.72%

29 332 2.62% 73 0.58% 405 26.92%

30 429 3.39% 76 0.60% 505 30.91%

31 479 3.78% 52 0.41% 531 35.11%

32 574 4.53% 45 0.36% 619 40.00%

33 615 4.86% 40 0.32% 655 45.17%

34 682 5.39% 29 0.23% 711 50.79%

35 682 5.39% 16 0.13% 698 56.30%

36 709 5.60% 16 0.13% 725 62.03%

37 719 5.68% 17 0.13% 736 67.84%

38 677 5.35% 17 0.13% 694 73.32%

39 634 5.01% 11 0.09% 645 78.42%

40 598 4.72% 5 0.04% 603 83.18%

41 511 4.04% 4 0.03% 515 87.25%

42 436 3.44% 3 0.02% 439 90.72%

43 346 2.73% 0 0.00% 346 93.45%

44 249 1.97% 1 0.01% 250 95.43%

45 208 1.64% 0 0.00% 208 97.07%

46 168 1.33% 0 0.00% 168 98.40%

47 97 0.77% 0 0.00% 97 99.16%

48 68 0.54% 0 0.00% 68 99.70%

49 38 0.30% 0 0.00% 38 100.00%

Total 9,555 75.48% 3,104 24.52% 12,659 100%

Candidate Distribution by Number of Points

Certificate Awarded Certificate Not Awarded

Total Candidates Cumulative PercentagePoints

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