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The IB Diploma Programme statistical bulletin

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The IB Diploma Programme statistical bulletin, November 2011 examination session

Published in August 2012

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Contents

Tables and graphs Page Index: key to abbreviations

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PART A: general school statistics

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1 Number of schools following the Diploma Programme 2007–2011

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2 Number and percentage of schools following the Diploma Programme by working language 2007–2011

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3 Number and percentage of schools following the Diploma Programme by IB region 2007–2011

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PART B: registration statistics

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4 Number of schools registering candidates November 2007–November 2011

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5 Number of November session schools registering candidates November 2007–November 2011

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6 Number of schools registering candidates by working language November 2007–November 2011

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7 Number and percentage of schools registering candidates by IB region November 2007–November 2011

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8 Number of candidates registered by category November 2007–November 2011

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9 Number of candidates registered by gender November 2007–November 2011

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10 Number of candidates registered by IB region November 2007–November 2011

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11 Number of candidates registered by category, gender and IB region November 2011

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12 Summary of Diploma Programme examination entries: schools with registered candidates November 1975–November 2011

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13 Number of schools that registered a particular number of candidates November 2007 –November 2011

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14 Subject registration summary November 2011

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15 Subject group registrations November 2007–November 2011

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16 Additional Diploma Programme requirements: extended essay and theory of knowledge November 2011

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17 Subject registration summary: extended essay by subject group November 2011

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18 Subject registration summary: theory of knowledge by language November 2011

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19 Nationalities of candidates registered November 2011

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20 Number of countries represented by examination session November 2007–November 2011

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21 Number of candidates registered by country November 2011

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PART C: results statistics

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22 Analysis of examination results by subject and level November 2011

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23 Diploma and retake candidates (D+R): distribution of points totals November 2011

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24 Retake candidates only (R): distribution of points totals November 2011

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25 Diploma score distribution: diploma and retake candidates (D+R) and retake candidates only (R) November 2011

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26 Extended essay results November 2011

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27 Theory of knowledge results November 2011

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28 Distribution of additional points November 2007–November 2011

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29 Mean points score worldwide November 2007–November 2011

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30 Mean grade worldwide November 2007–November 2011

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31 Pass rate worldwide November 2007–November 2011

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32 Number of diplomas and bilingual diplomas awarded November 2007–November 2011

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33 Number of diplomas awarded by IB region November 2011

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34 Number of candidates scoring 45 points November 1999-November 2011 43

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Index: key to abbreviations

Categories of registration Diploma Programme candidates must register in one of four categories. These are identified by one of the following letters.

D Diploma: candidates intending to complete the requirements for the award of an IB

diploma. R Retake: previous IB diploma candidates who are seeking to improve their results.

The highest grade obtained for a subject will contribute towards the IB diploma. C Certificate: candidates taking one or more subjects who are not seeking the award

of the IB diploma.

A 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 in the following year.

IB regions Schools that are 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:

IBAEM IB Africa, Europe and the Middle East IBAP IB Asia-Pacific IBA IB Latin America, North America and the Caribbean

Other abbreviations HL Higher level SL Standard level EE Extended essay TOK Theory of knowledge PS Pilot subjects SBS School-based syllabuses

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PART A: general school statistics

1 Number of schools following the Diploma Programme 2007–2011

Number of schools following the

Diploma Programme* 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

May session schools 1,454 (9.82%) 1,636 (12.52%)

1,833 (12.04%) 1,978 (7.91%) 2,079 (5.11%)

November session schools

170 (8.97%) 181 (6.47%) 192 (6.08%) 205 (6.77%) 218 (6.34%)

Total 1,624 (9.73%) 1,817 (11.88%)

2,025 (11.45%) 2,183 (7.80%) 2,297 (5.22%)

*as of 30 November each year; Percentage increase on previous year in brackets

Graph 1.1 Number of schools following the Diploma Programme 2007–2011

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2 Number and percentage of schools following the Diploma Programme by working language 2007–2011

Number of schools following

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

English 1,426 1,590 1,766 1,913 2,004

French 18 21 27 27 27

Spanish 175 199 218 242 266

Total 1,619 1,810 2,011 2,182 2,297 1,092

*as of 30 November each year

Graph 2.1 Number of schools following the Diploma Programme by working language

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Percentage of schools following

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

English 88.08% 87.85% 87.82% 87.67% 87.24%

French 1.11% 1.16% 1.34% 1.24% 1.18%

Spanish 10.81% 10.99% 10.84% 11.09% 11.58%


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3 Number and percentage of schools following the Diploma Programme by IB region 2007–2011

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IBAEM 532 604 680 738 769

IBAP 213 246 283 318 347

IBA 874 960 1,048 1,127 1,181

Total 1,619 1,810 2,011 2,183 2,297


Graph 3.1 Number of schools following the Diploma Programme by IB region 2007–2011

Percentage of schools following

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IBAEM 32.86% 33.37% 33.81% 33.81% 33.48%

IBAP 13.16% 13.59% 14.07% 14.56% 15.11%

IBA 53.98% 53.04% 52.12% 51.63% 51.41%


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PART B: registration statistics

4 Number of schools registering candidates November 2007–November 2011

Number of schools

registering candidates*

Nov 2007 Nov 2008 Nov 2009 Nov 2010 Nov 2011

433 510 565 646 725

Percentage of total number of

schools 26.74% 28.18% 28.10% 29.59% 31.56%

*excludes withdrawn candidates

Graph 4.1 Number of schools registering candidates November 2007–November 2011

5 Number of November session schools registering candidates

November 2007–November 2011

Number of November

session schools registering candidates*


139 (5.30%)

149 (7.19%) 155 (4.03%) 176 (13.55%)

187 (6.25%)

Total number of November

session schools

170 (8.97%)

181 (6.47%) 192 (6.08%) 205 (6.77%) 218 (6.34%)

Percentage of all November

session schools 81.76% 82.32% 80.73% 85.85% 85.78%

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6 Number of schools registering candidates by working language November 2007–November 2011

Number of schools

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English 354 431 480 535 608

French 1 2 0 6 8

Spanish 78 77 85 105 109

Total 433 510 565 646 725


Graph 6.1 Number of schools registering candidates by working language November 2007–

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7 Number and percentage of schools registering candidates by IB region November 2007–November 2011

Number of schools

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IBAEM 198 234 252 285 320

IBAP 95 110 121 148 171

IBA 140 166 192 213 234

Total 433 510 565 646 725


Graph 7.1 Number of schools registering candidates by IB region November 2006–

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Percentage of schools

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IBAEM 45.73% 45.88% 44.60% 44.12% 44.14%

IBAP 21.94% 21.57% 21.42% 22.91% 23.59%

IBA 32.33% 32.55% 33.98% 32.97% 32.28%

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8 Number of candidates registered by category November 2007–November 2011

Number of candidates

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Diploma 3,501 4,112 4,352 4,820 5,289

Retake 816 1,123 1,164 1,467 1,546

Certificate 1,327 1,161 1,046 1,342 1,347*

Anticipated 650 728 746 853 1,083*

Total 6,294 7,124 7,308 8,482 9,265

* Please note: Anticipated candidates are allowed to change their category to certificate and this will affect these figures.

Graph 8.1 Number of candidates registered by category November 2007–November 2011

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Diploma 55.62% 57.72% 59.55% 56.83% 57.09%

Retake 12.96% 15.76% 15.93% 17.31% 16.69%

Certificate 21.08% 16.30% 14.31% 15.82% 14.54%*

Anticipated 10.34% 10.22% 10.21% 10.06% 11.69%*

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Graph 8.3 Percentages of candidates registered November 2007–November 2011

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9 Number of candidates registered by gender November 2007–November 2011


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Female 3,058 3,598 3,674 4,286 4,649

Male 3,236 3,526 3,634 4,196 4,616

Total 6,294 7,124 7,308 8,482 9,265


Graph 9.1 Number of candidates registered by gender November 2007–November 2011

Percentage of


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Female 48.59% 50.51% 50.27% 50.53% 50.18%

Male 51.41% 49.49% 49.73% 49.47% 49.82%

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10 Number of candidates registered by IB region November 2007–November 2011


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IBAEM 957 1,175 1,224 1,452 1,458

IBAP 2,447 3,030 3,224 3,641 4,091

IBA 2,890 2,919 2,860 3,389 3,716

Total 6,294 7,124 7,308 8,482 9,265


Graph 10.1 Number of candidates registered by IB region November 2007–November 2011

Percentage of


IB region


IBAEM 15.20% 16.49% 16.75% 17.12% 15.74%

IBAP 38.88% 42.54% 44.11% 42.92% 44.16%

IBA 45.92% 40.97% 39.14% 39.96% 40.11%

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11 Number of candidates registered by category, gender and IB region November 2011

IB region

Category

Number of candidates registered* Total number of candidates registered

Regional Category

Percentage Number of female

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IBAEM

Diploma 163 155 318 21.81%

Retake 440 584 1,024 70.23%

Certificate 16 34 50 3.43%

Anticipated 38 28 66 4.53%

45.06% 54.94% 1,458

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Diploma 1,383 1,376 2,759 67.44%

Retake 97 184 281 6.87%

Certificate 57 71 128 3.13%

Anticipated 409 514 923 22.56%

47.57% 52.43% 4,091

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Diploma 1,206 1,006 2,212 59.53%

Retake 119 122 241 6.49%

Certificate 671 498 1,169 31.46%

Anticipated 50 44 94 2.53%

55.06% 44.94% 3,716

Total 4,649 4,616 9,265


Graph 11.1 Number of candidates registered by category and IB region November 2011

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12 Summary of Diploma Programme examination entries: schools with registered candidates November 1990–November 2011

Year Number of

schools entered

Percentage of increase

Number of candidates examined

Percentage of increase

Average number of candidates per school

Number of diploma and

retake candidates

Average number of diploma

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1990 27 - 710 - 26.3 324 12.0

1991 34 25.93% 791 11.41% 23.3 412 12.1

1992 47 38.24% 1,107 39.95% 23.6 568 12.1

1993 54 14.89% 1,385 25.11% 25.6 754 14.0

1994 69 27.78% 1,767 27.58% 25.6 1,013 14.7

1995 71 2.90% 1,960 10.92% 27.6 1,104 15.5

1996 89 25.35% 2,326 18.67% 26.1 1,214 13.6

1997 90 1.12% 2,739 17.76% 30.4 1,497 16.6

1998 154 71.11% 3,195 16.65% 20.7 1,829 11.9

1999 247 60.39% 3,888 21.69% 15.7 2,408 9.7

2000 236 -4.45% 4,126 6.12% 17.5 2,589 11.0

2001 271 14.83% 4,217 2.21% 15.6 2,753 10.2

2002 293 8.12% 4,392 4.15% 15.0 2,931 10.0

2003 343 17.06% 4,674 6.42% 13.6 3,182 9.3

2004 329 -4.08% 4,422 -5.39% 13.4 3,101 9.4

2005 372 13.07% 4,991 12.87% 13.4 3,604 9.7

2006 426 14.52% 5,658 13.36% 13.3 4,004 9.4

2007 433 1.64% 6,294 11.24% 14.5 4,317 10.0

2008 510 17.78% 7,124 13.19% 14.0 5,235 10.3

2009 565 10.78% 7,308 2.58% 12.9 5,516 9.8

2010 646 14.34% 8,482 16.06% 13.1 6,288 9.7

2011 725 12.23% 9,265 9.23% 12.8 6,835 9.4

*Note: A larger choice of subjects was made available from November 1996. The 6 month retake was introduced in 1998. Figures exclude withdrawn candidates.

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Graph 12.1 Summary of Diploma Programme examination entries: schools with candidates

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Graph 12.2 Summary of Diploma Programme examination entries: total number of candidates registered; number of diploma and retake candidates registered November 1990–November 2011

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13 Number of schools that registered a particular number of candidates November 2007–November 2011


Graph 13.1 Number of schools that registered a particular number of candidates

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1–10 candidates 307 370 420 479 543

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0ver 200 candidates 1 1 1 2 2

Total 433 510 565 646 725

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14 Subject registration summary November 2011

Subject group

Subject registrations Number of subjects

English Spanish German* Portuguese* Siswati* Total Higher level

Standard level

Total

Group 1 – – – – – 5,795 8 11 19

Group 2 – – – – – 7,168 14 25 39

Group 3 6,577 1,752 104 – – 8,433 9 10 19

Group 4 6,839 1,591 102 – – 8,532 4 5 9

Group 5 4,601 1,968 0 – – 6,569 2 3 5

Group 6 1,068 635 – – – 1,703 4 4 8

PS 46 – – – – 46 1 2 3

SBS 5 – – 25 6 36 0 2 2

Totals 19,136 5,946 206 25 6 25,319 42 62 104

*Subject registration in German is only allowed for History and Biology, and in Portuguese and Siswati for SBS.

15 Subject group registrations November 2007–November 2011 Graph 15.1 Number of candidates registered for subject groups November 2007–November 2011

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16 Additional Diploma Programme requirements: extended essay and theory of knowledge November 2007–2011


registered for extended essay and

theory of knowledge*


Extended essay 3,548 4,164 4,440 4,962 5,435

Theory of knowledge 3,558 4,163 4,423 4,943 5,384


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Number of EE candidates

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PS SBS Total

1,077 315 2,585 801 152 476 6 23 5,435

Percentage of EE

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19.82% 5.80% 47.56% 14.74% 2.80% 8.76% 0.11% 0.42% 100.00%

Graph 17.1 Subject registration summary: extended essay by subject group November 2011

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18 Subject registration summary: theory of knowledge by language November 2011

Theory of knowledge registration by language

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Total

Number of candidates registered

3,726 3 1,655 0 0 5,384

Percentage of candidates registered

69.21% 0.06% 30.74% 0.00% 0.00% 100.00%


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19 Nationalities of candidates registered November 2011

Country name Number of candidates


AFGHANISTAN 4 HONG KONG 27

ALBANIA 4 HUNGARY 9

ANGOLA 3 INDIA 168

ARGENTINA (2) 1,166 INDONESIA 107

ARMENIA 2 IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 11

ARUBA 1 IRAQ 5

AUSTRALIA (1) 1,771 IRELAND 6

AUSTRIA 16 ISRAEL 2

BAHAMAS 1 ITALY 34

BANGLADESH 2 JAPAN 35

BELARUS 1 JERSEY 1

BELGIUM 17 JORDAN 12

BOLIVIA 71 KAZAKHSTAN 1

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 2 KENYA 85

BOTSWANA 6 KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

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BRAZIL 124 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 99

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 9 KYRGYZSTAN 1

BULGARIA 4 LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1

BURUNDI 5 LATVIA 5

CAMBODIA 4 LEBANON 6

CAMEROON 2 LESOTHO 20

CANADA 39 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 1

CHILE (6) 401 LITHUANIA 2

CHINA (10) 233 LUXEMBOURG 1

COLOMBIA 75 MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF

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CONGO 1 MALAWI 5

COSTA RICA 117 MALAYSIA 95

COTE D'IVOIRE 1 MALDIVES 1

CUBA 1 MALTA 10

CYPRUS 2 MAURITIUS 66

CZECH REPUBLIC 12 MEXICO 22

DENMARK 19 MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 1

ECUADOR (4) 674 MONTENEGRO 1

EGYPT 2 MOROCCO 1

EL SALVADOR 1 MOZAMBIQUE 1

ESTONIA 1 MYANMAR 3

ETHIOPIA 7 NAMIBIA 2

FIJI 6 NEPAL 4

FINLAND 42 NETHERLANDS 59

FRANCE 48 NEW ZEALAND (8) 287

GERMANY 199 NICARAGUA 11

GHANA 4 NIGER 1

GREECE 28 NIGERIA 8

GUATEMALA 91 NORWAY 36

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OMAN 1 SWAZILAND 32

PAKISTAN 9 SWEDEN 37

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 8 SWITZERLAND 31

PARAGUAY 25 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 4

PERU (5) 541 TAIWAN 27

PHILIPPINES 15 TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 37

POLAND 63 THAILAND 26

PORTUGAL 19 TIMOR-LESTE 1

PUERTO RICO 1 TOGO 3

QATAR 1 TURKEY 22

ROMANIA 5 UGANDA 6

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 19 UKRAINE 9

RWANDA 36 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 3

SAUDI ARABIA 1 UNITED KINGDOM (7) 330

SENEGAL 2 UNITED STATES (9) 248

SERBIA 19 URUGUAY 96

SEYCHELLES 1 UZBEKISTAN 2

SINGAPORE (3) 876 VENEZUELA 11

SLOVAKIA 1 VIETNAM 35

SLOVENIA 3 ZAMBIA 1

SOUTH AFRICA 72 ZIMBABWE 51

SPAIN 40

SRI LANKA 14 Total number of candidates registered 9,265

*Top ten countries ranks displayed in brackets

Total number of nationalities: 144 (132 are above, and 12 other nationalities are from dual nationality candidates whose second nationality is not in the above) Candidates with dual nationality (Second nationality is not included in the above): 1090

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20 Number of countries represented by examination session November 2007–November 2011

Number of countries

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ARGENTINA (2) 1211 LATVIA 4

AUSTRALIA (1) 2274 LEBANON 7

AUSTRIA 16 LESOTHO 12

BAHAMAS 2 LITHUANIA 1

BELGIUM 13 LUXEMBOURG 3

BOLIVIA 74 MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 4 MALAWI 7

BOTSWANA 24 MALAYSIA 9

BRAZIL 124 MALTA 15

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 5 MAURITIUS 73

BULGARIA 1 MEXICO 13

CAMBODIA 2 MOROCCO 1

CANADA 19 MYANMAR 1

CHILE (6) 403 NAMIBIA 2

CHINA 32 NEPAL 4

COLOMBIA 50 NETHERLANDS 55

COSTA RICA (10) 133 NEW ZEALAND (7) 338

CZECH REPUBLIC 15 NICARAGUA 13

DENMARK 9 NORWAY 26

ECUADOR (4) 696 PAKISTAN 4

EGYPT 4 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6

ESTONIA 1 PARAGUAY 25

FIJI 22 PERU (5) 576

FINLAND 39 PHILIPPINES 11

FRANCE 25 POLAND 62

GEORGIA 1 PORTUGAL 14

GERMANY 116 QATAR 5

GHANA 10 ROMANIA 1

GREECE 32 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 5

GUATEMALA 94 RWANDA 45

HONG KONG 37 SAUDI ARABIA 2

HUNGARY 3 SERBIA 15

INDIA 92 SINGAPORE (3) 1172

INDONESIA 27 SLOVAKIA 2

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 7 SOUTH AFRICA 18

IRELAND 1 SPAIN 22

ISLE OF MAN 3 SRI LANKA 7

ISRAEL 1 SWAZILAND 118

ITALY 20 SWEDEN 22

JAPAN 28 SWITZERLAND 66

JERSEY 1 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 4

JORDAN 12 TAIWAN 6

KAZAKHSTAN 1 TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 37

KENYA 82 THAILAND 9

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 3 TOGO 5

LAOS 1 TUNISIA 1

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TURKEY 21 URUGUAY 107

UGANDA 1 VENEZUELA 4

UKRAINE 1 VIETNAM 1

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 43 ZAMBIA 1

UNITED KINGDOM (8) 252 ZIMBABWE 45

UNITED STATES (9) 172 Total number of candidates registered

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*Top ten countries ranks displayed in brackets

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PART C: results statistics

22 Analysis of examination results by subject and level November 2011

Subject Level


Percentage of candidates awarded grades Mean grade

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AFRIKAANS A1 SL

CHINESE A1 HL 70 0 0 1 3 39 51 6 5.57

CHINESE A1 SL 104 0 0 0 5 18 61 16 5.88

ENGLISH A1 HL 1,757 0 0 2 22 44 25 8 5.16

ENGLISH A1 SL 1,352 0 0 1 16 35 37 11 5.40

FRENCH A1 HL 19 0 0 0 0 58 32 11 5.53

FRENCH A1 SL 41 0 0 7 24 27 22 20 5.22

GERMAN A1 HL 26 0 4 8 15 46 15 12 4.96

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JAPANESE A1 HL 20 0 0 0 15 30 45 10 5.50

JAPANESE A1 SL

KOREAN A1 HL 21 0 0 0 0 5 71 24 6.19

KOREAN A1 SL

PORTUGUESE A1 HL 45 0 0 7 38 24 18 13 4.93

PORTUGUESE A1 SL 14 0 0 7 14 36 36 7 5.21

SISWATI A1 SL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 7.00

SPANISH A1 HL 1,864 0 1 6 26 46 18 3 4.83

SPANISH A1 SL 342 0 0 4 21 39 30 6 5.13

GROUP 1 TOTAL 5,720 0 0 3 21 41 27 8 5.14

Subject Level


Percentage of candidates awarded grades Mean grade GROUP 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

ENGLISH A2 HL 1,059 0 0 1 18 57 22 2 5.07

ENGLISH A2 SL 109 0 0 0 12 35 47 6 5.48

ENGLISH AB. SL 105 0 4 18 32 17 24 5 4.53

ENGLISH B HL 1,811 0 0 1 6 36 46 10 5.58

ENGLISH B SL 283 0 0 1 10 34 39 16 5.58

FRENCH A2 HL 23 0 0 4 17 48 26 4 5.09

FRENCH A2 SL

FRENCH AB. SL 291 0 0 7 22 28 30 13 5.20

FRENCH B HL 227 0 0 7 18 25 36 15 5.35

FRENCH B SL 641 0 1 4 15 30 31 18 5.41

GERMAN A2 HL 61 0 0 2 21 57 18 2 4.97

GERMAN A2 SL 47 0 0 0 11 40 43 6 5.45

GERMAN B HL 109 0 0 0 21 38 18 23 5.43

GERMAN B SL 142 0 0 6 32 32 20 11 4.96

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Subject Level



GROUP 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

INDONESIAN AB SL 48 0 0 2 13 38 35 13 5.44

INDONESIAN B HL 14 0 0 0 0 0 64 36 6.36

INDONESIAN B SL 24 0 0 0 29 25 33 13 5.29

ITALIAN B HL 37 0 0 0 16 49 27 8 5.27

ITALIAN B SL 44 0 0 2 9 36 41 11 5.50

JAPANESE AB. SL 79 0 1 11 16 33 29 9 5.04

JAPANESE B SL 124 0 0 0 15 31 33 20 5.58

LATIN HL

LATIN SL 25 0 0 4 12 32 20 32 5.64

MALAY B SL 58 0 0 0 2 2 10 86 6.81

MANDARIN AB. SL 132 0 2 6 16 20 22 34 5.55

MANDARIN B HL 80 0 0 0 0 4 38 59 6.55

MANDARIN B SL 592 0 0 0 1 7 18 74 6.65

PORTUGUESE A2 HL 38 0 0 0 0 39 53 8 5.68

PORTUGUESE A2 SL 11 0 0 0 0 36 45 18 5.82

PORTUGUESE B SL 14 0 0 0 14 36 43 7 5.43

SPANISH A2 HL 85 0 0 0 0 2 45 53 6.51

SPANISH A2 SL 24 0 0 0 0 0 33 67 6.67

SPANISH AB. SL 541 0 0 3 11 29 35 21 5.59

SPANISH B HL 40 0 0 3 5 8 63 23 5.98

SPANISH B SL 35 0 3 0 9 26 34 29 5.74

SWAHILI B HL 38 0 0 0 16 24 37 24 5.68

SWAHILI B SL 54 0 0 0 6 41 43 11 5.59

TAMIL B SL 34 0 0 9 3 12 24 53 6.09

GROUP 2 TOTAL 7,093 0 0 2 12 33 33 19 5.55

ITGS = INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY

Subject Level


Percentage of candidates awarded grades Mean grade GROUP 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT

HL 792 0 2 14 25 29 23 8 4.80

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT

SL 521 0 2 11 20 28 26 13 5.04

ECONOMICS HL 1,339 0 2 8 18 25 27 19 5.26

ECONOMICS SL 611 0 1 10 21 29 20 18 5.13

ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY

SL 450 1 6 20 23 20 19 11 4.56

GEOGRAPHY HL 538 0 2 12 25 22 25 14 4.96

GEOGRAPHY SL 175 1 2 18 26 23 16 15 4.78

HISTORY HL 1,820 0 4 13 27 29 20 7 4.69

HISTORY SL 653 0 4 15 32 29 15 4 4.47

ITGS HL 299 0 2 14 30 32 18 4 4.64

ITGS SL 114 0 2 14 21 47 14 2 4.63

PHILOSOPHY HL 67 0 0 3 10 51 31 4 5.24

PHILOSOPHY SL 30 0 0 10 3 47 37 3 5.20

PSYCHOLOGY HL 447 0 2 5 18 28 35 12 5.25

PSYCHOLOGY SL 233 0 4 14 19 21 24 18 5.03

SOCIAL & CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

HL 89 1 4 9 44 30 9 2 4.34

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SOCIAL & CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

SL 68 0 1 7 43 28 19 1 4.60

GROUP 3 TOTAL 8,246 0 3 12 24 27 22 11 4.88

Subject Level



GROUP 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

BIOLOGY HL 1,493 1 7 14 23 21 23 11 4.69

BIOLOGY SL 1,894 2 12 24 28 17 14 3 4.01

CHEMISTRY HL 1,414 0 5 13 17 19 20 26 5.14

CHEMISTRY SL 1,117 2 12 18 19 20 16 14 4.44

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY HL 104 0 1 3 43 34 17 2 4.69

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY SL 33 0 0 9 33 30 18 9 4.85

PHYSICS HL 941 0 5 17 18 15 14 30 5.09

PHYSICS SL 919 0 7 21 18 19 13 23 4.77

GROUP 4 TOTAL 7,915 1 8 18 22 19 17 15 4.63

Subject Level



GROUP 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

COMPUTER SCIENCE HL 19 0 0 16 16 5 37 26 5.42

COMPUTER SCIENCE SL 29 3 3 38 24 17 10 3 3.93

MATHEMATICAL STUDIES

SL 1,949 1 7 16 26 25 17 8 4.50

MATHEMATICS HL 1,076 1 10 12 19 18 23 17 4.83

MATHEMATICS SL 3,367 2 10 19 16 19 21 13 4.57

GROUP 5 TOTAL 6,440 1 9 17 20 21 20 12 4.59

Subject Level



GROUP 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

FILM HL 92 0 2 1 18 43 30 4 5.12

FILM SL 21 0 5 5 48 38 5 0 4.33

MUSIC HL 145 0 0 1 9 33 41 17 5.63

MUSIC SL 60 0 0 18 22 25 20 15 4.92

THEATRE HL 163 0 0 4 13 27 34 22 5.58

THEATRE SL 46 0 0 4 17 41 24 13 5.24

VISUAL ARTS HL 701 0 4 11 24 24 30 7 4.86

VISUAL ARTS SL 454 2 5 17 35 24 15 2 4.27

GROUP 6 TOTAL 1,682 0 3 11 24 27 27 8 4.86

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Subject Level



PILOT SUBJECTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

DANCE HL

SPORTS, HEALTH & EXERCISE SCIENCE

SL 31 0 6 6 3 10 16 58 5.97

TEXT AND PERFORMANCE

SL 10 0 0 30 50 20 0 0 3.90

PS TOTAL 45 0 4 13 13 16 14 40 5.40

Subject

Level Number of candidates

Percentage of candidates awarded grades

Mean grade SCHOOL-BASED SYLLABUSES

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

BEGINNERS’ SISWATI

SL

BRAZILIAN SOCIAL STUDIES

SL 25 0 8 8 20 28 24 12 4.88

PEACE & CONFLICT STUDIES

SL

SBS TOTAL 36 0 6 6 22 36 22 8 4.89

ALL SUBJECTS TOTAL 37,177 1 4 11 20 28 24 12 4.94

Figures for subject level combinations with a candidature of less than ten are not detailed, but are included in Group level and Overall totals.

Graph 22.1 Grade distribution by subject group November 2011

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23 Diploma and retake candidates (D+R): distribution of points totals

November 2011

Total Points

Diploma awarded Diploma not awarded Total number of candidates awarded each points score

Cumulative Number of candidates

Percentage of candidates



0 0.00%

1 0.00%

2 1 0.01% 1 0.01%

3 3 0.04% 3 0.06%

4 2 0.03% 2 0.09%

5 3 0.04% 3 0.13%

6 2 0.03% 2 0.16%

7 1 0.01% 1 0.18%

8 1 0.01% 1 0.19%

9 2 0.03% 2 0.22%

10 6 0.09% 6 0.31%

11 3 0.04% 3 0.35%

12 15 0.22% 15 0.57%

13 14 0.21% 14 0.78%

14 23 0.34% 23 1.12%

15 26 0.38% 26 1.50%

16 30 0.44% 30 1.94%

17 40 0.59% 40 2.52%

18 54 0.79% 54 3.32%

19 80 1.17% 80 4.49%

20 86 1.26% 86 5.75%

21 138 2.03% 138 7.78%

22 169 2.48% 169 10.26%

23 312 4.58% 312 14.84%

24 210 3.08% 120 1.76% 330 19.68%

25 258 3.79% 102 1.50% 360 24.96%

26 291 4.27% 86 1.26% 377 30.50%

27 329 4.83% 54 0.79% 383 36.12%

28 351 5.15% 12 0.18% 363 41.44%

29 366 5.37% 4 0.06% 370 46.87%

30 341 5.00% 3 0.04% 344 51.92%

31 308 4.52% 3 0.04% 311 56.49%

32 330 4.84% 2 0.03% 332 61.36%

33 330 4.84% 330 66.20%

34 250 3.67% 250 69.87%

35 263 3.86% 1 0.01% 264 73.75%

36 272 3.99% 272 77.74%

37 228 3.35% 1 0.01% 229 81.10%

38 218 3.20% 218 84.30%

39 211 3.10% 211 87.39%

40 179 2.63% 179 90.02%

41 183 2.69% 183 92.71%

42 156 2.29% 156 95.00%

43 154 2.26% 154 97.26%

44 112 1.64% 112 98.90%

45 75 1.10% 75 100.00%

5,415 79.47% 1,399 20.53% 6,814 100.00%

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24 Retake candidates only (R): distribution of points totals November 2011

Total Points

Diploma awarded Diploma not awarded Total number of candidates awarded each points score

Cumulative Number of candidates



Percentage of

candidates

0 0 0.00%

1 0 0.00%

2 0 0.00%

3 0 0.00%

4 0 0.00%

5 0 0.00%

6 0 0.00%

7 0 0.00%

8 0 0.00%

9 0 0.00%

10 0 0.00%

11 0 0.00%

12 0 0.00% 2 0.13% 2 0.13%

13 0 0.13%

14 0 0.00% 1 0.07% 1 0.20%

15 0 0.00% 2 0.13% 2 0.33%

16 0 0.00% 2 0.13% 2 0.46%

17 0 0.00% 2 0.13% 2 0.59%

18 0 0.00% 12 0.78% 12 1.37%

19 0 0.00% 16 1.04% 16 2.41%

20 0 0.00% 24 1.56% 24 3.98%

21 0 0.00% 48 3.13% 48 7.11%

22 0 0.00% 75 4.89% 75 11.99%

23 0 0.00% 172 11.21% 172 23.21%

24 96 6.26% 73 4.76% 169 34.22%

25 89 5.80% 66 4.30% 155 44.33%

26 111 7.24% 47 3.06% 158 54.63%

27 76 4.95% 27 1.76% 103 61.34%

28 90 5.87% 8 0.52% 98 67.73%

29 82 5.35% 1 0.07% 83 73.14%

30 70 4.56% 0 0.00% 70 77.71%

31 56 3.65% 1 0.07% 57 81.42%

32 48 3.13% 0 0.00% 48 84.55%

33 42 2.74% 0 0.00% 42 87.29%

34 34 2.22% 0 0.00% 34 89.50%

35 39 2.54% 0 0.00% 39 92.05%

36 36 2.35% 0 0.00% 36 94.39%

37 23 1.50% 0 0.00% 23 95.89%

38 23 1.50% 0 0.00% 23 97.39%

39 17 1.11% 0 0.00% 17 98.50%

40 5 0.33% 0 0.00% 5 98.83%

41 9 0.59% 0 0.00% 9 99.41%

42 4 0.26% 0 0.00% 4 99.67%

43 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 1 99.74%

44 2 0.13% 0 0.00% 2 99.87%

45 2 0.13% 0 0.00% 2 100.00%

955 62.26% 579 37.74% 1534 100.00%

34

25 Diploma score distribution: diploma and retake candidates (D+R) and retake candidates only (R) November 2011

Graph 25.1 Number of diploma and retake candidates with diplomas awarded and diplomas not awarded per points score November 2011

Graph 25.2 Number of retake candidates only with diplomas awarded and diplomas not awarded

per points score November 2011

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26 Extended essay results November 2011

EE grade awarded

per subject group

A B C D E

Total of candidates

awarded grade

Total of all registered candidates

Percentage of

candidates awarded

grade

Group 1 292 434 279 57 6 1,068 1,077 99.16%

Group 2 75 66 120 41 4 306 315 97.14%

Group 3 382 726 944 451 53 2,556 2,585 98.88%

Group 4 201 230 240 133 26 830 852 97.42%

Group 5 18 41 48 27 12 146 152 96.05%

Group 6 130 137 152 49 4 472 475 99.37%

PS 4 2 0 0 0 6 6 100.00%

SBS 1 4 15 2 1 23 23 100.00%

Total 1,103 1,640 1,798 760 106

5,407 5,485 98.58%

Percentage of candidates awarded a particular grade

20.40% 30.33% 33.25% 14.06% 1.96%

Graph 26.1 Percentage of grades awarded: extended essay November 2011

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Graph 26.2 Percentage of grades awarded: extended essay November 2010

27 Theory of knowledge results November 2011

TOK grade awarded

A B C D E

Total of candidates

awarded grade

Total of all registered candidates

Percentage of

candidates awarded

grade

Number of candidates awarded grade

386 1,653 2,205 1,045 33

5322 5,384 98.85% Percentage of candidates awarded grade

7.25% 31.06% 41.43% 19.64% 0.62%

Graph 27.1 Percentage of grades awarded: theory of knowledge November 2011

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Graph 27.2 Percentage of grades awarded: theory of knowledge November 2010

28 Distribution of additional points November 2007–November 2011

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Additional points 0 1 2 3 Total Mean points

November 2007

Number of candidates awarded

1,252 1,918 762 468 4,400

1.10 Percentage of candidates awarded

28.45% 43.59% 17.32% 10.64% 100.00%

November 2008


1,535 2,252 853 555 5,195


29.55% 43.34% 16.42% 10.69% 100.00%

November 2009


1,300 2,355 1,144 746 5,545


23.44% 42.47% 20.63% 13.45% 100.00%

November 2010


1,939 2,656 1,249 804 6,648


29.17% 39.95% 18.79% 12.09% 100.00%

November 2011


1,755 2,977 1,351 912 6,995


25.09% 42.56% 19.31% 13.04% 100.00%

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Graph 28.1 Distribution of additional points November 2011

Graph 28.2 Distribution of additional points November 2010

29 Mean points score worldwide November 2007–November 2011 Mean score

per examination

session

November 2007

November 2008

November 2009

November 2010

November 2011

30.73 30.58 30.87 30.70 30.60

30 Mean grade worldwide November 2007–November 2011 Mean grade

per examination

session

November 2007

November 2008

November 2009

November 2010

November 2011

4.95 4.97 4.98 4.92 4.94

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31 Pass rate worldwide November 2007–November 2011

Pass rate per examination

session

November 2007

November 2008

November 2009

November 2010

November 2011

81.29% 79.54% 80.22% 80.48% 79.36%

32 Number of diplomas and bilingual diplomas awarded November 2007–November 2011

33 Number of diplomas awarded by IB region November 2011

Number of bilingual diplomas awarded

IBAEM IBAP IBA Total

420 300 1,317 2,037

Number of all diplomas awarded (includes bilingual diplomas)

870 2,780 1,765 5,415

34 Percentage of diploma candidates scoring 45 points November 2001-November 2011

Candidates scoring 45

Nov 2001

Nov 2002

Nov 2003

Nov 2004

Nov 2005

Nov 2006

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

4 5 12 21 14 13 23 38 31 62 75

0.15% 0.18% 0.39% 0.68% 0.39% 0.32% 0.53% 0.73% 0.56% 0.99% 1.10%

Graph 34.1 Percentage of candidates scoring 45 points November 2001 - November 2011

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Percentage of bilingual diplomas out of all diplomas awarded

November 2007 1,476 3,511 42.04%

November 2008 1,686 4,145 40.68%

November 2009 1,770 4,417 40.07%

November 2010 1,965 5,050 38.91%

November 2011 2,037 5,415 37.62%

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