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<strong>The</strong> <strong>IB</strong> <strong>Diploma</strong> <strong>Programme</strong><br />
<strong>Statistical</strong> <strong>Bulletin</strong><br />
November 2015 Examination Session<br />
Education for a better world
<strong>The</strong><strong>IB</strong><strong>Diploma</strong><strong>Programme</strong><strong>Statistical</strong>Buletin,November2015ExaminationSession.<br />
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Index:Keytoabbreviations<br />
Categoriesofregistration:<br />
<strong>Diploma</strong><strong>Programme</strong>(DP)candidatesmustregisterinoneoffourcategories:<br />
<strong>Diploma</strong>:Candidatesintendingtocompletetherequirementsfortheawardofan<strong>IB</strong><strong>Diploma</strong>.<br />
Retake*:Previous<strong>IB</strong><strong>Diploma</strong>candidateswhoareseekingtoimprovetheirresultsbyretakingoneormoresubjects.<strong>The</strong>highest<br />
gradeobtainedforasubjectwilcontributetowardsthe<strong>IB</strong>.<br />
Course:Candidatestakingoneormoresubjectswhoarenotseekingtheawardofthe<strong>IB</strong><strong>Diploma</strong>.<br />
Anticipated:Candidatesintendingtocompletetherequirementsforoneortwostandardlevelsubjects(excludinglanguagesab<br />
initioandpilotsubjects)attheendoftheirfirstyearofthe<strong>Diploma</strong><strong>Programme</strong>.<strong>The</strong>ymustcompletealremaining<strong>IB</strong><strong>Diploma</strong>requirementsinthecorespondingexaminationsessionthefolowingyear.<br />
*Unlessotherwisestated,retakecandidatesareincludedinthedataset.<br />
<strong>IB</strong>Regions<br />
Schoolsauthorizedtooferthe<strong>IB</strong><strong>Diploma</strong><strong>Programme</strong>aregroupedbygeographicalregions.<strong>The</strong>abbreviationsusedinthetables<br />
arethecodesdescribingthefolowinggeographicalregions:<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A: <strong>IB</strong>Americas<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM: <strong>IB</strong>Africa,Europe,MiddleEast<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AP: <strong>IB</strong>Asia-Pacific<br />
SubjectGroups<br />
1 StudiesinLanguagesandLiterature<br />
2 LanguageAcquisition<br />
3 IndividualsandSocieties<br />
4 ExperimentalSciences<br />
5 MathematicalandComputerScience<br />
6 <strong>The</strong>Arts<br />
OtherAbbreviations<br />
HL: HigherLevel<br />
SL: StandardLevel<br />
TOK/TK: <strong>The</strong>oryofKnowledge<br />
EE: ExtendedEssay<br />
PS: PilotSubject<br />
SBS: School-BasedSylabus
Summary<br />
RegionalDistributionofCandidatesandSchools<br />
%<br />
Candidates<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AP<br />
41.3%<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
14.9%<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
43.7%<br />
% Schools<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AP<br />
26.5%<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
41.8%<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
31.7%<br />
PercentageSplitbyGender<br />
%<br />
Candidates<br />
MALE<br />
48.9%<br />
FEMALE<br />
51.1%<br />
PercentageSplitbyCategory<br />
%<br />
Candidates<br />
RETAKE<br />
15.7%<br />
DIPLOMA<br />
63.0%<br />
COURSE<br />
12.8%<br />
ANTICIPATED<br />
8.5%<br />
TotalPointsDistribution-Ful<strong>Diploma</strong><strong>Programme</strong>Only<br />
NumberofCandidates<br />
500<br />
400<br />
383<br />
409<br />
451<br />
480<br />
461<br />
489<br />
424<br />
468<br />
444<br />
445<br />
441<br />
387<br />
377<br />
378<br />
NumberofCandidates<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
75<br />
112<br />
140<br />
180<br />
290<br />
332<br />
330<br />
301<br />
288<br />
270<br />
235<br />
248<br />
155<br />
99<br />
0<br />
13<br />
19<br />
24<br />
35<br />
43<br />
3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45<br />
Legend<br />
BILINGUALDIPLOMAAWARDED DIPLOMAAWARDED DIPLOMANOTAWARDED
Schools<br />
NumberofSchoolsbyCohortSize<br />
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015<br />
200Candidates<br />
TotalDPSchools<br />
310<br />
463<br />
276<br />
164<br />
125<br />
253<br />
71<br />
1,926<br />
358<br />
485<br />
295<br />
186<br />
139<br />
256<br />
81<br />
2,064<br />
352<br />
516<br />
289<br />
201<br />
135<br />
289<br />
83<br />
2,155<br />
337<br />
569<br />
327<br />
217<br />
133<br />
292<br />
102<br />
2,211<br />
348<br />
548<br />
362<br />
231<br />
149<br />
302<br />
103<br />
2,310<br />
GrowthofSchoolsbyRegion<br />
864<br />
NumberofSchools<br />
800<br />
600<br />
400<br />
723<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
738<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
789<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
804<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
200<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AP <strong>IB</strong>AP <strong>IB</strong>AP <strong>IB</strong>AP <strong>IB</strong>AP<br />
0<br />
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015<br />
GrowthofSchoolsbyLanguage<br />
864<br />
800<br />
723<br />
738<br />
789<br />
804<br />
NumberofSchools<br />
600<br />
400<br />
ENGLISH<br />
ENGLISH<br />
ENGLISH<br />
ENGLISH<br />
ENGLISH<br />
200<br />
0<br />
SPANISH SPANISH SPANISH SPANISH SPANISH<br />
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015<br />
Language<br />
ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH
Candidates<br />
GrowthofCandidatesbyRegion<br />
NumberofCandidates<br />
10K<br />
5K<br />
9,263<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
9,598<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
10,407<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
10,910<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
11,844<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AP <strong>IB</strong>AP <strong>IB</strong>AP <strong>IB</strong>AP <strong>IB</strong>AP<br />
0K<br />
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015<br />
GrowthofCandidatesbyGender<br />
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015<br />
NumberofCandidates<br />
6K<br />
4K<br />
2K<br />
4,649 4,614<br />
4,938<br />
4,660<br />
5,306<br />
5,101<br />
5,553<br />
5,357<br />
6,049<br />
5,795<br />
0K<br />
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE<br />
GrowthofCandidatesbyCategory<br />
NumberofCandidates<br />
12K<br />
10K<br />
8K<br />
6K<br />
4K<br />
9,263<br />
ANTICIPATED<br />
COURSE<br />
DIPLOMA<br />
9,598<br />
ANTICIPATED<br />
COURSE<br />
DIPLOMA<br />
10,407<br />
ANTICIPATED<br />
COURSE<br />
DIPLOMA<br />
10,910<br />
ANTICIPATED<br />
COURSE<br />
DIPLOMA<br />
11,844<br />
ANTICIPATED<br />
COURSE<br />
DIPLOMA<br />
2K<br />
0K<br />
RETAKE RETAKE RETAKE RETAKE RETAKE<br />
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Results<br />
PassRateandMeanTotalPoints<br />
(Ful<strong>Diploma</strong>Only)<br />
34<br />
PassRate<br />
80%<br />
79.4%<br />
30.6<br />
80.9%<br />
80.3% 80.4%<br />
79.8%<br />
30.9<br />
30.8<br />
30.8<br />
31.0<br />
32<br />
30<br />
AverageTotalPoints<br />
75%<br />
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015<br />
Numberof<strong>Diploma</strong>sAwardedbyRegion<br />
(Ful<strong>Diploma</strong>Only)<br />
28<br />
Global<br />
5,414<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
1,764<br />
Global<br />
5,746<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
1,864<br />
Global<br />
6,376<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
2,162<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
1,008<br />
Global<br />
6,634<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
2,349<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
997<br />
Global<br />
7,504<br />
<strong>IB</strong>A<br />
2,735<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AEM<br />
1,153<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AP<br />
2,780<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AP<br />
3,030<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AP<br />
3,206<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AP<br />
3,288<br />
<strong>IB</strong>AP<br />
3,616<br />
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015<br />
Percentageof<strong>Diploma</strong>sAwarded<br />
2015<br />
DIPLOMAAWARDED 49.8%<br />
BILINGUALDIPLOMAAWARDED 31.1%<br />
2014<br />
DIPLOMAAWARDED 50.6%<br />
BILINGUALDIPLOMAAWARDED 29.2%<br />
2013<br />
DIPLOMAAWARDED 51.4%<br />
BILINGUALDIPLOMAAWARDED 28.9%<br />
2012<br />
DIPLOMAAWARDED 51.1%<br />
BILINGUALDIPLOMAAWARDED 29.2%<br />
2011<br />
DIPLOMAAWARDED 49.5%<br />
BILINGUALDIPLOMAAWARDED 29.8%<br />
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80%<br />
SubjectRegistrationbyExaminationLanguageandSubjectGroup<br />
*Crossdisciplinarysubjectsarecountedinbothgroups,butonlyonceintheGrandTotal<br />
1 StudiesinLanguageandLiterat.<br />
ENGLISH SPANISH GERMAN PORTUGUESE Total<br />
9,717<br />
NumberofSubjectsby<br />
Level<br />
HL SL Total<br />
16<br />
20<br />
20<br />
2 Languageacquisition<br />
7,986<br />
10<br />
20<br />
20<br />
3 Individualsandsocieties<br />
8,348<br />
3,132<br />
240<br />
49<br />
11,769<br />
8<br />
14<br />
14<br />
4 Experimentalsciences<br />
9,081<br />
2,587<br />
246<br />
11,914<br />
5<br />
7<br />
7<br />
5 Mathematicsandcomputerscie.<br />
5,737<br />
3,116<br />
8,853<br />
1<br />
2<br />
2<br />
6 <strong>The</strong>arts<br />
1,300<br />
714<br />
2,014<br />
5<br />
6<br />
6<br />
GrandTotal 24,466<br />
9,549<br />
486<br />
49<br />
52,253<br />
45<br />
67<br />
67
TotalPointsandBonusPoints<br />
(Ful<strong>Diploma</strong>CandidatesOnly)<br />
PercentageandNumberofStudentsScoring45Points<br />
Numberscoring45points<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
1.10%<br />
1.05%<br />
75 75<br />
1.01%<br />
80<br />
1.29%<br />
107<br />
99<br />
1.07%<br />
1.00%<br />
0.50%<br />
% scoring45Points<br />
20<br />
0<br />
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015<br />
0.00%<br />
Legend<br />
Candidates<br />
Percentagescoring45Points<br />
PercentageofStudentsScoringBonusPoints<br />
100%<br />
3Points<br />
13.1%<br />
3Points<br />
13.3%<br />
3Points<br />
13.6%<br />
3Points<br />
12.9%<br />
3Points<br />
13.9%<br />
80%<br />
2Points<br />
19.5%<br />
2Points<br />
18.0%<br />
2Points<br />
19.0%<br />
2Points<br />
19.8%<br />
% ofCandidates<br />
60%<br />
40%<br />
1Points<br />
42.8%<br />
1Points<br />
43.5%<br />
1Points<br />
43.1%<br />
1Points<br />
42.9%<br />
2Points<br />
41.3%<br />
1Points<br />
23.7%<br />
20%<br />
0Points<br />
24.6%<br />
0Points<br />
25.1%<br />
0Points<br />
24.3%<br />
0Points<br />
24.4%<br />
0Points<br />
21.1%<br />
0%<br />
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
ExtendedEssay<br />
1 StudiesinLanguageand<br />
Literature<br />
GradeDistributionbySubjectGroup<br />
A B C D E N<br />
472<br />
652<br />
579<br />
140<br />
17<br />
Candidates<br />
Awarded<br />
Grade<br />
1,848<br />
Candidates<br />
NotAwarded<br />
Grade<br />
17<br />
GrandTotal<br />
1,865<br />
2 Languageacquisition<br />
100<br />
126<br />
123<br />
69<br />
419<br />
422<br />
3 Individualsandsocieties<br />
468<br />
856<br />
1,407<br />
571<br />
54<br />
48<br />
3,356<br />
48<br />
3,404<br />
4 Experimentalsciences<br />
188<br />
406<br />
525<br />
229<br />
23<br />
16<br />
1,371<br />
16<br />
1,387<br />
5 Mathematicsandcomputer<br />
science<br />
28<br />
39<br />
53<br />
25<br />
150<br />
152<br />
6 <strong>The</strong>arts<br />
198<br />
183<br />
156<br />
51<br />
590<br />
597<br />
GrandTotal 1,439 2,234 2,793 1,061 90 92<br />
7,617<br />
92<br />
7,709<br />
CandidatesAwardedGrade<br />
Candidates % ofCandidatesAwardedGrade % ofCandidatesinSubjectGroup<br />
1 StudiesinLanguageandLiterature<br />
1,848<br />
99.1%<br />
24.3%<br />
2 Languageacquisition<br />
419<br />
99.1%<br />
5.5%<br />
3 Individualsandsocieties<br />
3,356<br />
98.2%<br />
44.1%<br />
4 Experimentalsciences<br />
1,371<br />
98.8%<br />
18.0%<br />
5 Mathematicsandcomputerscience<br />
150<br />
97.4%<br />
2.0%<br />
6 <strong>The</strong>arts<br />
590<br />
98.8%<br />
7.7%<br />
GrandTotal 7,617<br />
98.6%<br />
100.0%<br />
Top10ExtendedEssaySubjects<br />
HISTORY<br />
1,175<br />
ENGLISHA<br />
882<br />
SPANISHA<br />
774<br />
BIOLOGY<br />
561<br />
ECONOMICS<br />
493<br />
BUS.&MAN.<br />
446<br />
VISUALARTS<br />
PSYCHOLOGY<br />
GEOGRAPHY<br />
CHEMISTRY<br />
358<br />
352<br />
318<br />
293<br />
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300<br />
NumberofCandidates<br />
SubjectGrade<br />
A B C D E N
<strong>The</strong>oryofKnowledge<br />
<strong>The</strong>oryofKnowledge<br />
CandidatesAwardedGrade<br />
A B C D E Total<br />
Candidates<br />
NotAwarded<br />
Grade<br />
Total<br />
Total<br />
Candidates<br />
Candidates<br />
676<br />
2,474<br />
3,167<br />
1,207<br />
28<br />
7,552<br />
66<br />
7,618<br />
% Candidates 8.9% 32.5% 41.6% 15.8% 0.4% 99.1% 0.9% 100.0%<br />
TOKGradeDistribution<br />
A<br />
676<br />
B<br />
2,474<br />
C<br />
3,167<br />
D<br />
1,207<br />
E<br />
28<br />
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 2400 2600 2800 3000 3200 3400<br />
NumberofCandidates<br />
NumberofCandidatesbyTOKExam Language<br />
ENGLISH<br />
4,795<br />
SPANISH<br />
2,718<br />
CHINESE<br />
38<br />
GERMAN<br />
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000<br />
NumberofCandidates
Year on Year Growth<br />
Year<br />
Number of schools<br />
entered<br />
Percentage of<br />
increase<br />
Number of candidates<br />
examined<br />
Percentage of increase -<br />
Candidates<br />
Average number of<br />
candidates per school<br />
Number of diploma and<br />
retake candidates<br />
Average number of diploma<br />
and retake candidates per<br />
school<br />
1990 27 - 710 - 26.3 324 12<br />
1991 34 25.93% 791 11.41% 23.3 412 12.1<br />
1992 47 38.24% 1,107 39.95% 23.6 568 12.1<br />
1993 54 14.89% 1,385 25.11% 25.6 754 14<br />
1994 69 27.78% 1,767 27.58% 25.6 1,013 14.7<br />
1995 71 2.90% 1,960 10.92% 27.6 1,104 15.5<br />
1996 89 25.35% 2,326 18.67% 26.1 1,214 13.6<br />
1997 90 1.12% 2,739 17.76% 30.4 1,497 16.6<br />
1998 154 71.11% 3,195 16.65% 20.7 1,829 11.9<br />
1999 247 60.39% 3,888 21.69% 15.7 2,408 9.7<br />
2000 236 -4.45% 4,126 6.12% 17.5 2,589 11<br />
2001 271 14.83% 4,217 2.21% 15.6 2,753 10.2<br />
2002 293 8.12% 4,392 4.15% 15 2,931 10<br />
2003 343 17.06% 4,674 6.42% 13.6 3,182 9.3<br />
2004 329 -4.08% 4,422 -5.39% 13.4 3,101 9.4<br />
2005 372 13.07% 4,991 12.87% 13.4 3,604 9.7<br />
2006 426 14.52% 5,658 13.36% 13.3 4,004 9.4<br />
2007 433 1.64% 6,294 11.24% 14.5 4,317 10<br />
2008 510 17.78% 7,124 13.19% 14 5,235 10.3<br />
2009 565 10.78% 7,308 2.58% 12.9 5,516 9.8<br />
2010 646 14.34% 8,482 16.06% 13.1 6,288 9.7<br />
2011 725 12.23% 9,300 9.23% 12.8 6,835 9.4<br />
2012 748 3.17% 9,735 4.68% 13.0 7,294 9.8<br />
2013 789 12.23% 10,407 9.23% 13.2 7,959 10.1<br />
2014 804 1.90% 10,910 4.83% 13.6 8,331 10.4<br />
2015 865 7.59% 11,882 8.91% 13.7 9,324 10.8
Number of Candidates by Nationality<br />
Nationality Candidates Nationality Candidat<br />
es<br />
AFGHANISTAN
Nationality<br />
Candidates<br />
SAUDI ARABIA
Number of Candidate by Country of School<br />
School Country Candidates School Country Candidates<br />
ARGENTINA 1,397 LITHUANIA
Total Points<br />
Candidates<br />
Total Points Distribution<br />
DIPLOMA AWARDED DIPLOMA NOT AWARDED ALL CANDIDATES<br />
Percentage<br />
Awarded<br />
Candidates<br />
Percentage<br />
Awarded<br />
Candidates<br />
Cumulative<br />
Percentage<br />
1<br />
2
Results by Subject and Level<br />
Percentage of candidates awarded grade<br />
Group 1 Candidates Mean Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
AFRIKAA A LIT - SL
Percentage of candidates awarded grade<br />
Group 3 Candidates Mean Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
BRAZ.SOC.STUD - SL 49 4.90 0.00% 0.00% 8.33% 22.92% 33.33% 31.25% 4.17%<br />
BUS.& MAN. - HL 1,287 4.34 0.24% 4.87% 19.46% 25.06% 25.47% 17.44% 7.46%<br />
BUS.& MAN. - SL 969 4.79 0.31% 3.96% 12.71% 20.63% 31.04% 19.90% 11.46%<br />
CHILE & PAC. - SL 16 4.75 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 13.33% 66.67% 20.00% 0.00%<br />
CL.GK.ROM.ST. - SL
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