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The IB Diploma Programme statistical bulletin

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The IB Diploma Programme statistical bulletin, November 2010 examination session

Published in June 2011

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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 2006–2010

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2 Number and percentage of schools following the Diploma Programme by working language 2006–2010

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3 Number and percentage of schools following the Diploma Programme by IB region 2006–2010

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PART B: registration statistics

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4 Number of schools registering candidates November 2006–November 2010

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5 Number of November session schools registering candidates November 2006–November 2010

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6 Number of schools registering candidates by working language November 2006–November 2010

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7 Number and percentage of schools registering candidates by IB region November 2006–November 2010

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8 Number of candidates registered by category November 2006–November 2010

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9 Number of candidates registered by gender November 2006–November 2010

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10 Number of candidates registered by IB region November 2006–November 2010

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11 Number of candidates registered by category, gender and IB region November 2010

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12 Summary of Diploma Programme examination entries: schools with registered candidates November 1975–November 2010

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13 Number of schools that registered a particular number of candidates November 2006 –November 2010

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14 Subject registration summary November 2010

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15 Subject group registrations November 2006–November 2010

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16 Additional Diploma Programme requirements: extended essay and theory of knowledge November 2010

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17 Subject registration summary: extended essay by subject group November 2010

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18 Subject registration summary: theory of knowledge by language November 2010

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19 Nationalities of candidates registered November 2010

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20 Number of countries represented by examination session November 2006–November 2010

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21 Number of candidates registered by country November 2010

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PART C: results statistics

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22 Analysis of examination results by subject and level November 2010

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23 Diploma and retake candidates (D+R): distribution of points totals November 2010

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24 Retake candidates only (R): distribution of points totals November 2010

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25 Diploma score distribution: diploma and retake candidates (D+R) and retake candidates only (R) November 2010

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26 Extended essay results November 2010

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27 Theory of knowledge results November 2010

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28 Distribution of additional points November 2006–November 2010

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29 Mean points score worldwide November 2006–November 2010

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30 Mean grade worldwide November 2006–November 2010

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31 Pass rate worldwide November 2006–November 2010

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32 Number of diplomas and bilingual diplomas awarded November 2006–November 2010

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33 Number of diplomas awarded by IB region November 2010

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34 Number of candidates scoring 45 points November 1999-November 2010 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 2006–2010

Number of schools following the

Diploma Programme* 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

May session schools 1,324 (11.07%) 1,454 (9.82%) 1,636 (12.52%) 1,833 (12.04%) 1,978 (7.91%)

November session schools

156 (9.09%) 170 (8.97%) 181 (6.47%) 192 (6.08%) 205 (6.77%)

Total 1,480 (10.86%) 1,624 (9.73%) 1,817 (11.88%) 2,025 (11.45%) 2,183 (7.80%)

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

Graph 1.1 Number of schools following the Diploma Programme 2006–2010

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2 Number and percentage of schools following the Diploma Programme by working language 2006–2010

Number of schools following

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

English 1,301 1,426 1,590 1,766 1,913

French 18 18 21 27 27

Spanish 157 175 199 218 242

Total 1,476 1,619 1,810 2,011 2,182 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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working language*

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

English 88.14% 88.08% 87.85% 87.82% 87.67%

French 1.22% 1.11% 1.16% 1.34% 1.24%

Spanish 10.64% 10.81% 10.99% 10.84% 11.09%


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3 Number and percentage of schools following the Diploma Programme by IB region 2006–2010

Number of schools following

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

IBAEM 483 532 604 680 738

IBAP 185 213 246 283 318

IBA 808 874 960 1,048 1,127

Total 1,476 1,619 1,810 2,011 2,183


Graph 3.1 Number of schools following the Diploma Programme by IB region 2006–2010

Percentage of schools following

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

IBAEM 32.73% 32.86% 33.37% 33.81% 33.81%

IBAP 12.53% 13.16% 13.59% 14.07% 14.56%

IBA 54.74% 53.98% 53.04% 52.12% 51.63%


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PART B: registration statistics

4 Number of schools registering candidates November 2006–November 2010

Number of schools

registering candidates*

Nov 2006 Nov 2007 Nov 2008 Nov 2009 Nov 2010

426 433 510 565 646

Percentage of total number of

schools 28.86% 26.74% 28.18% 28.10% 29.59%

*excludes withdrawn candidates

Graph 4.1 Number of schools registering candidates November 2006–November 2010

5 Number of November session schools registering candidates

November 2006–November 2010

Number of November

session schools registering candidates*


132 (4.76%) 139 (5.30%) 149 (7.19%) 155 (4.03%) 176 (13.55%)

Total number of November

session schools 156 (9.09%) 170 (8.97%) 181 (6.47%) 192 (6.08%) 205 (6.77%)

Percentage of all November

session schools 84.62% 81.76% 82.32% 80.73% 85.85%

*excludes withdrawn candidates; % increase on previous year in brackets

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6 Number of schools registering candidates by working language November 2006–November 2010

Number of schools

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working language*


English 345 354 431 480 535

French 2 1 2 0 6

Spanish 79 78 77 85 105

Total 426 433 510 565 646


Graph 6.1 Number of schools registering candidates by working language November 2006–

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7 Number and percentage of schools registering candidates by IB region November 2006–November 2010

Number of schools

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IB region*


IBAEM 183 198 234 252 285

IBAP 74 95 110 121 148

IBA 169 140 166 192 213

Total 426 433 510 565 646


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 42.96% 45.73% 45.88% 44.60% 44.12%

IBAP 17.37% 21.94% 21.57% 21.42% 22.91%

IBA 39.67% 32.33% 32.55% 33.98% 32.97%

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8 Number of candidates registered by category November 2006–November 2010

Number of candidates

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Diploma 3,214 3,501 4,112 4,352 4,820

Retake 790 816 1,123 1,164 1,468

Certificate 1,109 1,327 1,161 1,046 1,243*

Anticipated 545 650 728 746 951*

Total 5,658 6,294 7,124 7,308 8,482

* 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 2006–November 2010

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Percentage of

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Diploma 56.80% 55.62% 57.72% 59.55% 56.83%

Retake 13.96% 12.96% 15.76% 15.93% 17.31%

Certificate 19.60% 21.08% 16.30% 14.31% 14.65%*

Anticipated 9.64% 10.34% 10.22% 10.21% 11.21%*

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Graph 8.3 Percentages of candidates registered November 2006–November 2010

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9 Number of candidates registered by gender November 2006–November 2010


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Female 2,917 3,058 3,598 3,674 4,286

Male 2,741 3,236 3,526 3,634 4,196

Total 5,658 6,294 7,124 7,308 8,482


Graph 9.1 Number of candidates registered by gender November 2006–November 2010

Percentage of


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Female 51.56% 48.59% 50.51% 50.27% 50.53%

Male 48.44% 51.41% 49.49% 49.73% 49.47%

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10 Number of candidates registered by IB region November 2006–November 2010


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IBAEM 864 957 1,175 1,224 1,452

IBAP 1,932 2,447 3,030 3,224 3,641

IBA 2,862 2,890 2,919 2,860 3,389

Total 5,658 6,294 7,124 7,308 8,482


Graph 10.1 Number of candidates registered by IB region November 2006–November 2010

Percentage of


IB region


IBAEM 15.27% 15.20% 16.49% 16.75% 17.12%

IBAP 34.15% 38.88% 42.54% 44.11% 42.92%

IBA 50.58% 45.92% 40.97% 39.14% 39.96%

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11 Number of candidates registered by category, gender and IB region November 2010

IB region

Category

Number of candidates registered* Total number of candidates registered

Regional Category

Percentage Number of female

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IBAEM

Diploma 151 149 300 20.66%

Retake 478 544 1,022 70.39%

Certificate 35 32 67 4.61%

Anticipated 25 38 63 4.34%

47.45% 52.55% 1,452

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Diploma 1,239 1,188 2,427 66.66%

Retake 110 162 272 7.47%

Certificate 31 50 81 2.22%

Anticipated 348 513 861 23.65%

47.46% 52.54% 3,641

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Diploma 1,128 965 2,093 61.76%

Retake 82 92 174 5.13%

Certificate 649 446 1,095 32.31%

Anticipated 10 17 27 0.80%

55.15% 44.85% 3,389

Total 4,286 4,196 8,482


Graph 11.1 Number of candidates registered by category and IB region November 2010

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12 Summary of Diploma Programme examination entries: schools with registered candidates November 1990–November 2010

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

*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 2010

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13 Number of schools that registered a particular number of candidates November 2006–November 2010


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

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1–10 candidates 308 307 370 420 479

11–30 candidates 57 60 72 80 93

31–50 candidates 32 36 37 35 41

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0ver 200 candidates 1 1 1 1 2

Total 426 433 510 565 646

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14 Subject registration summary November 2010

Subject group

Subject registrations Number of subjects

English Spanish German* Portuguese* Siswati* Total Higher level

Standard level

Total

Group 1 – – – – – 5,359 9 12 21

Group 2 – – – – – 6,545 14 24 38

Group 3 5,955 1,821 103 7,879 9 10 19

Group 4 6,164 1,583 100 7,847 4 6 10

Group 5 4,001 1,968 0 5,969 2 3 5

Group 6 867 528 0 1,395 4 5 9

PS 4 0 0 4 1 1 2

SBS 1 38 14 53 0 3 3

Totals 16,992 5,900 203 38 14 35,051 43 64 107

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

15 Subject group registrations November 2006–November 2010 Graph 15.1 Number of candidates registered for subject groups November 2006–November 2010

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16 Additional Diploma Programme requirements: extended essay and theory of knowledge November 2006–2010


registered for extended essay and

theory of knowledge*


Extended essay 3,244 3,548 4,164 4,440 4,962

Theory of knowledge 3,267 3,558 4,163 4,423 4,943


17 Subject registration summary: extended essay by subject group November 2010

Number of EE candidates

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PS SBS Total

995 299 2,458 822 142 423 6 18 5,163

Percentage of EE

candidates registered for a particular

subject group

19.27% 5.79% 47.61% 15.92% 2.75% 8.19% 0.12% 0.35% 100.00%

Graph 17.1 Subject registration summary: extended essay by subject group November 2010

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18 Subject registration summary: theory of knowledge by language November 2010

Theory of knowledge registration by language

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Total

Number of candidates registered

3,385 2 1,556 0 0 4,943

Percentage of candidates registered

68.48% 0.04% 31.48% 0.00% 0.00% 100.00%


Graph 18.1 Subject registration summary: theory of knowledge by language November 2010

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19 Nationalities of candidates registered November 2010

Country name Number of candidates


AFGHANISTAN 4 GERMANY (10) 184

ALBANIA 1 GHANA 2

ANGOLA 2 GREECE 28

ARGENTINA (2) 1,077 GUATEMALA 96

ARMENIA 1

HONDURAS 3

AUSTRALIA (1) 1,483 HONG KONG 29

AUSTRIA 17 HUNGARY 4

AZERBAIJAN 2 ICELAND 1

BANGLADESH 5 INDIA 151

BELARUS 1 INDONESIA 85

BELGIUM 16 IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 10

BENIN 1 IRAQ 5

BERMUDA 2 IRELAND 8

BOLIVIA 17 ISRAEL 9

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 9 ITALY 33

BOTSWANA 4 JAMAICA 1

BRAZIL 104 JAPAN 43

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1 JORDAN 3

BULGARIA 4 KAZAKHSTAN 2

BURUNDI 3 KENYA 73

CAMBODIA 2

KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

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CAMEROON 1 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 87

CANADA 43 LATVIA 4

CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 LEBANON 6

CHILE (6) 430 LESOTHO 28

CHINA 182 LITHUANIA 3

COLOMBIA 54 LUXEMBOURG 3

COSTA RICA 93

MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF

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CROATIA 12 MADAGASCAR 1

CUBA 1 MALAWI 4

CZECH REPUBLIC 6 MALAYSIA 127

DENMARK 9 MAURITIUS 75

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 MEXICO 19

ECUADOR (4) 662 MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 1

EGYPT 12 MONGOLIA 2

EL SALVADOR 3 MONTENEGRO 2

ERITREA 1 MOROCCO 1

ESTONIA 3 NAMIBIA 1

ETHIOPIA 18 NEPAL 1

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) 1 NETHERLANDS 62

FIJI 8 NEW ZEALAND (8) 223

FINLAND 38 NICARAGUA 13

FRANCE 46 NIGERIA 2

GEORGIA 1 NORWAY 23

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OMAN 1 SWAZILAND 30

PAKISTAN 14 SWEDEN 41

PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED 2 SWITZERLAND 38

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 4

PARAGUAY 42 TAIWAN 24

PERU (5) 441 TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 34

PHILIPPINES 11 THAILAND 26

POLAND 50 TOGO 1

PORTUGAL 13 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2

QATAR 1 TURKEY 26

ROMANIA 1 UGANDA 4

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 22 UKRAINE 4

RWANDA 35 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2

SAUDI ARABIA 1 UNITED KINGDOM (7) 376

SENEGAL 1 UNITED STATES (9) 187

SERBIA 12 URUGUAY 128

SIERRA LEONE 1 VENEZUELA 9

SINGAPORE (3) 862 VIETNAM 38

SLOVAKIA 2 VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH 1

SLOVENIA 2 YEMEN 1

SOLOMON ISLANDS 1 ZAMBIA 5

SOUTH AFRICA 52 ZIMBABWE 34

SPAIN 37 OTHER 1

SRI LANKA 15

*Top ten countries ranks displayed in brackets

Total number of nationalities: 148 (135 are above, and 13 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): 974

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20 Number of countries represented by examination session November 2006–November 2010

Number of countries

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21 Number of candidates registered by country of school November

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ARGENTINA (2) 1,104 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 1

AUSTRALIA (1) 1,983 LATVIA 2

AUSTRIA 10 LEBANON 6

AZERBAIJAN 1 LESOTHO 28

BANGLADESH 2 LITHUANIA 2

BELGIUM 11 LUXEMBOURG 6

BERMUDA 2 MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF

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BOLIVIA 16 MALAWI 7

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 13 MALAYSIA 43

BOTSWANA 19 MALTA 2

BRAZIL 95 MAURITIUS 86

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1 MEXICO 13

CANADA 25 MOROCCO 2

CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 NAMIBIA 2

CHILE (6) 445 NETHERLANDS 71

CHINA 19 NEW ZEALAND (8) 250

COLOMBIA 42 NICARAGUA 11

COSTA RICA 109 NORWAY 22

CROATIA 8 OMAN 5

CUBA 2 PAKISTAN 4

CZECH REPUBLIC 8 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2

DENMARK 8 PARAGUAY 45

ECUADOR (4) 684 PERU (5) 4,76

EGYPT 6 PHILIPPINES 8

EL SALVADOR 1 POLAND 48

ETHIOPIA 3 PORTUGAL 7

FIJI 16 QATAR 4

FINLAND 45 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 9

FRANCE 22 RWANDA 40

GERMANY 74 SAUDI ARABIA 4

GHANA 6 SENEGAL 1

GREECE 28 SERBIA 11

GUATEMALA 100 SINGAPORE (3) 1,096

HONG KONG 67 SOUTH AFRICA 11

HUNGARY 3 SPAIN 32

INDIA 75 SRI LANKA 4

INDONESIA 30 SWAZILAND (10) 117

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 6 SWEDEN 28

ISLE OF MAN 2 SWITZERLAND 91

ITALY 20 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 4

JAMAICA 1 TAIWAN 1

JAPAN 19 TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 32

JORDAN 5 THAILAND 19

KENYA 60 TOGO 1

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PHILIPPINES 400 TURKEY 19

POLAND 713 UGANDA 2

UKRAINE 1 VENEZUELA 4

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 34 VIETNAM 1

UNITED KINGDOM (7) 319 VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH 1

UNITED STATES 86 ZAMBIA 2

URUGUAY (9) 128 ZIMBABWE 33

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 2010

Subject Level


Percentage of candidates awarded grades Mean grade

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AFRIKAANS A1 SL 5 0 0 0 20 20 40 20 5.60

CHINESE A1 HL 55 0 0 0 16 45 36 2 5.24

CHINESE A1 SL 108 0 0 0 7 25 38 30 5.90

ENGLISH A1 HL 1,507 0 0 1 20 47 25 6 5.14

ENGLISH A1 SL 1,274 0 0 1 13 41 35 10 5.40

FRENCH A1 HL 18 0 0 0 22 44 33 0 5.11

FRENCH A1 SL 33 0 0 9 12 42 33 3 5.09

GERMAN A1 HL 17 0 0 0 6 59 35 0 5.29

GERMAN A1 SL 11 0 0 0 9 55 36 0 5.27

INDONESIAN A1 HL 5 0 0 0 0 40 40 20 5.80

INDONESIAN A1 SL 8 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 6.50

JAPANESE A1 HL 15 0 0 7 7 33 40 13 5.47

JAPANESE A1 SL 1 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 5.00

KOREAN A1 HL 19 0 0 0 0 5 74 21 6.16

KOREAN A1 SL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 7.00

PORTUGUESE A1 HL 21 0 0 0 19 57 5 19 5.24

PORTUGUESE A1 SL 21 0 0 5 14 38 43 0 5.19

SISWATI A1 SL 14 0 0 0 0 0 57 43 6.43

SPANISH A1 HL 1,814 0 1 7 26 43 20 3 4.83

SPANISH A1 SL 354 0 0 6 27 35 25 5 4.95

GROUP 1 TOTAL 5,305 0 0 3 21 43 27 6 5.11

Subject Level


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

ENGLISH A2 HL 970 0 0 3 26 47 20 4 4.96

ENGLISH A2 SL 115 0 0 0 17 35 35 13 5.43

ENGLISH AB. SL 73 0 0 10 27 37 22 4 4.84

ENGLISH B HL 1,662 0 0 2 8 40 41 10 5.50

ENGLISH B SL 299 0 0 1 4 25 49 20 5.84

FRENCH A2 HL 27 0 0 0 26 37 30 7 5.19

FRENCH A2 SL 24 0 0 0 21 42 38 0 5.17

FRENCH AB. SL 239 0 0 3 13 32 36 15 5.45

FRENCH B HL 191 0 0 5 21 37 23 15 5.22

FRENCH B SL 631 0 1 3 19 27 29 20 5.43

GERMAN A2 HL 58 0 0 0 12 50 28 10 5.36

GERMAN A2 SL 55 0 0 0 20 56 20 4 5.07

GERMAN B HL 81 0 0 6 26 32 12 23 5.21

GERMAN B SL 127 0 0 4 16 32 35 13 5.37

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GROUP 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

INDONESIAN AB SL 42 0 0 0 10 48 40 2 5.36

INDONESIAN B HL 14 0 0 0 0 7 43 50 6.43

INDONESIAN B SL 26 0 0 4 12 35 19 31 5.62

ITALIAN B HL 41 0 0 10 22 34 27 7 5.00

ITALIAN B SL 35 0 3 14 20 34 20 9 4.80

JAPANESE AB. SL 70 0 0 3 17 30 31 19 5.46

JAPANESE B SL 99 0 0 2 22 26 34 15 5.38

LATIN HL 3 0 0 33 0 33 33 0 4.67

LATIN SL 25 0 0 4 4 24 12 56 6.12

MALAY B SL 48 0 0 2 0 4 19 75 6.65

MANDARIN AB. SL 119 0 10 0 17 32 21 20 5.14

MANDARIN B HL 53 0 0 2 0 15 43 40 6.19

MANDARIN B SL 563 0 0 1 2 6 15 75 6.62

PORTUGUESE A2 HL 35 0 0 0 0 20 74 6 5.86

PORTUGUESE A2 SL 13 0 0 0 0 38 62 0 5.62

PORTUGUESE B SL 17 0 0 0 0 35 65 0 5.65

SPANISH A2 HL 98 0 0 0 0 6 59 35 6.29

SPANISH A2 SL 19 0 0 0 0 0 58 42 6.42

SPANISH AB. SL 464 0 0 4 9 31 38 18 5.55

SPANISH B HL 27 0 0 0 4 33 30 33 5.93

SPANISH B SL 31 0 0 3 6 16 58 16 5.77

SWAHILI B HL 27 0 0 0 0 15 59 26 6.11

SWAHILI B SL 52 0 0 0 4 27 50 19 5.85

TAMIL B SL 24 0 0 0 0 17 29 54 6.38

GROUP 2 TOTAL 6,497 0 0 2 13 33 32 19 5.53

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 739 1 7 16 19 27 21 10 4.68

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT

SL 442 0 5 15 26 25 17 12 4.69

ECONOMICS HL 1,281 0 2 9 15 30 30 15 5.22

ECONOMICS SL 612 0 2 10 17 26 23 22 5.24

ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY

SL 442 1 12 25 26 17 12 7 4.08

GEOGRAPHY HL 455 0 3 7 20 27 25 18 5.17

GEOGRAPHY SL 154 0 4 12 17 27 23 16 5.03

HISTORY HL 1,622 0 3 9 22 31 25 10 4.95

HISTORY SL 768 0 6 14 32 28 14 5 4.44

ITGS HL 213 0 2 16 40 25 14 2 4.39

ITGS SL 134 0 1 11 35 40 13 1 4.54

PHILOSOPHY HL 95 0 0 12 20 35 32 2 4.93

PHILOSOPHY SL 30 0 3 3 33 33 23 3 4.80

PSYCHOLOGY HL 382 0 1 3 11 42 28 15 5.38

PSYCHOLOGY SL 191 0 1 10 25 33 25 6 4.91

SOCIAL & CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

HL 104 0 10 26 41 13 5 5 3.92

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SOCIAL & CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

SL 48 0 2 6 31 27 23 10 4.94

GROUP 3 TOTAL 7,712 0 4 12 22 29 22 11 4.87

Subject Level



GROUP 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

BIOLOGY HL 1,417 0 7 14 22 24 19 13 4.75

BIOLOGY SL 1,739 1 10 19 31 23 12 3 4.15

CHEMISTRY HL 1,333 0 5 12 16 17 25 24 5.18

CHEMISTRY SL 1,033 2 13 21 18 16 17 13 4.38

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY HL 93 0 1 1 23 46 28 1 5.02

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY SL 26 0 4 15 35 35 12 0 4.35

PHYSICS HL 826 0 6 16 19 16 14 29 5.03

PHYSICS SL 792 1 9 19 21 18 14 18 4.59

SPORTS EXERCISE & HEALTH SCIENCE

SL 7 0 0 14 0 29 14 43 5.71

GROUP 4 TOTAL 7,266 1 8 16 22 20 17 15 4.65

Subject Level



GROUP 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

COMPUTER SCIENCE HL 31 3 3 3 19 19 29 23 5.26

COMPUTER SCIENCE SL 44 0 7 18 32 30 11 2 4.27

MATHEMATICAL STUDIES

SL 1,622 0 5 16 27 25 18 7 4.56

MATHEMATICS HL 1,073 0 7 14 16 20 24 19 4.95

MATHEMATICS SL 3,069 2 11 18 20 20 17 11 4.42

GROUP 5 TOTAL 5,839 1 8 17 21 21 19 12 4.56

Subject Level



GROUP 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

FILM HL 57 0 4 4 12 32 28 21 5.40

FILM SL 20 0 0 10 30 35 25 0 4.75

MUSIC HL 137 0 1 3 11 32 39 15 5.49

MUSIC SL 55 0 0 5 18 36 27 13 5.24

TEXT AND PERFORMANCE

SL 8 0 0 13 63 25 0 0 4.13

THEATRE HL 109 0 2 6 15 20 28 29 5.53

THEATRE SL 39 0 3 10 26 26 21 15 4.97

VISUAL ARTS HL 606 0 3 11 26 25 26 9 4.89

VISUAL ARTS SL 340 0 5 17 39 22 13 4 4.34

GROUP 6 TOTAL 1,371 0 3 11 26 26 24 11 4.89

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PILOT SUBJECTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

DANCE HL 2 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 6.00

DANCE SL 1 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 4.00

PS TOTAL 3 0 0 0 33 0 67 0 5.33

Subject

Level Number of candidates

Percentage of candidates awarded grades

Mean grade SCHOOL-BASED SYLLABUSES

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

BEGINNERS’ HINDI SL 14 0 0 0 14 21 64 0 5.50 HIS&CON BRAZILIAN STUDIES

SL 38 0 5 11 32 26 13 13 4.71

PEACE & CONFLICT STUDIES

SL 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 6.00

SBS TOTAL 53 0 4 8 26 25 28 9 4.94

ALL SUBJECTS TOTAL 34,046 0 4 10 20 28 23 13 4.93

Graph 22.1 Grade distribution by subject group November 2010

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23 Diploma and retake candidates (D+R): distribution of points totals November 2010

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%

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2 0.00%

3 0.00%

4 0.00%

5 3 0.05% 3 0.05%

6 3 0.05% 3 0.10%

7 1 0.02% 1 0.11%

8 1 0.02% 1 0.13%

9 3 0.05% 3 0.18%

10 4 0.06% 4 0.24%

11 4 0.06% 4 0.30%

12 9 0.14% 9 0.45%

13 6 0.10% 6 0.54%

14 15 0.24% 15 0.78%

15 18 0.29% 18 1.07%

16 27 0.43% 27 1.50%

17 39 0.62% 39 2.12%

18 52 0.83% 52 2.95%

19 56 0.89% 56 3.84%

20 71 1.13% 71 4.97%

21 119 1.90% 119 6.87%

22 180 2.87% 180 9.74%

23 283 4.51% 283 14.25%

24 205 3.27% 114 1.82% 319 19.33%

25 238 3.79% 92 1.47% 330 24.59%

26 251 4.00% 55 0.88% 306 29.47%

27 303 4.83% 51 0.81% 354 35.11%

28 311 4.96% 7 0.11% 318 40.18%

29 334 5.32% 4 0.06% 338 45.56%

30 310 4.94% 3 0.05% 313 50.55%

31 333 5.31% 1 0.02% 334 55.87%

32 294 4.69% 1 0.02% 295 60.57%

33 292 4.65% 1 0.02% 293 65.24%

34 309 4.92% 1 0.02% 310 70.18%

35 275 4.38% 1 0.02% 276 74.58%

36 255 4.06% 255 78.65%

37 216 3.44% 216 82.09%

38 192 3.06% 192 85.15%

39 157 2.50% 157 87.65%

40 174 2.77% 174 90.42%

41 178 2.84% 178 93.26%

42 131 2.09% 131 95.35%

43 128 2.04% 128 97.39%

44 102 1.63% 102 99.01%

45 62 0.99% 62 100.00%

5,050 80.48% 1,225 19.52% 6,275 100.00%

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24 Retake candidates only (R): distribution of points totals November 2010

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%

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4 0 0.00%

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6 0 0.00%

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12 1 0.07% 1 0.07%

13 0 0.07%

14 2 0.14% 2 0.21%

15 0 0.21%

16 3 0.21% 3 0.41%

17 4 0.27% 4 0.69%

18 9 0.62% 9 1.31%

19 10 0.69% 10 1.99%

20 18 1.24% 18 3.23%

21 36 2.47% 36 5.70%

22 83 5.70% 83 11.41%

23 163 11.20% 163 22.61%

24 98 6.74% 61 4.19% 159 33.54%

25 84 5.77% 59 4.05% 143 43.37%

26 75 5.15% 32 2.20% 107 50.72%

27 100 6.87% 32 2.20% 132 59.79%

28 73 5.02% 2 0.14% 75 64.95%

29 67 4.60% 2 0.14% 69 69.69%

30 59 4.05% 3 0.21% 62 73.95%

31 65 4.47% 65 78.42%

32 39 2.68% 1 0.07% 40 81.17%

33 44 3.02% 1 0.07% 45 84.26%

34 55 3.78% 55 88.04%

35 38 2.61% 38 90.65%

36 42 2.89% 42 93.54%

37 29 1.99% 29 95.53%

38 21 1.44% 21 96.98%

39 20 1.37% 20 98.35%

40 9 0.62% 9 98.97%

41 8 0.55% 8 99.52%

42 2 0.14% 2 99.66%

43 2 0.14% 2 99.79%

44 2 0.14% 2 99.93%

45 1 0.07% 1 100.00%

933 64.12% 522 35.88% 1455 100.00%

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25 Diploma score distribution: diploma and retake candidates (D+R) and retake candidates only (R) November 2010

Graph 25.1 Number of diploma and retake candidates with diplomas awarded and diplomas not awarded per points score November 2010

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

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26 Extended essay results November 2010

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 1 233 362 296 61 1 953 961 99.17%

Group 2 70 60 90 66 2 288 289 99.65%

Group 3 432 685 821 375 36 2,349 2,366 99.28%

Group 4 165 212 245 133 21 776 783 99.11%

Group 5 25 35 48 16 11 135 138 97.83%

Group 6 122 128 107 42 2 401 403 99.50%

PS 5 1 0 0 0 6 6 100.00%

SBS 7 4 5 0 0 16 16 100.00%

Total 1,059 1,487 1,612 693 73

4,924 4,962 99.23%

Percentage of candidates awarded a particular grade

21.51% 30.20% 32.74% 14.07% 1.48%

Graph 26.1 Percentage of grades awarded: extended essay November 2010

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Graph 26.2 Percentage of grades awarded: extended essay November 2009

27 Theory of knowledge results November 2010

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

371 1,365 2,222 950 17

4,925 4,943 99.64% Percentage of candidates awarded grade

7.53% 27.72% 45.12% 19.29% 0.34%

Graph 27.1 Percentage of grades awarded: theory of knowledge November 2010

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Graph 27.2 Percentage of grades awarded: theory of knowledge November 2009

28 Distribution of additional points November 2006–November 2010

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November 2006

Number of candidates awarded

1,209 1,707 652 445 4,013

1.08 Percentage of candidates awarded

30.13% 42.54% 16.25% 11.09% 100.00%

November 2007


1,252 1,918 762 468 4,400


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%

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Graph 28.1 Distribution of additional points November 2010

Graph 28.2 Distribution of additional points November 2009

29 Mean points score worldwide November 2006–November 2010 Mean score

per examination

session

November 2006

November 2007

November 2008

November 2009

November 2010

30.05 30.73 30.58 30.87 30.70

30 Mean grade worldwide November 2006–November 2010 Mean grade

per examination

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November 2007

November 2008

November 2009

November 2010

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31 Pass rate worldwide November 2006–November 2010

Pass rate per examination

session

November 2006

November 2007

November 2008

November 2009

November 2010

81.36% 81.29% 79.54% 80.22% 80.48%

32 Number of diplomas and bilingual diplomas awarded November 2006–November 2010

33 Number of diplomas awarded by IB region November 2010

Number of bilingual diplomas awarded

IBAEM IBAP IBA Total

429 301 1,235 1,965

Number of all diplomas awarded (includes bilingual diplomas)

902 2,496 1,652 5,050

34 Percentage of diploma candidates scoring 45 points November 2000-November 2010

Candidates scoring 45

Nov 2000

Nov 2001

Nov 2002

Nov 2003

Nov 2004

Nov 2005

Nov 2006

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

10 4 5 12 21 14 13 23 38 31 62

0.40% 0.15% 0.18% 0.39% 0.68% 0.39% 0.32% 0.53% 0.73% 0.56% 0.99%

Graph 34.1 Percentage of candidates scoring 45 points November 2000 - November 2010

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Percentage of bilingual diplomas out of all diplomas awarded

November 2006 1,561 3,260 47.88%

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%

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