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The IB Diploma Programme statistical bulletin East

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November 2011 examination session

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

4

PART A: general school statistics

5–7

1

Number of schools following the Diploma Programme 2007–2011

5

2

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

6

3

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

7

PART B: registration statistics

8–27

4

Number of schools registering candidates November 2007–November 2011

8

5

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

8

6

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

9

7

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

10

8

Number of candidates registered by category November 2007–November 2011

11

9

Number of candidates registered by gender November 2007–November 2011

13

10

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

14

11

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

15

12

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

16

13

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

18

14

Subject registration summary November 2011

19

15

Subject group registrations November 2007–November 2011

19

16

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

20

17

Subject registration summary: extended essay by subject group November 2011

20

18

Subject registration summary: theory of knowledge by language November 2011

21

2

19

Nationalities of candidates registered November 2011

22

20

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

25

21

Number of candidates registered by country November 2011

26

PART C: results statistics

28–42

22

Analysis of examination results by subject and level November 2011

28

23

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

36

24

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

37

25

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

38

26

Extended essay results November 2011

39

27

Theory of knowledge results November 2011

40

28

Distribution of additional points November 2007–November 2011

41

29

Mean points score worldwide November 2007–November 2011

42

30

Mean grade worldwide November 2007–November 2011

42

31

Pass rate worldwide November 2007–November 2011

43

32

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

43

33

Number of diplomas awarded by IB region November 2011

43

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 IBAP IBA

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

Other abbreviations HL SL EE TOK PS SBS

Higher level Standard level Extended essay Theory of knowledge Pilot subjects School-based syllabuses

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PART A: general school statistics Number of schools following the Diploma Programme 2007–2011

1

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

Number of schools

2,500 2,000 Number of November session schools following the Diploma Programme

1,500 1,000

Number of May session schools following the Diploma Programme

500 0 2007

2008

2009

2010

Year

5

2011

2

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

Number of schools following the Diploma Programme by working language*

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

1,619

1,810

2,011

2,182

2,297

Total 1,092

*as of 30 November each year

Graph 2.1

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

Number of schools

2,500 2,000 English

1,500

French

1,000

Spanish

500 0 2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Year

Percentage of schools following the Diploma Programme by working language*

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%

*as of 30 November each year

6

3

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

Number of schools following the Diploma Programme by IB region*

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

IBAEM

532

604

680

738

769

IBAP

213

246

283

318

347

IBA

874

960

1,048

1,127

1,181

1,619

1,810

2,011

2,183

2,297

Total *as of 30 November each year

Graph 3.1

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

1400

Number of schools

1200 1000 IBAEM

800

IBAP

600

IBA

400 200 0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Year

Percentage of schools following the Diploma Programme by IB region*

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

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%

*as of 30 November each year

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PART B: registration statistics 4

Number of schools registering candidates November 2007– November 2011

Number of schools registering candidates* Percentage of total number of schools

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

433

510

565

646

725

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

2,500 Total number of Diploma Programme schools

Number of schools

2,000

1,500

Number of schools registering candidates for November examination session

1,000

500

0 Nov 2007 Nov 2008 Nov 2009 Nov 2010 Nov 2011 Examination session

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

Number of November session schools registering candidates* Total number of November session schools Percentage of all November session schools

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

139 (5.30%)

149 (7.19%)

155 (4.03%)

176 (13.55%)

187 (6.25%)

170 (8.97%)

181 (6.47%)

192 (6.08%)

205 (6.77%)

218 (6.34%)

82.32%

80.73%

85.85%

81.76%

Nov 2010

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

8

Nov 2011

85.78%

6

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

Number of schools registering candidates by working language*

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

English

354

431

480

535

608

French

1

2

0

6

8

Spanish

78

77

85

105

109

433

510

565

646

725

Total *excludes withdrawn candidates Graph 6.1

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

700

Number of schools

600 500 English

400

French

300

Spanish

200 100 0 Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Examination session

9

Nov 2011

7

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

Number of schools registering candidates by IB region*

Nov 2007

IBAEM

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

198

234

252

285

320

95

110

121

148

171

IBA

140

166

192

213

234

Total

433

510

565

646

725

IBAP

*excludes withdrawn candidates Graph 7.1

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

350

Number of schools

300 250 IBAEM

200

IBAP

150

IBA

100 50 0

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

Examination session

Percentage of schools registering candidates by IB region

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

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 registered by category

Nov 2007

Diploma Retake Certificate Anticipated Total

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

3,501

4,112

4,352

4,820

5,289

816

1,123

1,164

1,467

1,546

1,327

1,161

1,046

1,342

1,347*

650

728

746

853

1,083*

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

Number of candidates

6,000 5,000 4,000

Diploma Retake

3,000

Certificate Anticipated

2,000 1,000 0 Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Examination session

11

Nov 2011

Graph 8.2

Number of candidates registered November 2007–November 2011

10,000

Number of candidates

9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000

Number of candidates registered

5,000

4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

Examination session

Percentage of candidates registered by category

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

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%*

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

Graph 8.3

Percentages of candidates registered November 2007–November 2011

100%

Percentage of candidates

90% 80% 70% Anticipated

60%

Certificate

50%

Retake

40%

Diploma

30% 20% 10% 0% Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Examination session

12

Nov 2011

Number of candidates registered by gender November 2007– November 2011

9

Number of candidates registered by gender*

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

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

*excludes withdrawn candidates

Graph 9.1

Number of candidates registered by gender November 2007–November 2011

5,000

Number of candidates

4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 Female

2,500

Male

2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

Examination session

Percentage of candidates registered by gender

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

Female

48.59%

50.51%

50.27%

50.53%

50.18%

Male

51.41%

49.49%

49.73%

49.47%

49.82%

13

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

Number of candidates registered by IB region*

Nov 2007

IBAEM

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

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

*excludes withdrawn candidates Graph 10.1

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

4500

Number of candidates

4000 3500 3000

IBAEM

2500

IBAP

2000

IBA

1500 1000

500 0 Nov 2007

Percentage of candidates registered by IB region

Nov 2008 Nov 2009 Nov 2010 Examination session

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2011

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

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%

14

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

IB region

IBAEM

Category

Number of female Number of male candidates candidates 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

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

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

4,649

4,616

9,265

Diploma IBA

Regional Category Percentage

Diploma

Diploma IBAP

Total number of candidates registered

Total *excludes withdrawn candidates Graph 11.1

Number of candidates registered by category and IB region November 2011

Number of candidates

3,000 2,500 Diploma candidates

2,000

Retake candidates Certificate candidates

1,500

Anticipated candidates

1,000

500 0 IBAEM

IBAP

IBA

IB region

15

12

Year

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

Number of schools entered

Percentage of increase

-

Number of candidates examined

Percentage of increase

710

-

Average Average Number of number of number of diploma and diploma candidates retake and retake per school candidates candidates per school 26.3 324 12.0

1990

27

1991 1992

34 47

25.93% 38.24%

791 1,107

11.41% 39.95%

23.3 23.6

412 568

12.1 12.1

1993 1994

54 69

14.89% 27.78%

1,385 1,767

25.11% 27.58%

25.6 25.6

754 1,013

14.0 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 1998

90 154

1.12% 71.11%

2,739 3,195

17.76% 16.65%

30.4 20.7

1,497 1,829

16.6 11.9

1999 2000

247 236

60.39% -4.45%

3,888 4,126

21.69% 6.12%

15.7 17.5

2,408 2,589

9.7 11.0

2001

271

14.83%

4,217

2.21%

15.6

2,753

10.2

2002 2003

293 343

8.12% 17.06%

4,392 4,674

4.15% 6.42%

15.0 13.6

2,931 3,182

10.0 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 2009

510 565

17.78% 10.78%

7,124 7,308

13.19% 2.58%

14.0 12.9

5,235 5,516

10.3 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 registered November 1990–November 2011

800 700 600 500 400

300 200 100 0 1990

1993

1996

1999

2002

2005

2008

2011

Number of schools entered

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

10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0

1990

1993

1996

1999

Number of candidates examined

2002

2005

2008

Number of diploma and retake candidates

17

2011

13

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

Number of schools that registered a particular number of candidates*

November 2007

November 2008

November 2009

November 2010

November 2011

1–10 candidates

307

370

420

479

543

11–30 candidates

60

72

80

93

109

31–50 candidates

36

37

35

41

32

51–80 candidates

16

16

15

14

24

81–120 candidates

10

8

10

12

9

121–200 candidates

3

6

4

5

6

0ver 200 candidates

1

1

1

2

2

Total 433 *excludes withdrawn candidates

510

565

646

725

Graph 13.1

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

600

Number of schools

500

400

300

200

100

0

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

Examination session

Number of schools that registered 1–10 candidates

Number of schools that registered 11–30 candidates Number of schools that registered 31–50 candidates Number of schools that registered 51–80 candidates Number of schools that registered 81–120 candidates Number of schools that registered 121–200 candidates Number of schools that registered over 200 candidates

18

14

Subject registration summary November 2011

Subject registrations Subject group

Number of subjects Higher level

Standard level

Total

5,795

8

11

19



7,168

14

25

39





8,433

9

10

19

102





8,532

4

5

9

1,968

0





6,569

2

3

5

1,068

635







1,703

4

4

8

46









46

1

2

3

5





25

6

36

0

2

2

19,136

5,946

206

25

6

25,319

42

62

104

English

Spanish

German*

Portuguese*

Group 1











Group 2









Group 3

6,577

1,752

104

Group 4

6,839

1,591

Group 5

4,601

Group 6 PS SBS Totals

Siswati*

Total

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

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Subject group registrations November 2007–November 2011

Graph 15.1

Number of candidates registered for subject groups November 2007–November 2011

9000

Number of candidates

8000 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 Nov 2007

Nov 2008 Nov 2009 Nov 2010 Examination session Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Pilot subjects School-based syllabuses

19

Nov 2011

16

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

Number of candidates registered for extended essay and theory of knowledge*

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

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

*excludes withdrawn candidates

17

Subject registration summary: extended essay by subject group November 2011

Number of EE candidates registered for a particular subject group Percentage of EE candidates registered for a particular subject group

Graph 17.1

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

1,077

315

2,585

19.82%

5.80%

47.56%

Group 5

Group 6

801

152

476

6

23

5,435

14.74%

2.80%

8.76%

0.11%

0.42%

100.00%

PS

SBS

Total

Subject registration summary: extended essay by subject group November 2011

PS

SBS

Group 5

Group 1 Group 6 Group 1

Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

Group 4

Group 2

Group 5 Group 6

PS Group 3

SBS

20

18

Subject registration summary: theory of knowledge by language November 2011 Theory of knowledge English French registration by language Number of candidates 3,726 3 registered Percentage of 69.21% 0.06% candidates registered *excludes withdrawn candidates

Graph 18.1

Spanish

German

Chinese

Total

1,655

0

0

5,384

30.74%

0.00%

0.00%

100.00%

Subject registration summary: theory of knowledge by language November 2011

Spanish

French

English French Spanish

English

21

19

Nationalities of candidates registered November 2011

Country name

Number of candidates

Country name

Number of candidates

AFGHANISTAN

4

HONG KONG

ALBANIA

4

HUNGARY

ANGOLA

3

INDIA

168

INDONESIA

107

ARGENTINA (2) ARMENIA ARUBA AUSTRALIA (1) AUSTRIA

1,166

27 9

2

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

1

IRAQ

5

IRELAND ISRAEL

6 2

1,771 16

11

BAHAMAS

1

ITALY

34

BANGLADESH

2

JAPAN

35

BELARUS

1

JERSEY

BELGIUM BOLIVIA

17 71

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

2

BOTSWANA

6

BRAZIL

124

1

JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN

12 1

KENYA KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

85 6 99

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA

9 4

KYRGYZSTAN LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

1 1

BURUNDI CAMBODIA

5 4

LATVIA LEBANON

5 6

CAMEROON CANADA CHILE (6) CHINA (10)

CONGO COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CUBA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC

1 117 1 1 2 12

LESOTHO LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALTA MAURITIUS MEXICO

DENMARK ECUADOR (4) EGYPT EL SALVADOR ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FIJI FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY

19 674 2 1 1 7 6 42 48 199

MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND (8) NICARAGUA

COLOMBIA

GHANA GREECE GUATEMALA

2 39 401 233 75

4 28 91

NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY 22

20 1 2 1 3 5 95 1 10 66 22 1 1 1 1 3 2 4 59 287 11 1 8 36

Country name

Number of candidates

OMAN PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU (5) PHILIPPINES POLAND

1 9 8 25 541 15 63

Country name

Number of candidates

SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND

32 37 31

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TAIWAN TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF THAILAND

4 27 37 26

PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO

19 1

TIMOR-LESTE TOGO

QATAR ROMANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION RWANDA SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL

1 5 19 36 1 2

TURKEY UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM (7) UNITED STATES (9)

SERBIA

19

URUGUAY

96

UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA

2 11 35

SEYCHELLES SINGAPORE (3)

1 876

SLOVAKIA

1

VIETNAM

SLOVENIA

3

ZAMBIA

SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN

72 40

ZIMBABWE

SRI LANKA

14

Total number of candidates registered

1 3 22 6 9 3 330 248

1 51 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 represented by examination session

Graph 20.1

Nov 2007

Nov 2008

86

Nov 2009

91

Nov 2010

90

100

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

105 100 Number of countries

Nov 2011

95 90 85 80 75 Nov 2007

Nov 2008

Nov 2009

Nov 2010

Nov 2011

Examination session Number of countries represented by examination session

24

103

21

Number of candidates registered by country of school November 2011 Country name

ARGENTINA (2) AUSTRALIA (1) AUSTRIA BAHAMAS BELGIUM BOLIVIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA CAMBODIA CANADA CHILE (6) CHINA COLOMBIA COSTA RICA (10) CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK ECUADOR (4) EGYPT ESTONIA FIJI FINLAND FRANCE GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE GUATEMALA HONG KONG HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ISLE OF MAN ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN JERSEY JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KOREA, REPUBLIC OF LAOS

Number of candidates registered 1211 2274 16 2 13 74 4 24 124 5 1 2 19 403 32 50 133 15 9 696 4 1 22 39 25 1 116 10 32 94 37 3 92 27 7 1 3 1 20 28 1 12 1 82 3 1

Country name LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MALAWI MALAYSIA MALTA MAURITIUS MEXICO MOROCCO MYANMAR NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND (7) NICARAGUA NORWAY PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU (5) PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR ROMANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION RWANDA SAUDI ARABIA SERBIA SINGAPORE (3) SLOVAKIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SRI LANKA SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TAIWAN TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF THAILAND TOGO TUNISIA 25

Number of candidates registered 4 7 12 1 3 3 7 9 15 73 13 1 1 2 4 55 338 13 26 4 6 25 576 11 62 14 5 1 5 45 2 15 1172 2 18 22 7 118 22 66 4 6 37 9 5 1

Country name TURKEY UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM (8)

Number of candidates registered 21 1 1 43 252

UNITED STATES (9)

172

Country name URUGUAY VENEZUELA VIETNAM ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE Total number of candidates registered

*Top ten countries ranks displayed in brackets

26

Number of candidates registered 107 4 1 1 45 9,265

PART C: results statistics 22

Analysis of examination results by subject and level November 2011

Subject GROUP 1

Level

AFRIKAANS A1 CHINESE A1 CHINESE A1 ENGLISH A1 ENGLISH A1 FRENCH A1 FRENCH A1 GERMAN A1 GERMAN A1 INDONESIAN A1 JAPANESE A1 JAPANESE A1 KOREAN A1

SL HL SL HL SL HL SL HL SL SL HL SL HL

KOREAN A1 PORTUGUESE A1 PORTUGUESE A1 SISWATI A1 SPANISH A1 SPANISH A1

SL HL SL SL HL SL

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

70 104 1,757 1,352 19 41 26

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 4

1 0 2 1 0 7 8

3 5 22 16 0 24 15

39 18 44 35 58 27 46

51 61 25 37 32 22 15

6 16 8 11 11 20 12

5.57 5.88 5.16 5.40 5.53 5.22 4.96

20

0

0

0

15

30

45

10

5.50

21

0

0

0

0

5

71

24

6.19

45 14 14 1,864 342 5,720

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 0 0

7 7 0 6 4 3

38 14 0 26 21 21

24 36 0 46 39 41

18 36 0 18 30 27

13 7 100 3 6 8

4.93 5.21 7.00 4.83 5.13 5.14

GROUP 1 TOTAL

Subject GROUP 2

Percentage of candidates awarded grades

Number of candidates

Level

Percentage of candidates awarded grades

Mean grade

Number of candidates

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Mean grade

ENGLISH A2 ENGLISH A2

HL SL

1,059 109

0 0

0 0

1 0

18 12

57 35

22 47

2 6

5.07 5.48

ENGLISH AB. ENGLISH B ENGLISH B FRENCH A2 FRENCH A2 FRENCH AB. FRENCH B FRENCH B GERMAN A2 GERMAN A2

SL HL SL HL SL SL HL SL HL SL

105 1,811 283 23

0 0 0 0

4 0 0 0

18 1 1 4

32 6 10 17

17 36 34 48

24 46 39 26

5 10 16 4

4.53 5.58 5.58 5.09

291 227 641 61 47

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0

7 7 4 2 0

22 18 15 21 11

28 25 30 57 40

30 36 31 18 43

13 15 18 2 6

5.20 5.35 5.41 4.97 5.45

GERMAN B GERMAN B

HL SL

109 142

0 0

0 0

0 6

21 32

38 32

18 20

23 11

5.43 4.96

27

Subject

Level

GROUP 2

Percentage of candidates awarded grades

Number of candidates

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Mean grade

INDONESIAN AB INDONESIAN B INDONESIAN B

SL HL SL

48 14 24

0 0 0

0 0 0

2 0 0

13 0 29

38 0 25

35 64 33

13 36 13

5.44 6.36 5.29

ITALIAN B ITALIAN B JAPANESE AB. JAPANESE B LATIN LATIN MALAY B MANDARIN AB. MANDARIN B MANDARIN B PORTUGUESE A2 PORTUGUESE A2 PORTUGUESE B SPANISH A2 SPANISH A2 SPANISH AB.

HL SL SL SL HL SL SL SL HL SL HL SL SL HL SL SL

37 44 79 124

0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0

0 2 11 0

16 9 16 15

49 36 33 31

27 41 29 33

8 11 9 20

5.27 5.50 5.04 5.58

25 58 132 80 592 38 11 14 85 24 541

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

12 2 16 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 11

32 2 20 4 7 39 36 36 2 0 29

20 10 22 38 18 53 45 43 45 33 35

32 86 34 59 74 8 18 7 53 67 21

5.64 6.81 5.55 6.55 6.65 5.68 5.82 5.43 6.51 6.67 5.59

SPANISH B SPANISH B SWAHILI B SWAHILI B TAMIL B

HL SL HL SL SL

40 35 38 54 34 7,093

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 3 0 0 0 0

3 0 0 0 9 2

5 9 16 6 3 12

8 26 24 41 12 33

63 34 37 43 24 33

23 29 24 11 53 19

5.98 5.74 5.68 5.59 6.09 5.55

GROUP 2 TOTAL

ITGS = INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY

Subject

Percentage of candidates awarded grades

Level

Number of candidates

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Mean grade

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 ECONOMICS

HL SL

1,339 611

0 0

2 1

8 10

18 21

25 29

27 20

19 18

5.26 5.13

ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY

SL

450

1

6

20

23

20

19

11

4.56

GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY HISTORY HISTORY ITGS ITGS

HL SL HL SL HL SL

538 175 1,820 653 299 114

0 1 0 0 0 0

2 2 4 4 2 2

12 18 13 15 14 14

25 26 27 32 30 21

22 23 29 29 32 47

25 16 20 15 18 14

14 15 7 4 4 2

4.96 4.78 4.69 4.47 4.64 4.63

PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY PSYCHOLOGY

HL SL HL

67 30 447

0 0 0

0 0 2

3 10 5

10 3 18

51 47 28

31 37 35

4 3 12

5.24 5.20 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

GROUP 3

28

SOCIAL & CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY GROUP 3 TOTAL

Subject

SL

68

0

1

7

43

28

19

1

4.60

8,246

0

3

12

24

27

22

11

4.88

Percentage of candidates awarded grades

Number of candidates

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

HL SL HL SL DESIGN TECHNOLOGY HL DESIGN TECHNOLOGY SL

1,493 1,894 1,414 1,117 104 33

1 2 0 2 0 0

7 12 5 12 1 0

14 24 13 18 3 9

23 28 17 19 43 33

21 17 19 20 34 30

23 14 20 16 17 18

11 3 26 14 2 9

4.69 4.01 5.14 4.44 4.69 4.85

PHYSICS PHYSICS

941 919 7,915

0 0 1

5 7 8

17 21 18

18 18 22

15 19 19

14 13 17

30 23 15

5.09 4.77 4.63

GROUP 4

Level

BIOLOGY BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY

HL SL

GROUP 4 TOTAL

Subject GROUP 5

Level

Percentage of candidates awarded grades

Number of candidates

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Mean grade

Mean grade

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 6,440

2 1

10 9

19 17

16 20

19 21

21 20

13 12

4.57 4.59

GROUP 5 TOTAL

Subject GROUP 6 FILM FILM MUSIC MUSIC THEATRE THEATRE VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS GROUP 6 TOTAL

Level HL SL HL SL HL SL HL SL

Percentage of candidates awarded grades

Number of candidates

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

92 21 145 60 163 46 701 454 1,682

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

2 5 0 0 0 0 4 5 3

1 5 1 18 4 4 11 17 11

18 48 9 22 13 17 24 35 24

43 38 33 25 27 41 24 24 27

30 5 41 20 34 24 30 15 27

4 0 17 15 22 13 7 2 8

29

Mean grade 5.12 4.33 5.63 4.92 5.58 5.24 4.86 4.27 4.86

Subject PILOT SUBJECTS

Level

DANCE HL SPORTS, HEALTH & SL EXERCISE SCIENCE TEXT AND SL PERFORMANCE PS TOTAL

Subject SCHOOL-BASED SYLLABUSES BEGINNERS’ SISWATI BRAZILIAN SOCIAL STUDIES PEACE & CONFLICT STUDIES SBS TOTAL

ALL SUBJECTS TOTAL

Level

Percentage of candidates awarded grades

Number of candidates

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

31

0

6

6

3

10

16

58

5.97

10

0

0

30

50

20

0

0

3.90

45

0

4

13

13

16

14

40

5.40

Mean grade

Percentage of candidates awarded grades

Number of candidates

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

25

0

8

8

20

28

24

12

4.88

36

0

6

6

22

36

22

8

4.89

37,177

1

4

11

20

28

24

12

4.94

Mean grade

SL SL SL

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 Group 1

Group 2 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

Group 3

Group 4 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

30

Group 5

Group 6 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

Pilot subjects

School-based syllabuses 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

All subjects 1 2 3 4 5 6

7

31

23

Total Points 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45

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

210 258 291 329 351 366 341 308 330 330 250 263 272 228 218 211 179 183 156 154 112 75 5,415

3.08% 3.79% 4.27% 4.83% 5.15% 5.37% 5.00% 4.52% 4.84% 4.84% 3.67% 3.86% 3.99% 3.35% 3.20% 3.10% 2.63% 2.69% 2.29% 2.26% 1.64% 1.10% 79.47%

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

1 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 6 3 15 14 23 26 30 40 54 80 86 138 169 312 120 102 86 54 12 4 3 3 2

0.01% 0.04% 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.01% 0.01% 0.03% 0.09% 0.04% 0.22% 0.21% 0.34% 0.38% 0.44% 0.59% 0.79% 1.17% 1.26% 2.03% 2.48% 4.58% 1.76% 1.50% 1.26% 0.79% 0.18% 0.06% 0.04% 0.04% 0.03%

1

0.01%

1

0.01%

1,399

32

20.53%

1 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 6 3 15 14 23 26 30 40 54 80 86 138 169 312 330 360 377 383 363 370 344 311 332 330 250 264 272 229 218 211 179 183 156 154 112 75 6,814

Cumulative 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% 0.06% 0.09% 0.13% 0.16% 0.18% 0.19% 0.22% 0.31% 0.35% 0.57% 0.78% 1.12% 1.50% 1.94% 2.52% 3.32% 4.49% 5.75% 7.78% 10.26% 14.84% 19.68% 24.96% 30.50% 36.12% 41.44% 46.87% 51.92% 56.49% 61.36% 66.20% 69.87% 73.75% 77.74% 81.10% 84.30% 87.39% 90.02% 92.71% 95.00% 97.26% 98.90% 100.00% 100.00%

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

Total Points 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45

Number of candidates

Percentage of candidates

0

0.00%

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 89 111 76 90 82 70 56 48 42 34 39 36 23 23 17 5 9 4 1 2 2 955

0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 6.26% 5.80% 7.24% 4.95% 5.87% 5.35% 4.56% 3.65% 3.13% 2.74% 2.22% 2.54% 2.35% 1.50% 1.50% 1.11% 0.33% 0.59% 0.26% 0.07% 0.13% 0.13% 62.26%

Total number Diploma not awarded of candidates Percentage Number of awarded each Cumulative of candidates candidates points score 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2 0.13% 2 0.13% 0 0.13% 1 0.07% 1 0.20% 2 0.13% 2 0.33% 2 0.13% 2 0.46% 2 0.13% 2 0.59% 12 0.78% 12 1.37% 16 1.04% 16 2.41% 24 1.56% 24 3.98% 48 3.13% 48 7.11% 75 4.89% 75 11.99% 172 11.21% 172 23.21% 73 4.76% 169 34.22% 66 4.30% 155 44.33% 47 3.06% 158 54.63% 27 1.76% 103 61.34% 8 0.52% 98 67.73% 1 0.07% 83 73.14% 0 0.00% 70 77.71% 1 0.07% 57 81.42% 0 0.00% 48 84.55% 0 0.00% 42 87.29% 0 0.00% 34 89.50% 0 0.00% 39 92.05% 0 0.00% 36 94.39% 0 0.00% 23 95.89% 0 0.00% 23 97.39% 0 0.00% 17 98.50% 0 0.00% 5 98.83% 0 0.00% 9 99.41% 0 0.00% 4 99.67% 0 0.00% 1 99.74% 0 0.00% 2 99.87% 0 0.00% 2 100.00% 579 37.74% 1534 100.00%

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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

450

Number of candidates

400 350 300 250

Total number of candidates awarded points

200

Diploma awarded

150

Diploma not awarded

100 50 0 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 Points score

Graph 25.2

Number of retake candidates only with diplomas awarded and diplomas not awarded per points score November 2011

200

Number of candidates

180 160 140

Total number of candidates awarded points

120

Diploma awarded

100 80

Diploma not awarded

60 40 20

0 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 Points score

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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%

1,103

1,640

1,798

760

106

5,407

5,485

98.58%

20.40%

30.33%

33.25%

14.06%

1.96%

Total Percentage of candidates awarded a particular grade

Graph 26.1

Percentage of grades awarded: extended essay November 2011

D

E A

A B

C

C D E

B

35

Graph 26.2

Percentage of grades awarded: extended essay November 2010

D

E

C A B

A

C D E

B

27

Theory of knowledge results November 2011

TOK grade awarded Number of candidates awarded grade Percentage of candidates awarded grade

Graph 27.1

A

B

C

D

386

1,653

2,205

1,045

7.25%

31.06%

41.43%

E

Total of candidates awarded grade

Total of all registered candidates

Percentage of candidates awarded grade

5322

5,384

98.85%

33

19.64%

0.62%

Percentage of grades awarded: theory of knowledge November 2011

E

D A

A B C

C B

D E

36

Graph 27.2

Percentage of grades awarded: theory of knowledge November 2010

E

D A

A B C

B

D

C

E

28

Distribution of additional points November 2007–November 2011

Additional points

November 2007

November 2008

November 2009

November 2010

November 2011

Number of candidates awarded

0

1

2

3

Total

1,252

1,918

762

468

4,400

Mean points

1.10 Percentage of candidates awarded

28.45%

43.59%

17.32%

10.64%

100.00%

Number of candidates awarded

1,535

2,252

853

555

5,195

Percentage of candidates awarded

29.55%

43.34%

16.42%

10.69%

100.00%

Number of candidates awarded

1,300

2,355

1,144

746

5,545

1.08

1.24 Percentage of candidates awarded

23.44%

42.47%

20.63%

13.45%

100.00%

Number of candidates awarded

1,939

2,656

1,249

804

6,648 1.14

Percentage of candidates awarded

29.17%

39.95%

18.79%

12.09%

100.00%

Number of candidates awarded

1,755

2,977

1,351

912

6,995 1.20

Percentage of candidates awarded

25.09%

42.56%

37

19.31%

13.04%

100.00%

Graph 28.1

Distribution of additional points November 2011

3

0 0 1

2

2 3

1

Graph 28.2

Distribution of additional points November 2010

3 0

2

0 1 2 3

1

29

Mean points score worldwide November 2007–November 2011

Mean score per examination session

30

November 2007 30.73

November 2008

November 2009

30.58

30.87

November 2010

November 2011

30.70

30.60

Mean grade worldwide November 2007–November 2011

Mean grade per examination session

November 2007 4.95

November 2008

November 2009

4.97

4.98

38

November 2010 4.92

November 2011 4.94

31

Pass rate worldwide November 2007–November 2011 November 2007

Pass rate per examination session

32

November 2008

81.29%

November 2009

79.54%

November 2010

80.22%

November 2011

80.48%

79.36%

Number of diplomas and bilingual diplomas awarded November 2007–November 2011 Number of all diplomas awarded (includes bilingual diplomas)

Number of bilingual diplomas awarded

Examination session

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%

33

Number of diplomas awarded by IB region November 2011 IBAEM

Number of bilingual diplomas awarded Number of all diplomas awarded (includes bilingual diplomas)

34

IBAP

IBA

Total

420

300

1,317

2,037

870

2,780

1,765

5,415

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%

Percentage of Candidates

Graph 34.1

0.68% 0.39% 0.32% 0.53% 0.73% 0.56%

0.99% 1.10%

Percentage of candidates scoring 45 points November 2001 - November 2011

1.20% 1.00% 0.80% 0.60% 0.40% 0.20% 0.00% 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Examination Session

39