IBonomicsIB Digital Society Grade Distribution
Latest data: May 2026Provisional
In May 2026, 16.3% of IB Digital Society HL students and 19.0% of SL students got a 6 or 7. The most common grade was 5 at both HL (31.4%) and SL (31.5%).
Compared with May 2025, the grade 6 or 7 rate was down from 18.7% at HL and up from 18.1% at SL.
Digital Society replaced Information Technology in a Global Society, last assessed in November 2023. Results for the earlier course are on a separate page: IB Information Technology in a Global Society grade distribution.
Digital Society grade distribution by session
The share of students at each grade at HL and SL in every session since May 2024, newest first, with the mean grade and number of students. The chart shows May 2026.
| Session and level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | N | 6 or 7 | Mean grade | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 HLprovisional | 0.3 | 4.6 | 15.1 | 31.0 | 31.4 | 14.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 16.3 | 4.4 | 1,160 |
| May 2026 SLprovisional | 0.4 | 3.7 | 14.1 | 28.9 | 31.5 | 15.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 19.0 | 4.5 | 1,284 |
| November 2025 HL | 0.4 | 2.4 | 15.8 | 33.3 | 34.2 | 11.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 13.0 | 4.4 | 891 |
| November 2025 SL | 0.0 | 0.4 | 13.8 | 38.3 | 39.2 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 4.4 | 952 |
| May 2025 HL | 0.7 | 5.6 | 14.8 | 28.6 | 30.0 | 17.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 18.7 | 4.4 | 1,261 |
| May 2025 SL | 0.3 | 6.9 | 15.0 | 32.8 | 25.1 | 17.0 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 18.1 | 4.3 | 1,297 |
| November 2024 HL | 0.4 | 1.5 | 14.7 | 29.8 | 41.5 | 10.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 754 |
| November 2024 SL | 0.0 | 0.4 | 14.9 | 41.8 | 33.5 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 9.1 | 4.4 | 818 |
| May 2024 HL | 0.4 | 2.4 | 15.7 | 34.5 | 31.4 | 13.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 13.9 | 4.4 | 1,210 |
| May 2024 SL | 0.3 | 5.2 | 15.5 | 33.0 | 25.7 | 16.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 18.8 | 4.4 | 1,165 |
Percentage of students at each grade, as published. The grade 6 or 7 rate is the two shares added.
- Grade cells the bulletin leaves blank are shown as 0.0%. (May 2024, May 2025)
How Digital Society grades changed since May 2025
The share of students at each grade in May 2026, and how it changed from May 2025, in percentage points.
| Grade | HL May 2026 | HL change | SL May 2026 | SL change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2.3% | +0.6 | 3.1% | +2.0 |
| 6 | 14.0% | −3.0 | 15.9% | −1.1 |
| 5 | 31.4% | +1.4 | 31.5% | +6.4 |
| 4 | 31.0% | +2.4 | 28.9% | −3.9 |
| 3 | 15.1% | +0.3 | 14.1% | −0.9 |
| 2 | 4.6% | −1.0 | 3.7% | −3.2 |
| 1 | 0.3% | −0.4 | 0.4% | +0.1 |
| 6 or 7 | 16.3% | −2.4 | 19.0% | +0.9 |
May 2026 figures are provisional.
- Grade cells the bulletin leaves blank are shown as 0.0%. (May 2025)
Digital Society grade 6 or 7 rate by session
The share of students awarded a 6 or 7 at HL and SL in every session since May 2024. Solid lines are May sessions and dashed lines November, a much smaller session. For 7s alone, see what percentage of students get a 7 in IB Digital Society.
| Session | HL | HL change | SL | SL change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026provisional | 16.3% | −2.4 | 19.0% | +0.9 |
| November 2025 | 13.0% | +2.0 | 7.5% | −1.6 |
| May 2025 | 18.7% | +4.8 | 18.1% | −0.7 |
| November 2024 | 11.0% | — | 9.1% | — |
| May 2024 | 13.9% | — | 18.8% | — |
Change: the difference from the same session a year earlier, May from May and November from November, in percentage points.
—: no result for that session, or none a year earlier to compare it with.
More Digital Society statistics
- IB Digital Society Exam StatisticsHL and SL side by side, with every session's results
- IB Digital Society HL StatisticsHigher Level (HL) results in every session, with grade distributions
- IB Digital Society SL StatisticsStandard Level (SL) results in every session, with grade distributions
- Average IB Digital Society GradeMean grades in every session, and how they changed
- IB Digital Society Grade 7 RateThe share of students awarded a 7 in every session
Compare with other subjects
- IB Grade Distribution by SubjectGrades 1 to 7 side by side for every subject
- IB Subjects With the Highest Grade 7 RatesSubjects ranked by the share of students awarded a 7
- Average IB Grade by SubjectMean grades at HL and SL, ranked
- Most Popular IB SubjectsSubjects ranked by number of students
- IB May 2026 Exam StatisticsEvery subject's results in May 2026, with the Diploma pass rate
- IB Results Explorer: All Subjects and LanguagesEvery subject and language, with no minimum number of students
Source and methodology
These statistics are from the International Baccalaureate's statistical bulletins. The latest data shown is from the May 2026 assessment session.
Bulletins
- The IB Diploma Programme and Career-Related Programme Provisional Statistical Bulletin, May 2026
- The IB Diploma Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, November 2025
- The IB Diploma Programme and Career-Related Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, May 2025
- The IB Diploma Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, November 2024
- The IB Diploma Programme and Career-Related Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, May 2024
About this data
- May and November are separate assessment sessions. November is much smaller and mostly taken by schools in the southern hemisphere, so its figures aren't directly comparable with May's.
- The May 2026 figures are from the IB's provisional bulletin and may change when the final bulletin is published.
- Older bulletins call the people sitting the exams “candidates” and newer ones “students”. This site says “students” throughout.
- “<10” means the IB didn't publish the exact number because fewer than 10 students took the subject. These figures are never estimated or counted as zero.
- The grade 7 rate is the share of students the bulletin reports at grade 7. The grade 6 or 7 rate is calculated by IBonomics by adding the published shares for grades 6 and 7. Every other figure is as published.
- The bulletins include students who received no grade (N) in each subject's percentages, so grades 1 to 7 add up to slightly less than 100%.
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