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Latest data: May 2026Provisional
Results from the IB's statistical bulletins for 39 subjects and 51 language courses in 15 languages, such as English A: Language and Literature and Spanish B, in every session from November 2021 to May 2026. There is no minimum number of students, so the courses too small for pages of their own are here too.
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Results, May 2026
All 146 results from May 2026.Provisional
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| Level | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic A: Language and Literature | HL | 157 | 5.6 | 5.1% | 60.5% |
| Arabic A: Language and Literature | SL | 746 | 5.3 | 10.3% | 46.4% |
| Arabic A: Literature | HL | 49 | 5.2 | 4.1% | 36.8% |
| Arabic A: Literature | SL | 361 | 5.2 | 7.5% | 50.2% |
| Arabic ab initio | SL | 391 | 4.7 | 14.3% | 37.8% |
| Arabic B | HL | 1,285 | 5.6 | 12.8% | 59.2% |
| Arabic B | SL | 1,342 | 5.5 | 12.3% | 54.4% |
| Art History | SL | 115 | 3.7 | 7.0% | 13.1% |
| Astronomy | SL | 64 | 4.6 | 23.4% | 32.8% |
| Biology | HL | 33,585 | 4.5 | 7.4% | 24.6% |
| Biology | SL | 22,064 | 4.3 | 5.5% | 20.8% |
| Brazilian Social Studies | SL | 503 | 5.1 | 8.7% | 35.3% |
| Business Management | HL | 26,520 | 5.0 | 6.6% | 32.3% |
| Business Management | SL | 14,167 | 4.9 | 10.0% | 34.9% |
| Chemistry | HL | 20,748 | 4.9 | 15.1% | 38.9% |
| Chemistry | SL | 18,475 | 4.5 | 10.5% | 29.4% |
| Chinese A: Language and Literature | HL | 633 | 5.4 | 3.0% | 44.9% |
| Chinese A: Language and Literature | SL | 3,247 | 5.4 | 9.1% | 47.1% |
| Chinese A: Literature | HL | 215 | 5.6 | 5.6% | 54.0% |
| Chinese A: Literature | SL | 1,121 | 5.5 | 7.2% | 53.1% |
| Chinese ab initio | SL | 1,450 | 5.2 | 24.2% | 47.2% |
| Chinese B | HL | 1,002 | 6.0 | 33.6% | 76.8% |
| Chinese B | SL | 3,214 | 5.7 | 34.0% | 61.7% |
| Computer Science | HL | 4,536 | 4.8 | 10.9% | 34.4% |
| Computer Science | SL | 4,140 | 4.4 | 8.4% | 27.4% |
| Dance | HL | 394 | 4.5 | 6.1% | 20.8% |
| Dance | SL | 463 | 4.1 | 5.2% | 16.0% |
| Design Technology | HL | 2,159 | 4.6 | 3.4% | 21.1% |
| Design Technology | SL | 1,966 | 4.1 | 0.3% | 8.7% |
| Digital Society | HL | 1,160 | 4.4 | 2.3% | 16.3% |
| Digital Society | SL | 1,284 | 4.5 | 3.1% | 19.0% |
| Dutch A: Language and Literature | HL | 75 | 5.0 | 1.3% | 25.3% |
| Dutch A: Language and Literature | SL | 251 | 4.9 | 0.4% | 24.3% |
| Dutch A: Literature | HL | 14 | 5.4 | 0.0% | 42.9% |
| Dutch A: Literature | SL | 101 | 5.2 | 5.9% | 32.6% |
| Dutch ab initio | SL | 131 | 5.1 | 14.5% | 35.9% |
| Dutch B | HL | 186 | 5.7 | 19.9% | 65.6% |
| Dutch B | SL | 434 | 4.9 | 5.3% | 28.8% |
| Economics | HL | 20,472 | 5.2 | 14.7% | 44.8% |
| Economics | SL | 11,305 | 5.0 | 14.3% | 39.9% |
| English A: Language and Literature | HL | 45,440 | 4.8 | 3.8% | 25.7% |
| English A: Language and Literature | SL | 35,868 | 5.0 | 6.1% | 31.0% |
| English A: Literature | HL | 28,516 | 4.7 | 2.3% | 20.2% |
| English A: Literature | SL | 5,698 | 5.2 | 10.1% | 39.6% |
| English ab initio | SL | 170 | 5.2 | 12.4% | 35.3% |
| English B | HL | 23,499 | 5.6 | 11.7% | 61.6% |
| English B | SL | 4,997 | 5.4 | 13.0% | 52.9% |
| Environmental Systems and Societies | HL | 3,857 | 4.5 | 5.4% | 22.0% |
| Environmental Systems and Societies | SL | 20,964 | 4.3 | 5.0% | 19.4% |
| Film | HL | 2,990 | 4.3 | 3.1% | 15.2% |
| Film | SL | 1,843 | 4.1 | 2.0% | 12.1% |
| Food Science and Technology | SL | 70 | 5.7 | 25.7% | 58.6% |
| French A: Language and Literature | HL | 868 | 4.9 | 5.5% | 26.4% |
| French A: Language and Literature | SL | 1,103 | 4.9 | 5.7% | 27.5% |
| French A: Literature | HL | 321 | 5.0 | 3.4% | 27.7% |
| French A: Literature | SL | 354 | 5.0 | 7.6% | 33.9% |
| French ab initio | SL | 5,964 | 4.7 | 8.5% | 28.8% |
| French B | HL | 3,422 | 5.1 | 16.5% | 44.7% |
| French B | SL | 12,705 | 5.1 | 12.6% | 37.8% |
| Geography | HL | 5,229 | 5.3 | 12.7% | 42.1% |
| Geography | SL | 4,724 | 4.9 | 7.5% | 32.4% |
| German A: Language and Literature | HL | 533 | 5.3 | 9.4% | 43.4% |
| German A: Language and Literature | SL | 734 | 5.2 | 9.0% | 38.4% |
| German A: Literature | HL | 423 | 5.3 | 6.9% | 38.6% |
| German A: Literature | SL | 328 | 5.2 | 11.3% | 35.7% |
| German ab initio | SL | 1,535 | 5.0 | 8.8% | 33.8% |
| German B | HL | 1,889 | 5.5 | 18.3% | 54.2% |
| German B | SL | 2,387 | 5.1 | 13.0% | 39.4% |
| Global Politics | HL | 6,894 | 5.0 | 6.1% | 35.4% |
| Global Politics | SL | 4,602 | 4.7 | 4.1% | 23.4% |
| Hindi A: Literature | HL | <10 | — | — | — |
| Hindi A: Literature | SL | 102 | 5.4 | 10.8% | 47.1% |
| Hindi B | HL | 276 | 5.2 | 4.0% | 42.4% |
| Hindi B | SL | 1,651 | 5.7 | 12.4% | 67.6% |
| History | HL | 38,195 | 4.5 | 2.6% | 18.1% |
| History | SL | 9,460 | 4.8 | 3.3% | 24.2% |
| Indonesian A: Language and Literature | HL | 130 | 5.4 | 6.2% | 50.8% |
| Indonesian A: Language and Literature | SL | 800 | 5.1 | 2.9% | 31.5% |
| Indonesian A: Literature | SL | 18 | 5.3 | 5.6% | 50.0% |
| Indonesian B | HL | 233 | 5.7 | 18.9% | 63.1% |
| Indonesian B | SL | 411 | 5.8 | 17.8% | 68.7% |
| Italian A: Language and Literature | HL | 174 | 5.2 | 2.9% | 40.8% |
| Italian A: Language and Literature | SL | 216 | 4.9 | 4.6% | 20.3% |
| Italian A: Literature | HL | 141 | 5.1 | 4.3% | 34.8% |
| Italian A: Literature | SL | 166 | 5.0 | 3.6% | 35.5% |
| Italian ab initio | SL | 580 | 4.9 | 10.0% | 35.0% |
| Italian B | HL | 302 | 5.8 | 38.4% | 64.2% |
| Italian B | SL | 552 | 5.1 | 17.0% | 42.0% |
| Japanese A: Language and Literature | HL | 113 | 5.1 | 4.4% | 29.2% |
| Japanese A: Language and Literature | SL | 209 | 4.9 | 2.9% | 23.5% |
| Japanese A: Literature | HL | 55 | 5.4 | 1.8% | 49.1% |
| Japanese A: Literature | SL | 156 | 5.2 | 6.4% | 39.7% |
| Japanese ab initio | SL | 502 | 4.8 | 15.3% | 32.6% |
| Japanese B | HL | 143 | 6.0 | 44.8% | 74.2% |
| Japanese B | SL | 457 | 5.0 | 19.5% | 41.8% |
| Language and Culture | SL | 258 | 5.1 | 7.4% | 36.5% |
| Literary Arts | SL | 14 | 5.3 | 0.0% | 35.7% |
| Literature and Performance | SL | 616 | 5.0 | 5.5% | 36.3% |
| Marine Science | SL | 523 | 3.8 | 3.6% | 12.4% |
| Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches | HL | 26,591 | 5.0 | 16.8% | 38.9% |
| Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches | SL | 42,995 | 4.5 | 8.5% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation | HL | 8,500 | 4.6 | 10.0% | 27.6% |
| Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation | SL | 44,196 | 3.9 | 3.7% | 13.8% |
| Music | HL | 1,503 | 4.8 | 7.9% | 28.3% |
| Music | SL | 1,455 | 4.4 | 4.2% | 16.1% |
| Philosophy | HL | 2,173 | 4.9 | 8.6% | 29.8% |
| Philosophy | SL | 2,934 | 4.9 | 8.6% | 33.1% |
| Physics | HL | 19,035 | 5.0 | 20.5% | 39.4% |
| Physics | SL | 14,461 | 4.3 | 11.1% | 23.6% |
| Polish A: Literature | HL | 208 | 5.4 | 14.9% | 44.2% |
| Polish A: Literature | SL | 1,586 | 5.1 | 6.8% | 34.3% |
| Portuguese A: Language and Literature | HL | 689 | 4.9 | 2.9% | 24.4% |
| Portuguese A: Language and Literature | SL | 455 | 5.0 | 4.8% | 31.0% |
| Portuguese A: Literature | HL | 62 | 5.5 | 6.5% | 50.0% |
| Portuguese A: Literature | SL | 120 | 5.2 | 7.5% | 33.3% |
| Portuguese B | HL | 107 | 5.5 | 18.7% | 58.0% |
| Portuguese B | SL | 185 | 5.5 | 22.2% | 59.5% |
| Psychology | HL | 15,455 | 4.8 | 6.0% | 30.4% |
| Psychology | SL | 13,895 | 4.5 | 4.0% | 24.2% |
| Russian A: Language and Literature | HL | 77 | 5.0 | 5.2% | 28.6% |
| Russian A: Language and Literature | SL | 288 | 5.0 | 5.6% | 27.5% |
| Russian A: Literature | HL | 59 | 4.5 | 1.7% | 15.3% |
| Russian A: Literature | SL | 462 | 4.7 | 2.2% | 20.6% |
| Russian ab initio | SL | 48 | 5.9 | 47.9% | 66.7% |
| Russian B | HL | 88 | 6.7 | 79.5% | 90.9% |
| Russian B | SL | 127 | 6.1 | 53.5% | 73.2% |
| Social and Cultural Anthropology | HL | 949 | 4.8 | 7.7% | 33.0% |
| Social and Cultural Anthropology | SL | 1,735 | 4.5 | 2.6% | 19.1% |
| Spanish A: Language and Literature | HL | 5,207 | 4.8 | 2.6% | 23.0% |
| Spanish A: Language and Literature | SL | 2,870 | 4.9 | 4.4% | 28.0% |
| Spanish A: Literature | HL | 3,765 | 4.7 | 2.2% | 21.2% |
| Spanish A: Literature | SL | 2,014 | 4.3 | 2.9% | 13.3% |
| Spanish ab initio | SL | 11,226 | 4.9 | 9.5% | 31.6% |
| Spanish B | HL | 8,849 | 5.2 | 16.5% | 46.2% |
| Spanish B | SL | 22,685 | 4.8 | 8.0% | 27.7% |
| Sports, Exercise and Health Science | HL | 1,942 | 4.7 | 6.9% | 27.3% |
| Sports, Exercise and Health Science | SL | 6,313 | 3.9 | 1.9% | 8.5% |
| Theatre | HL | 2,381 | 5.1 | 12.8% | 39.2% |
| Theatre | SL | 1,289 | 4.6 | 6.7% | 23.2% |
| Turkey in the 20th Century | SL | 753 | 5.5 | 14.6% | 59.1% |
| Turkish A: Literature | HL | 370 | 5.0 | 7.6% | 36.8% |
| Turkish A: Literature | SL | 881 | 4.9 | 11.8% | 37.0% |
| Visual Arts | HL | 9,709 | 4.3 | 2.9% | 15.7% |
| Visual Arts | SL | 6,076 | 4.0 | 1.2% | 7.8% |
| World Arts and Cultures | SL | 20 | 5.5 | 15.0% | 45.0% |
| World Religions | SL | 1,917 | 4.6 | 2.3% | 19.8% |
<10: fewer than 10 students took it, so the IB published no figures for it.
—: not given in the bulletin.
May 2026 figures are provisional.
- This site lists individual results for a selection of languages. Others, such as Latin, are included in the subject-group totals but not listed separately. (May 2026)
- Subjects the bulletin only names, because fewer than 10 students took them, are not listed here. (May 2026)
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
- The IB Diploma Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, November 2023
- The IB Diploma Programme and Career-Related Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, May 2023
- The IB Diploma Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, November 2022
- The IB Diploma Programme and Career-Related Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, May 2022
- The IB Diploma Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, November 2021
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.
- From November 2023 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%. Earlier bulletins give percentages of graded students only.
- Bulletins up to May 2023 print figures to two decimal places and later ones to one. Each figure is shown as printed, and changes are compared at the lower precision.
- Language courses are listed by language, named as the IB names the course: Language B taken in Spanish is Spanish B, and Language A: Literature taken in English is English A: Literature. Results the bulletins print under another name are listed under the language: Mandarin under Chinese.
- There is no minimum number of students, so a small course's figures can change a lot from one session to the next. The rankings elsewhere on this site include only subjects with at least 100 students.
- May 2022 also had a pilot version of Theatre, reported separately, with 224 students at HL and 42 at SL. It is listed as a course of its own, never added to the subject's results.
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