IBonomicsIB Information Technology in a Global Society Grade Distribution
Last assessed: November 2023
In May 2023, 11.0% of IB Information Technology in a Global Society HL students and 16.2% of SL students got a 6 or 7. The most common grade was 4 at both HL (36.8%) and SL (30.6%).
Compared with May 2022, the grade 6 or 7 rate was down from 32.2% at HL and down from 28.8% at SL.
Digital Society replaced Information Technology in a Global Society from May 2024. Results for the new course are on a separate page: IB Digital Society grade distribution.
Information Technology in a Global Society grade distribution by session
The share of students at each grade at HL and SL in every session since November 2021, newest first, with the mean grade and number of students. The chart shows May 2023.
| Session and level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | N | 6 or 7 | Mean grade | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 HL | 0.1 | 1.2 | 14.7 | 37.5 | 38.2 | 6.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 770 |
| November 2023 SL | 0.0 | 0.9 | 8.1 | 38.7 | 37.7 | 13.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 14.3 | 4.6 | 775 |
| May 2023 HL | 0.6 | 1.8 | 17.8 | 36.8 | 32.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | — | 11.0 | 4.32 | 1,141 |
| May 2023 SL | 1.2 | 8.1 | 17.5 | 30.6 | 26.4 | 15.7 | 0.5 | — | 16.2 | 4.22 | 1,134 |
| November 2022 HL | 0.0 | 1.8 | 18.2 | 35.2 | 32.0 | 11.4 | 1.5 | — | 12.9 | 4.37 | 679 |
| November 2022 SL | 0.0 | 1.9 | 17.7 | 32.4 | 34.6 | 11.0 | 2.5 | — | 13.5 | 4.43 | 814 |
| May 2022 HL | 0.1 | 1.3 | 11.9 | 26.1 | 28.4 | 24.6 | 7.6 | — | 32.2 | 4.85 | 1,061 |
| May 2022 SL | 0.6 | 2.4 | 10.9 | 30.1 | 27.3 | 18.4 | 10.4 | — | 28.8 | 4.78 | 1,303 |
| November 2021 HL | 0.1 | 1.4 | 12.2 | 44.7 | 24.6 | 14.0 | 2.9 | — | 16.9 | 4.46 | 701 |
| November 2021 SL | 0.1 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 35.9 | 40.7 | 13.9 | 2.1 | — | 16.0 | 4.67 | 730 |
Percentage of students at each grade, as published. The grade 6 or 7 rate is the two shares added.
- These bulletins print no N (no grade) column, so grades 1-7 are shares of the students who received a grade, and N is shown as —. (November 2021, May 2022, November 2022, May 2023)
- These bulletins include N (no grade) in the total, so grades 1-7 add up to less than 100% and are measured on a slightly different basis from sessions without an N column. (November 2023)
- Grade cells the bulletin leaves blank are shown as 0.0%. (November 2021, May 2022, November 2022, May 2023)
- The IB states that these results combine examination and non-examination assessment routes, which were used during the COVID-19 disruption. (May 2022)
How Information Technology in a Global Society grades changed since May 2022
The share of students at each grade in May 2023, and how it changed from May 2022, in percentage points.
| Grade | HL May 2023 | HL change | SL May 2023 | SL change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1.0% | −6.6 | 0.5% | −9.9 |
| 6 | 10.0% | −14.6 | 15.7% | −2.7 |
| 5 | 32.0% | +3.6 | 26.4% | −0.9 |
| 4 | 36.8% | +10.7 | 30.6% | +0.5 |
| 3 | 17.8% | +5.9 | 17.5% | +6.6 |
| 2 | 1.8% | +0.5 | 8.1% | +5.7 |
| 1 | 0.6% | +0.5 | 1.2% | +0.6 |
| 6 or 7 | 11.0% | −21.2 | 16.2% | −12.6 |
- These bulletins print no N (no grade) column, so grades 1-7 are shares of the students who received a grade, and N is shown as —. (May 2022, May 2023)
- The IB states that these results combine examination and non-examination assessment routes, which were used during the COVID-19 disruption. (May 2022)
- Grade cells the bulletin leaves blank are shown as 0.0%. (May 2022, May 2023)
Information Technology in a Global 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 November 2021. 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 Information Technology in a Global Society.
| Session | HL | HL change | SL | SL change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 | 7.4% | — | 14.3% | — |
| May 2023 | 11.0% | −21.2 | 16.2% | −12.6 |
| November 2022 | 12.9% | −4.0 | 13.5% | −2.5 |
| May 2022 | 32.2% | — | 28.8% | — |
| November 2021 | 16.9% | — | 16.0% | — |
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.
Grade shares from November 2023 count students with no grade (N) and earlier ones don't, so changes across that point aren't shown.
More Information Technology in a Global Society statistics
- IB Information Technology in a Global Society Exam StatisticsHL and SL side by side, with every session's results
- IB Information Technology in a Global Society HL StatisticsHigher Level (HL) results in every session, with grade distributions
- IB Information Technology in a Global Society SL StatisticsStandard Level (SL) results in every session, with grade distributions
- Average IB Information Technology in a Global Society GradeMean grades in every session, and how they changed
- IB Information Technology in a Global 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 2023 Exam StatisticsEvery subject's results in May 2023, 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 November 2023 assessment session.
Bulletins
- 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.
- 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.
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