Band score information
IELTS is assessed on a 9-band scale and reports
scores both overall and by individual skill. Overall band scores
for Academic and General Training candidates in 2008 are shown here
together with scores for individual skills according to a variety
of classifications. These figures are broadly in line with
statistics for previous years.
N.B. for place of origin and first language, the tables show the
top 40 places and languages, listed alphabetically, not in order of
the size of the candidature.
Academic and General Training candidates
The following table shows the split between the Academic and
General Training candidature in 2008.
Place of Origin
These figures show the mean overall and individual band scores
achieved by 2008 Academic and General training candidates according
to their place of origin.
Mean band score for the most frequent countries or regions
of origin (Academic)
Mean band score by most frequent countries or regions of
origin (General Training)
First language
These figures show the mean overall and individual
band scores achieved by 2008 Academic and General training
candidates from the top 40 first language
backgrounds
Mean band scores for most common first languages
(academic)
Mean band scores for most common first languages
(General Training)
