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 2009 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 2009.
|
|
2009
|
|
Academic
|
72.3%
|
|
General Training
|
27.7%
|
Gender
These figures show the mean overall and
individual band scores achieved by 2009 Academic and General
Training candidates according to their gender.
|
Mean band scores
for female candidates
|
|
|
Listening
|
Reading
|
Writing
|
Speaking
|
Overall
|
|
Academic
|
6.03
|
5.92
|
5.51
|
5.82
|
5.88
|
|
General Training
|
6.21
|
5.78
|
5.85
|
6.21
|
6.08
|
|
Mean band scores
for male candidates
|
|
|
Listening
|
Reading
|
Writing
|
Speaking
|
Overall
|
|
Academic
|
5.84
|
5.71
|
5.34
|
5.65
|
5.70
|
|
General Training
|
6.08
|
5.65
|
5.69
|
6.13
|
5.95
|
Place of Origin
These figures show the mean overall and
individual band scores achieved by 2009 Academic and General
Training candidates from the top 40 places of origin.
Mean band score for the most frequent countries or
regions of origin (Academic)
|
Academic
|
Listening
|
Reading
|
Writing
|
Speaking
|
Overall
|
|
Bangladesh
|
5.76
|
5.36
|
5.48
|
5.81
|
5.67
|
|
Brazil
|
6.80
|
6.87
|
6.18
|
6.83
|
6.73
|
|
China (Peoples Republic)
|
5.59
|
5.74
|
5.11
|
5.18
|
5.47
|
|
Colombia
|
6.35
|
6.53
|
5.78
|
6.45
|
6.34
|
|
Cyprus
|
6.35
|
5.84
|
5.60
|
6.23
|
6.07
|
|
Egypt
|
6.15
|
5.96
|
5.76
|
6.24
|
6.09
|
|
Ethiopia
|
4.68
|
5.62
|
5.64
|
6.11
|
5.58
|
|
France
|
6.70
|
7.00
|
6.02
|
6.43
|
6.60
|
|
Germany
|
7.46
|
7.22
|
6.60
|
7.23
|
7.19
|
|
Greece
|
7.05
|
6.74
|
5.99
|
6.43
|
6.61
|
|
Hong Kong
|
6.76
|
6.72
|
5.77
|
5.94
|
6.36
|
|
India
|
6.01
|
5.54
|
5.46
|
5.72
|
5.75
|
|
Indonesia
|
6.28
|
6.37
|
5.56
|
5.92
|
6.10
|
|
Iran
|
5.88
|
5.68
|
5.81
|
6.44
|
6.01
|
|
Iraq
|
5.73
|
5.50
|
5.39
|
6.22
|
5.77
|
|
Italy
|
6.25
|
6.77
|
5.78
|
6.19
|
6.31
|
|
Japan
|
6.02
|
5.98
|
5.40
|
5.76
|
5.85
|
|
Jordan
|
5.65
|
5.44
|
5.23
|
5.93
|
5.63
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
5.95
|
5.83
|
5.67
|
6.01
|
5.93
|
|
Korea, South
|
6.00
|
5.98
|
5.27
|
5.46
|
5.74
|
|
Kuwait
|
5.36
|
4.95
|
4.84
|
5.55
|
5.24
|
|
Libya
|
5.08
|
4.97
|
5.08
|
5.67
|
5.26
|
|
Malaysia
|
7.10
|
7.00
|
6.17
|
6.51
|
6.76
|
|
Mexico
|
6.63
|
6.88
|
5.92
|
6.53
|
6.55
|
|
Myanmar
|
6.14
|
6.14
|
5.64
|
5.85
|
6.00
|
|
Nepal
|
5.89
|
5.40
|
5.42
|
5.49
|
5.62
|
|
Nigeria
|
6.11
|
6.07
|
6.21
|
7.06
|
6.42
|
|
Oman
|
5.14
|
4.98
|
4.99
|
5.65
|
5.25
|
|
Pakistan
|
6.00
|
5.62
|
5.69
|
6.04
|
5.90
|
|
Philippines
|
7.05
|
6.60
|
6.21
|
6.81
|
6.73
|
|
Poland
|
7.01
|
6.76
|
6.15
|
6.92
|
6.77
|
|
Qatar
|
4.64
|
4.47
|
4.39
|
5.12
|
4.72
|
|
Russia
|
6.64
|
6.61
|
5.95
|
6.61
|
6.51
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
4.97
|
4.79
|
4.69
|
5.67
|
5.10
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
6.48
|
5.98
|
5.90
|
6.38
|
6.25
|
|
Taiwan
|
5.78
|
5.81
|
5.32
|
5.73
|
5.72
|
|
Thailand
|
5.96
|
5.87
|
5.34
|
5.72
|
5.78
|
|
Turkey
|
6.00
|
5.85
|
5.46
|
5.96
|
5.88
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
4.86
|
4.69
|
4.69
|
5.36
|
4.97
|
|
Vietnam
|
5.83
|
6.04
|
5.56
|
5.68
|
5.84
|
Mean band score for the most frequent countries or
regions of origin (General Training)
|
General Training
|
Listening
|
Reading
|
Writing
|
Speaking
|
Overall
|
|
Bangladesh
|
5.76
|
5.17
|
5.52
|
6.01
|
5.68
|
|
Brazil
|
6.28
|
6.13
|
5.93
|
6.49
|
6.28
|
|
China (Peoples Republic)
|
6.15
|
5.99
|
5.62
|
5.79
|
5.95
|
|
Colombia
|
5.79
|
5.77
|
5.65
|
6.11
|
5.89
|
|
Egypt
|
5.95
|
5.56
|
5.69
|
6.19
|
5.91
|
|
France
|
6.88
|
6.83
|
6.37
|
6.90
|
6.80
|
|
Germany
|
6.90
|
6.57
|
6.44
|
7.15
|
6.82
|
|
Hong Kong
|
6.50
|
6.20
|
5.83
|
6.13
|
6.23
|
|
India
|
6.29
|
5.59
|
5.76
|
6.20
|
6.03
|
|
Indonesia
|
6.61
|
6.24
|
5.87
|
6.24
|
6.30
|
|
Iran
|
5.68
|
5.38
|
5.88
|
6.43
|
5.91
|
|
Iraq
|
5.63
|
5.25
|
5.49
|
6.30
|
5.73
|
|
Italy
|
6.03
|
6.09
|
5.76
|
6.34
|
6.12
|
|
Japan
|
5.91
|
5.55
|
5.37
|
5.80
|
5.72
|
|
Jordan
|
5.78
|
5.37
|
5.48
|
6.22
|
5.78
|
|
Korea, South
|
5.59
|
5.34
|
5.15
|
5.26
|
5.40
|
|
Lebanon
|
6.26
|
5.81
|
5.88
|
6.59
|
6.20
|
|
Malaysia
|
7.19
|
6.82
|
6.49
|
6.93
|
6.92
|
|
Mauritius
|
6.53
|
6.00
|
6.29
|
6.73
|
6.44
|
|
Mexico
|
6.33
|
6.42
|
6.02
|
6.56
|
6.39
|
|
Nepal
|
6.21
|
5.54
|
5.80
|
6.06
|
5.97
|
|
Nigeria
|
5.84
|
5.88
|
6.44
|
7.10
|
6.38
|
|
Pakistan
|
6.15
|
5.61
|
5.97
|
6.45
|
6.11
|
|
Palestine
|
5.68
|
5.27
|
5.50
|
6.18
|
5.72
|
|
Philippines
|
6.12
|
5.58
|
5.92
|
6.27
|
6.03
|
|
Russia
|
6.30
|
6.25
|
5.92
|
6.32
|
6.26
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
4.65
|
4.21
|
4.53
|
5.20
|
4.71
|
|
Singapore
|
7.60
|
7.18
|
6.94
|
7.46
|
7.36
|
|
South Africa
|
7.42
|
6.98
|
7.24
|
8.37
|
7.56
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
6.23
|
5.66
|
5.85
|
6.34
|
6.08
|
|
Syria
|
5.74
|
5.40
|
5.53
|
6.23
|
5.78
|
|
Taiwan
|
5.92
|
5.65
|
5.56
|
6.01
|
5.85
|
|
Thailand
|
5.52
|
5.18
|
5.20
|
5.56
|
5.43
|
|
Turkey
|
5.75
|
5.52
|
5.46
|
5.84
|
5.70
|
|
Ukraine
|
5.97
|
5.85
|
5.74
|
6.09
|
5.97
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
4.30
|
3.72
|
4.37
|
4.96
|
4.40
|
|
United Kingdom
|
8.10
|
7.69
|
7.93
|
8.80
|
8.20
|
|
Venezuela
|
5.98
|
6.23
|
5.99
|
6.36
|
6.20
|
|
Vietnam
|
5.46
|
5.35
|
5.39
|
5.51
|
5.49
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
6.87
|
6.48
|
7.01
|
7.72
|
7.09
|
First Language
These figures show the mean overall and
individual band scores achieved by 2009 Academic and General
Training candidates from the top 40 first language backgrounds.
Mean band scores for the most common
first languages (Academic)
|
Academic
|
Listening
|
Reading
|
Writing
|
Speaking
|
Overall
|
|
Amharic
|
4.78
|
5.64
|
5.62
|
6.11
|
5.60
|
|
Arabic
|
5.14
|
4.96
|
4.89
|
5.65
|
5.23
|
|
Bengali
|
5.85
|
5.44
|
5.54
|
5.87
|
5.74
|
|
Burmese
|
6.14
|
6.14
|
5.64
|
5.85
|
6.00
|
|
Chinese
|
5.72
|
5.85
|
5.19
|
5.28
|
5.57
|
|
Dutch
|
7.95
|
7.79
|
6.79
|
7.60
|
7.60
|
| English* |
7.41 |
6.96 |
6.68 |
7.53 |
7.21 |
|
Farsi
|
5.88
|
5.68
|
5.81
|
6.44
|
6.02
|
|
French
|
6.55
|
6.80
|
5.99
|
6.44
|
6.51
|
|
German
|
7.48
|
7.22
|
6.61
|
7.23
|
7.20
|
|
Greek
|
6.78
|
6.40
|
5.85
|
6.40
|
6.42
|
|
Gujarati
|
5.83
|
5.35
|
5.31
|
5.52
|
5.57
|
|
Hindi
|
6.34
|
5.80
|
5.67
|
6.03
|
6.02
|
|
Indonesian
|
6.28
|
6.37
|
5.56
|
5.92
|
6.10
|
|
Italian
|
6.24
|
6.77
|
5.78
|
6.18
|
6.30
|
|
Japanese
|
6.02
|
5.97
|
5.39
|
5.76
|
5.85
|
|
Kannada
|
7.09
|
6.52
|
6.28
|
6.79
|
6.74
|
|
Kazakh
|
5.86
|
5.72
|
5.61
|
5.93
|
5.84
|
|
Korean
|
6.00
|
5.97
|
5.27
|
5.46
|
5.74
|
|
Lithuanian
|
6.96
|
6.72
|
5.95
|
6.39
|
6.57
|
|
Malay
|
6.88
|
6.76
|
6.01
|
6.37
|
6.57
|
|
Malayalam
|
6.66
|
6.18
|
5.99
|
6.33
|
6.35
|
|
Marathi
|
6.89
|
6.29
|
6.15
|
6.50
|
6.52
|
|
Nepali
|
5.90
|
5.40
|
5.42
|
5.50
|
5.62
|
|
Other
|
6.27
|
6.05
|
6.12
|
6.73
|
6.36
|
|
Pashto
|
5.59
|
5.32
|
5.53
|
5.89
|
5.65
|
|
Polish
|
7.00
|
6.75
|
6.15
|
6.91
|
6.77
|
|
Portuguese
|
6.74
|
6.78
|
6.11
|
6.77
|
6.66
|
|
Punjabi
|
5.37
|
5.01
|
5.02
|
5.15
|
5.20
|
|
Romanian
|
7.29
|
7.13
|
6.31
|
6.92
|
6.97
|
|
Russian
|
6.56
|
6.51
|
5.92
|
6.54
|
6.45
|
|
Shona
|
6.28
|
6.74
|
6.31
|
7.28
|
6.71
|
|
Singhalese
|
6.53
|
6.02
|
5.94
|
6.41
|
6.29
|
|
Spanish
|
6.50
|
6.71
|
5.92
|
6.53
|
6.48
|
|
Tagalog
|
7.05
|
6.60
|
6.21
|
6.80
|
6.73
|
|
Tamil
|
6.72
|
6.20
|
5.93
|
6.38
|
6.38
|
|
Telugu
|
6.31
|
5.70
|
5.64
|
5.96
|
5.97
|
|
Thai
|
5.96
|
5.87
|
5.34
|
5.71
|
5.78
|
|
Turkish
|
6.04
|
5.84
|
5.46
|
5.93
|
5.88
|
|
Urdu
|
6.07
|
5.65
|
5.70
|
6.06
|
5.93
|
|
Vietnamese
|
5.83
|
6.04
|
5.56
|
5.68
|
5.84
|
Mean band scores for the most common first languages
(General Training)
|
General Training
|
Listening
|
Reading
|
Writing
|
Speaking
|
Overall
|
|
Afrikaans
|
7.14
|
6.77
|
6.93
|
8.09
|
7.29
|
|
Arabic
|
5.33
|
4.89
|
5.19
|
5.83
|
5.37
|
|
Bengali
|
5.82
|
5.24
|
5.57
|
6.06
|
5.74
|
|
Chinese
|
6.20
|
6.02
|
5.66
|
5.86
|
6.00
|
|
Creole
|
6.41
|
5.87
|
6.21
|
6.64
|
6.34
|
|
Dutch
|
7.07
|
7.35
|
6.63
|
7.49
|
7.21
|
| English* |
7.41 |
6.92 |
7.05 |
7.76 |
7.35 |
|
Farsi
|
5.67
|
5.38
|
5.88
|
6.43
|
5.91
|
|
French
|
6.61
|
6.40
|
6.26
|
6.76
|
6.57
|
|
German
|
6.88
|
6.52
|
6.39
|
7.05
|
6.77
|
|
Gujarati
|
6.18
|
5.51
|
5.60
|
6.02
|
5.89
|
|
Hindi
|
6.48
|
5.78
|
5.92
|
6.46
|
6.22
|
|
Hungarian
|
6.21
|
5.89
|
5.77
|
6.21
|
6.10
|
|
Indonesian
|
6.61
|
6.24
|
5.86
|
6.24
|
6.30
|
|
Italian
|
6.01
|
6.07
|
5.73
|
6.32
|
6.10
|
|
Japanese
|
5.90
|
5.55
|
5.37
|
5.79
|
5.71
|
|
Kannada
|
6.63
|
5.97
|
6.17
|
6.61
|
6.40
|
|
Korean
|
5.59
|
5.34
|
5.15
|
5.26
|
5.40
|
|
Malay
|
7.14
|
6.70
|
6.47
|
6.99
|
6.89
|
|
Malayalam
|
6.36
|
5.84
|
6.01
|
6.32
|
6.20
|
|
Marathi
|
6.67
|
6.05
|
6.19
|
6.61
|
6.45
|
|
Nepali
|
6.22
|
5.54
|
5.80
|
6.06
|
5.97
|
|
Other
|
6.28
|
5.84
|
6.27
|
6.84
|
6.37
|
|
Pashto
|
5.88
|
5.35
|
5.89
|
6.45
|
5.95
|
|
Polish
|
6.32
|
6.02
|
5.88
|
6.56
|
6.26
|
|
Portuguese
|
6.25
|
6.09
|
5.89
|
6.48
|
6.24
|
|
Punjabi
|
6.01
|
5.26
|
5.53
|
5.91
|
5.74
|
|
Romanian
|
6.18
|
5.96
|
5.76
|
6.16
|
6.08
|
|
Russian
|
6.23
|
6.18
|
5.91
|
6.28
|
6.22
|
|
Shona
|
6.76
|
6.41
|
6.95
|
7.56
|
6.99
|
|
Sindhi
|
6.22
|
5.62
|
5.99
|
6.48
|
6.15
|
|
Singhalese
|
6.23
|
5.65
|
5.85
|
6.33
|
6.08
|
|
Spanish
|
5.94
|
6.01
|
5.83
|
6.25
|
6.07
|
|
Tagalog
|
6.12
|
5.57
|
5.91
|
6.26
|
6.03
|
|
Tamil
|
6.33
|
5.74
|
5.84
|
6.27
|
6.11
|
|
Telugu
|
6.48
|
5.72
|
5.84
|
6.32
|
6.16
|
|
Thai
|
5.52
|
5.17
|
5.19
|
5.55
|
5.42
|
|
Turkish
|
5.75
|
5.52
|
5.46
|
5.84
|
5.71
|
|
Ukrainian
|
5.75
|
5.60
|
5.52
|
5.97
|
5.77
|
|
Urdu
|
6.21
|
5.64
|
5.96
|
6.46
|
6.13
|
|
Vietnamese
|
5.46
|
5.35
|
5.38
|
5.51
|
5.49
|
* first language is self-chosen by candidates drawn from a range
of Commonwealth countries.
