Young Learners English Tests, Starters (YLE Starters)

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YLE Starters - Reading & Writing

The table shows the breakdown of candidate achievement, by location.

Location Number of Shields
1 2 3 4 5
Albania 0.0% 4.0% 48.0% 32.0% 16.0%
Algeria 0.0% 0.0% 8.6% 48.6% 42.9%
Argentina 0.1% 3.4% 19.0% 45.9% 31.5%
Austria 0.0% 0.0% 54.5% 45.5% 0.0%
Bangladesh 1.1% 5.7% 13.8% 21.8% 57.5%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.0% 2.0% 22.4% 32.7% 42.9%
Brazil 0.1% 3.7% 18.1% 47.9% 30.3%
Bulgaria 0.4% 7.9% 10.6% 24.9% 56.2%
Chile 1.0% 8.9% 28.3% 41.4% 20.4%
China 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 15.4% 84.6%
Colombia 1.2% 9.6% 27.2% 42.6% 19.4%
Costa Rica 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Croatia 0.0% 0.8% 8.0% 37.6% 53.6%
Cyprus 0.1% 2.6% 12.9% 40.8% 43.7%
Czech Republic 0.0% 2.3% 26.3% 40.6% 30.8%
Ecuador 0.7% 8.8% 25.0% 45.6% 19.9%
Egypt 2.0% 16.2% 13.1% 36.4% 32.3%
Estonia 0.0% 0.0% 5.9% 17.6% 76.5%
France 0.4% 4.5% 20.2% 44.7% 30.1%
Germany 0.0% 5.1% 18.4% 43.9% 32.7%
Greece 0.3% 2.4% 11.7% 36.3% 49.4%
Hong Kong 6.6% 14.0% 18.6% 35.5% 25.3%
Hungary 0.0% 1.4% 2.8% 33.8% 62.0%
India 0.7% 6.1% 15.0% 37.1% 41.0%
Indonesia 0.4% 2.0% 10.2% 37.2% 50.2%
Iran 0.2% 2.9% 11.7% 41.2% 44.0%
Ireland 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Italy 0.3% 4.8% 18.3% 42.1% 34.6%
Japan 14.3% 26.0% 29.3% 23.0% 7.5%
Jordan 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 44.4% 55.6%
Korea (South), 3.8% 11.6% 27.1% 40.1% 17.3%
Latvia 0.0% 5.2% 10.3% 58.6% 25.9%
Lebanon 0.0% 0.0% 3.0% 24.2% 72.7%
Libya 28.6% 57.1% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0%
Lithuania 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Macao 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 50.0% 16.7%
Malaysia 0.2% 0.7% 4.1% 31.1% 63.8%
Maldives 0.0% 1.9% 4.3% 33.3% 60.5%
Mauritius 0.0% 7.7% 2.6% 28.2% 61.5%
Mexico 0.6% 4.0% 19.6% 44.9% 30.9%
Morocco 2.0% 14.3% 44.9% 28.6% 10.2%
Myanmar (Burma) 0.0% 2.0% 3.4% 28.3% 66.3%
New Caledonia 0.0% 10.0% 35.0% 30.0% 25.0%
Pakistan 0.0% 7.7% 20.5% 38.5% 33.3%
Paraguay 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 85.7% 14.3%
Peru 0.0% 5.5% 19.3% 47.9% 27.4%
Philippines 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 33.3% 55.6%
Poland 0.0% 1.3% 14.1% 40.1% 44.6%
Portugal 0.1% 4.7% 17.4% 43.4% 34.3%
Qatar 4.7% 7.1% 15.3% 35.3% 37.6%
Réunion 0.0% 33.3% 42.9% 23.8% 0.0%
Romania 0.0% 3.4% 10.7% 39.9% 46.0%
Russia 0.2% 4.0% 14.0% 39.6% 42.2%
Saudi Arabia 1.4% 12.1% 22.8% 36.9% 26.8%
Serbia 0.9% 1.7% 12.1% 51.7% 33.6%
Slovakia 0.0% 0.0% 30.8% 38.5% 30.8%
Slovenia 0.0% 1.4% 2.8% 43.7% 52.1%
Spain 0.3% 5.7% 20.1% 43.8% 30.0%
Sri Lanka 1.4% 6.7% 17.9% 44.2% 29.8%
Switzerland 0.0% 2.0% 8.0% 35.6% 54.4%
Syria 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3%
Taiwan 0.4% 4.1% 16.8% 45.8% 32.9%
Thailand 3.4% 15.5% 27.0% 35.4% 18.7%
Tunisia 0.0% 5.4% 3.6% 42.9% 48.2%
Turkey 0.3% 2.8% 14.3% 40.2% 42.5%
Ukraine 0.0% 3.2% 9.7% 45.2% 41.9%
United Arab Emirates 5.6% 19.7% 26.8% 33.8% 14.1%
United Kingdom 0.0% 0.0% 41.2% 58.8% 0.0%
Uruguay 0.3% 2.5% 13.9% 44.1% 39.2%
Vietnam 0.6% 6.7% 18.2% 41.6% 32.9%

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YLE Starters - Listening

The table shows the breakdown of candidate achievement, by location.

Location Number of Shields
1 2 3 4 5
Albania 12.0% 20.0% 16.0% 32.0% 20.0%
Algeria 0.0% 11.4% 34.3% 17.1% 37.1%
Argentina 0.7% 6.7% 18.1% 37.5% 37.0%
Austria 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 45.5% 45.5%
Bangladesh 8.0% 12.6% 9.2% 28.7% 41.4%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.0% 6.1% 8.2% 44.9% 40.8%
Brazil 0.4% 6.8% 19.9% 40.0% 32.9%
Bulgaria 1.9% 2.6% 10.2% 34.7% 50.6%
Chile 1.0% 15.7% 28.3% 36.1% 18.8%
China 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7.7% 92.3%
Colombia 2.8% 10.7% 21.6% 33.1% 31.8%
Costa Rica 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Croatia 0.0% 1.6% 9.6% 24.8% 64.0%
Cyprus 0.1% 2.5% 10.4% 31.1% 55.8%
Czech Republic 0.8% 5.3% 18.8% 40.6% 34.6%
Ecuador 3.7% 6.6% 24.3% 41.2% 24.3%
Egypt 0.0% 4.0% 15.2% 24.2% 56.6%
Estonia 0.0% 0.0% 5.9% 11.8% 82.4%
France 0.7% 8.1% 18.6% 32.2% 40.4%
Germany 0.0% 1.5% 5.1% 37.8% 55.6%
Greece 0.3% 3.7% 13.6% 31.6% 50.8%
Hong Kong 1.1% 5.1% 12.4% 31.4% 50.0%
Hungary 0.0% 0.0% 1.4% 9.9% 88.7%
India 2.1% 8.4% 19.2% 33.6% 36.8%
Indonesia 1.6% 4.0% 9.0% 31.4% 54.0%
Iran 0.8% 2.8% 11.6% 37.8% 46.9%
Ireland 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Italy 1.4% 8.6% 21.0% 34.4% 34.6%
Japan 2.4% 19.1% 22.7% 29.3% 26.6%
Jordan 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Korea (South), 1.7% 6.2% 26.1% 44.7% 21.4%
Latvia 1.7% 5.2% 29.3% 22.4% 41.4%
Lebanon 0.0% 3.0% 6.1% 30.3% 60.6%
Libya 28.6% 14.3% 28.6% 14.3% 14.3%
Lithuania 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 80.0%
Macao 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Malaysia 0.0% 0.6% 4.0% 22.1% 73.3%
Maldives 0.0% 0.0% 6.2% 19.1% 74.7%
Mauritius 0.0% 5.1% 12.8% 23.1% 59.0%
Mexico 0.7% 7.5% 20.8% 39.0% 32.1%
Morocco 6.1% 22.4% 26.5% 28.6% 16.3%
Myanmar (Burma) 0.5% 2.3% 10.6% 28.7% 57.9%
New Caledonia 5.0% 10.0% 5.0% 40.0% 40.0%
Pakistan 0.0% 23.1% 25.6% 41.0% 10.3%
Paraguay 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 57.1% 42.9%
Peru 1.1% 4.8% 11.4% 51.0% 31.7%
Philippines 0.0% 0.0% 18.5% 14.8% 66.7%
Poland 0.0% 0.6% 9.6% 37.7% 52.0%
Portugal 1.0% 4.3% 18.6% 36.2% 39.9%
Qatar 5.9% 4.7% 15.3% 25.9% 48.2%
Réunion 23.8% 42.9% 23.8% 9.5% 0.0%
Romania 0.2% 2.6% 9.8% 31.3% 56.1%
Russia 0.4% 1.9% 10.2% 37.6% 50.0%
Saudi Arabia 2.5% 2.8% 9.6% 26.8% 58.3%
Serbia 0.0% 1.7% 12.9% 30.2% 55.2%
Slovakia 0.0% 0.0% 23.1% 38.5% 38.5%
Slovenia 0.0% 2.8% 4.2% 36.6% 56.3%
Spain 1.4% 7.9% 19.5% 35.1% 36.1%
Sri Lanka 0.8% 5.4% 18.3% 36.8% 38.7%
Switzerland 0.2% 1.6% 6.8% 23.1% 68.3%
Syria 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3%
Taiwan 0.1% 1.5% 12.5% 37.5% 48.3%
Thailand 2.3% 12.5% 21.8% 32.8% 30.5%
Tunisia 5.4% 3.6% 10.7% 33.9% 46.4%
Turkey 0.8% 5.3% 15.3% 33.9% 44.6%
Ukraine 0.0% 3.2% 13.4% 31.7% 51.6%
United Arab Emirates 0.0% 5.6% 14.1% 46.5% 33.8%
United Kingdom 0.0% 17.6% 11.8% 52.9% 17.6%
Uruguay 1.1% 4.4% 17.2% 40.9% 36.5%
Vietnam 2.6% 13.1% 30.7% 32.1% 21.4%

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YLE Starters - Speaking

The table shows the breakdown of candidate achievement, by location.

Location Number of Shields
1 2 3 4 5
Albania 0.0% 28.0% 20.0% 16.0% 36.0%
Algeria 0.0% 2.9% 14.3% 31.4% 51.4%
Argentina 0.8% 4.6% 8.7% 19.3% 66.6%
Austria 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 90.9%
Bangladesh 1.1% 2.3% 10.3% 21.8% 64.4%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.0% 2.0% 6.1% 34.7% 57.1%
Brazil 0.4% 3.8% 8.4% 22.9% 64.5%
Bulgaria 0.8% 1.5% 2.3% 6.4% 89.1%
Chile 1.6% 8.4% 13.1% 22.0% 55.0%
China 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 38.5% 61.5%
Colombia 2.5% 5.6% 7.0% 14.6% 70.3%
Costa Rica 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Croatia 0.0% 0.0% 2.4% 2.4% 95.2%
Cyprus 0.8% 3.1% 8.4% 16.1% 71.7%
Czech Republic 0.0% 3.8% 9.0% 23.3% 63.9%
Ecuador 0.0% 6.6% 5.1% 17.6% 70.6%
Egypt 0.0% 6.1% 5.1% 20.2% 68.7%
Estonia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.8% 88.2%
France 0.7% 8.0% 10.7% 21.2% 59.4%
Germany 0.0% 3.6% 5.1% 17.9% 73.5%
Greece 0.3% 2.6% 6.4% 13.4% 77.3%
Hong Kong 0.9% 1.6% 2.5% 8.6% 86.3%
Hungary 0.0% 1.4% 2.8% 7.0% 88.7%
India 0.4% 2.2% 3.5% 11.5% 82.5%
Indonesia 1.6% 5.2% 5.6% 18.8% 68.8%
Iran 0.4% 0.9% 2.5% 12.8% 83.4%
Ireland 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Italy 1.6% 8.0% 11.9% 20.5% 58.1%
Japan 3.3% 9.6% 19.8% 18.6% 48.6%
Jordan 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 88.9%
Korea (South), 1.6% 3.9% 15.7% 17.3% 61.4%
Latvia 1.7% 0.0% 5.2% 10.3% 82.8%
Lebanon 0.0% 0.0% 6.1% 15.2% 78.8%
Libya 0.0% 42.9% 14.3% 0.0% 42.9%
Lithuania 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Macao 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 83.3%
Malaysia 0.0% 0.4% 1.0% 8.0% 90.6%
Maldives 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 9.3% 90.1%
Mauritius 0.0% 0.0% 2.6% 7.7% 89.7%
Mexico 1.7% 4.5% 7.7% 22.4% 63.7%
Morocco 2.0% 8.2% 16.3% 14.3% 59.2%
Myanmar (Burma) 0.2% 0.9% 7.7% 13.8% 77.4%
New Caledonia 0.0% 5.0% 15.0% 25.0% 55.0%
Pakistan 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10.3% 89.7%
Paraguay 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 42.9% 57.1%
Peru 0.2% 3.1% 9.2% 23.9% 63.7%
Philippines 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.7% 96.3%
Poland 0.2% 1.9% 4.7% 17.3% 75.9%
Portugal 0.8% 8.9% 10.0% 20.8% 59.5%
Qatar 0.0% 4.7% 8.2% 9.4% 77.6%
Réunion 4.8% 28.6% 14.3% 42.9% 9.5%
Romania 0.4% 1.3% 2.8% 11.1% 84.4%
Russia 0.5% 4.0% 8.3% 20.9% 66.3%
Saudi Arabia 1.1% 7.1% 13.1% 22.6% 56.0%
Serbia 0.0% 0.0% 0.9% 7.8% 91.4%
Slovakia 0.0% 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 84.6%
Slovenia 0.0% 0.0% 4.2% 19.7% 76.1%
Spain 0.9% 4.7% 9.0% 17.2% 68.3%
Sri Lanka 0.2% 1.8% 6.4% 13.1% 78.5%
Switzerland 0.8% 2.9% 5.5% 12.9% 77.9%
Syria 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Taiwan 0.7% 3.4% 5.7% 14.6% 75.6%
Thailand 1.3% 11.5% 11.6% 20.9% 54.8%
Tunisia 1.8% 3.6% 14.3% 19.6% 60.7%
Turkey 1.6% 4.6% 8.5% 16.8% 68.5%
Ukraine 0.0% 3.2% 4.8% 10.8% 81.2%
United Arab Emirates 0.0% 7.0% 9.9% 21.1% 62.0%
United Kingdom 0.0% 0.0% 5.9% 17.6% 76.5%
Uruguay 0.8% 3.3% 6.8% 22.9% 66.2%
Vietnam 3.7% 12.2% 14.3% 23.5% 46.3%

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